he gives of "_bive_" lambs
"apeece" is larger than the price of the "chute." Twin lambs are still
called _bive_ lambs on the borders of Sussex and Kent; and chute lambs
are fat lambs.

_Chuet_ is an old word signifying a fat greasy pudding. It is rightly
applied to Falstaff:--

"Peace, _chewet_, peace."

_1st Part K. Hen. IV._

WM. DURRANT COOPER.

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_Latin Names of Towns_.--"M." (No. 25. p. 402.) wishes for some guide
with reference to the Latin names of towns. A great deal of assistance
may be obtained from an octavo volume, published anonymously, and
bearing the title "Dictionnaire Interprete-manuel des Noms Latins
de la Geographie ancienne et moderne; pour servir a l'Intelligence
des Auteurs Latins, principalement des Auteurs Classiques; avec les
Designations principales des Lieux. Ouvrage utile a ceux qui lisent
les Poetes, les Historiens, les Martyrologes, les Chartes, les vieux
Actes," &c. &c. A Paris, 1777.

R.G.

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_Le Petit Albert_ (No. 24. p. 385.).--I suspect this Petit Albert,
in 32mo.--a size in harmony with the cognomen--is only a catchpenny
publication, to which the title of _Le Petit Albert_ has been given
by way of resembling its name to that of Albertus Magnus, who wrote a
work or works of a character which gave rise, in the middle ages, to
the accusation that he practised magical arts; and hence, probably,
any abridgement or compendium of them, or any little work on such
arts, would be styled by the French compiler _Le Petit Albert_. In
the _Biographie Universelle_, it is affirmed that the rhapsodies
known under the name of _Secrets du Petit Albert_ are not by Albertus
Magnus; a statement which favours the belief that the work mentioned
by your correspondent "JARLZBERG" is one of that vulgar class (like
our old Moore's Almanack, &c.) got up for sale among the superstitious
and the ignorant, and palmed on the world under the mask of a
celebrated name. According to Bayle, Albertus Magnus has, by
some, been termed _Le Petit Albert_, owing, it is said, to the
diminutiveness of his stature, which was on so small a scale, that
when he, on one occasion, paid his respects to the pope, the pontiff
supposed he was still kneeling at his feet after he had risen up and
was standing erect.

J.M.

Oxford, April 19.

[_Of Le Petit Albert_, of which it appears by Graesse's
_Bibliotheca Magica_ there were edit