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قراءة كتاب Notes and Queries, Number 60, December 21, 1850 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.
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Notes and Queries, Number 60, December 21, 1850 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.
NOTES AND QUERIES:
A MEDIUM OF INTER-COMMUNICATION FOR LITERARY MEN, ARTISTS, ANTIQUARIES, GENEALOGISTS, ETC.
"When found, make a note of."—Captain Cuttle.
| No. 60. | SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21. 1850. | Price Threepence. Stamped Edition 4d. |
CONTENTS.
| Notes:— | Page |
| Division of Intellectual Labour | 489 |
| On a Passage in "Love's Labour's Lost" | 490 |
| Treatise of Equivocation | 490 |
| Parallel Passages, by Albert Cohn | 491 |
| Minor Notes:—True or False Papal Bulls—Burning Bush of Sinai—The Crocodile—Umbrella—Rollin's Ancient History, and History of the Arts and Sciences—MSS. of Locke—The Letter —A Hint to Publishers | 491 |
| Queries:— | |
| Bibliographical Queries | 492 |
| Minor Queries:—Meaning of "Rab. Surdam"—Abbot Richard of Strata Florida—Cardinal Chalmers—Armorial Bearings—"Fiat Justitia"—Painting by C. Bega—Darcy Lever Church—R. Ferrer—Writers on the Inquisition—Buckden—True Blue—Passage in "Hamlet"—Inventor of a secret Cypher—Fossil Elk of Ireland—Red Sindon—Lights on the Altar—Child's Book by Beloe | 493 |
| Replies:— | |
| Mercenary Preacher, by Henry Campkin | 495 |
| "The Owl is abroad," by Dr. E.F. Rimbault | 495 |
| Old St. Pancras Church, by J. Yeowell | 496 |
| Replies to Minor Queries:—Cardinal Allen's Admonition—Bolton's Ace—Portrait of Cardinal Beaton—"He that runs may read"—Sir George Downing—Burning to Death, or Burning of the Hill—The Roscommon Peerage—The Word "after" in the Rubric—Disputed Passage in the "Tempest"—Lady Compton's Letter—Midwives licensed—Echo Song—The Irish Brigade—To save one's bacon—"The Times" Newspaper and the Coptic Language—Luther's Hymns—Osnaburg Bishopric—Scandal against Queen Elizabeth—Pretended reprint of Ancient Poetry—Martin Family—Meaning of "Ge-ho"—Lady Norton | 497 |
| Miscellaneous:— | |
| Notes on Books, Sales, Catalogues, &c. | 501 |
| Books and Odd Volumes Wanted | 501 |
| Notices to Correspondents | 502 |
| Advertisements | 502 |
Notes.
DIVISION OF INTELLECTUAL LABOUR.
Every one confesses, I believe, the correctness of the principle called "Division of labour." But if any one would form an adequate estimate of the ratio of the effect produced, in this way, to the labour which is expended, let him consult Dr. Adam Smith. I think he states, as an example, that a single labourer cannot make more than ten pins in a day; but if eight labourers are employed, and each of them performs one of the eight separate processes requisite to the formation of a pin, there will not merely be eight times the number of pins formed in a day, but nearly eighty times the number. (Not having the book by me, I cannot be certain of the exact statistics.)
If this principle is proved, then, to be of such extraordinary utility, why should it not be made serviceable in other matters besides the "beaver-like" propensity of amassing wealth and satisfying our material desires? Why should not your periodical be instrumental in transferring this invaluable principle to the labours of the intellectual world? If your correspondents were to send you abstracts or précis of the books which they read, would there not accrue a fourfold benefit? viz.:
1. A division of intellectual labour; so that the amount of knowledge available to each person is multiplied in an increasing ratio.
2. Knowledge is thus presented in so condensed a form as to be more easily comprehended at a glance; so that your readers can with greater facility construct or understand the theories deducible from the whole circle of human knowledge.
3. Authors and inquiring men could tell, before expending days on the perusal of large volumes, whether the particulars which these books contain would be suitable to the object they have in view.
4. The unfair criticisms which are made, and the erroneous notions diffused by interested reviewers, would in a great measure be corrected, in the minds, at least, of your readers.
You might object that such précis would be as partial as the reviews of which the whole literary world complain. But, in the first place, these abstracts would be written by literary men who are not dependent on booksellers for their livelihood, and would not therefore be likely to write up trashy books or detract from the merit of valuable works, for the sake of the book trade.