[pp 1212-1248 from Cubbon - Bibliography, Vol 2, 1939]

L6 PERIODICALS

[Continued]

1873.

MONA'S STANDARD.

The only record of this paper which appears to be available is a paragraph which was printed in the Manx Sun of 9th May, 1874, relating to the death of T. J. Ouseley, as follows: 'During his life he started several cheap papers, one of the most successful of which now flourishes in Shrewsbury. Amongst others he started some seven or eight years ago the Mona's Standard, 'which died out of existence last year.'

The owner-editor of this paper was Thomas John Ouseley, the author of the volume of poems entitled 'Mona's Isle.' The first edition was printed in England in 1853, and the second edition, consisting of 386 pp., was printed by Matthew Glover in 1870, four years before he died. He lived at 6 Mona Terrace, Douglas. (See p. 870.)

Ouseley was leader-writer and general literary hack on the Isle of Man Times. In a report of his death in that paper on 7th May, 1874, it is stated that in 1844 Ouseley edited the Shropshire Conservative, and subsequently started the Liverpool Herald. He had a letter from Disraeli thanking him for his assistance in getting a seat in Parliament, and was placed on the civil pensions list by Disraeli a few weeks before his death.

Ouseley was connected with I.M. Times from 1861 to 1865, writing leading articles and the column of comment headed 'Paul Pry.'

1879.

THE BARROVIAN, the King William's College Magazine. Published monthly. Printed at the Manx Sun Office, Douglas. 12pp. -Price 6d. 210x170.[5928, L 6.]

The first number of the Barrovian was dated 1st March, 1879. There were only seven issues up to December, 1879; they were given to the Library by Archdeacon Kewley The size was foolscap quarto. In April of 1880 No. 1 of a new series was issued.

1880.

THE BARROVIAN. New Series. Printed by Harriet Curphey, 1 Manx Sun Office. 48p1). 212x130. [5929, L 6.]

The Barrovian has the longest life of any Manx-produced periodical, having had a successful run of nearly 60 years.

Numbers short: Vol. i, No. 10. Vol. 2, Nos. 24, 28, 29, 30, 34, 37. Vol. vi, No. 102. Vol. vii, No. 120.

The Barrovian new series started with 48pp. octavo, well printed. The editing is excellent, and some of the contributions are of outstanding merit. It is amusing to read an account in the first number of a theatrical entertainment, in which this sentence appears: 'But the whole life of the piece was Bragg as Susan the maid of all work: from his first word ' Lawks! ' to the end he kept his audience in continual fits of laughter.' Bragg became Sir William Bragg, F.R.S., and President of the British Association.

The Barrovian, in addition to the items indexed below, contains full accounts of each year's athletic events, functions of College Societies and Prize Day speeches, etc. A beautifully produced photographic supplement appeared with each issue from October, 1912, onwards, containing many excellent portraits and views of the College and Manx scenery, taken for the most part by the Rev. E. H. Stenning and W. H. Anderson.

The Barrovian appears thrice yearly, the subscription being 1/6d. Until 1935 the printer was M. J. Backwell, Malew Street, Castletown.

INDEX.

PORTRAITS.

1881-83.

THE AULÆAN : Douglas Grammar School Magazine. Disciplinâ, Fide, Perseverantiâ, Douglas: Mark Parkinson, Duke Street. 1881-3. 26 to 38pp. 205x130. Price 3d. Part i lacking. [4649, L 6.]

The first number was published in Dec., 1881, and the magazine appeared half-yearly until Dec., 1883, when publication ceased. The school during this period was under the headmastership of the Rev. Mr. Fulton, but shortly after the appearance of the fifth number of the Aulæan Mr. Fulton resigned, and his successor, the Rev. John Quine, M.A. (1884-1895), did not continue the magazine.

1885-87.

THE MANX NOTE BOOK: Containing Matters Past and Present connected With the Isle of Man. Edited by A. W. Moore, M.A., and illustrated throughout by John Miller Nicholson. Vol. i (1885), pp. 154. Vol. ii (1886), pp. 196. Vol. iii (1887), pp. 198. Douglas G. H. Johnson, Prospect Hill. 222x140. Price 1/3d. [1122-1124, 2875-2877, and 7584, L 6.]

The first three volumes were presented to the Museum Library by G. F. Clucas, S.H.K., the second series is from the collection of Mr. George William Wood, and the last was presented by Mr. James Kewley.

The Manx Note Book is the best example of periodical literature we have known in the Island. As Sir Spencer Walpole states in his epilogue in vol. iii, 'the successive 'numbers have added to our knowledge of Manx tradi' tions, Manx antiquities, Manx history, Manx names, and 'Manx worthies. Men whose scientific attainments are 'widely known have enriched its pages with their con' tributions. . . . Its numbers will be prized for the beauty ' of their illustrations. Mr. Nicholson's admirable drawings 'have given an artistic value which attaches to no other 'serial.'

G. H. Johnson, the printer, had the credit of eliciting from a London newspaper the striking compliment: 'We 'have no London magazine that could approach it, so 'far as the printing is concerned.'

Sir Spencer Walpole, in his preface to the initial number, wrote:

'If the Isle of Man has not hitherto produced many men whose names are foremost in '
British story, it may at least boast that it has preserved its independence unimpaired, and that it still possesses
the old Legislature, which had its origin before the Battle of Hastings. Fifty thousand people still retaining their old laws and their old customs in the centre of the United Kingdom is a spectacle as unique as it is notable.
Their annals necessarily possess a peculiar interest to the antiquarian and historian; and it should surely be the business of those Manxmen who love their country and are proud of its independence to seize every opportunity of preserving the fading records of the past, just as it should also be their business in the fine language of the Laureate:
Occasion by the hand, "to take and make The bounds of freedom wider yet."

LARGE PAPER COPIES. The publishers also issued each of the four copies completing vol. i (1885) on extra large paper [284x225], and also copies of vol. ii. (1886) [240x160]. As only twenty copies of vol. i were made, the work is now very scarce; it was distinguished from the smaller issue by the addition of four large plates by J. M. Nicholson, serving as frontispieces to the separate parts. They are:
1. " The Last of a 'Coaster,'" Douglas. (Etching.)
2. " In Douglas Bay." (Photo-Lithograph.)
3. " Gathering Wraick after a Gale," Douglas. (Lithograph.)
4. " In Onchan Harbour," Douglas Bay. (Lithograph.)

There was no large paper edition of vol. iii. [2548 and 5744, L 6.]

The chief contents of literary and antiquarian importance in the Note Book are as follow:

Antiquarian :

Antiquarian Discoveries, i, 2; i, 4 (Ballakaighen Canoe) ; iii, 1; iii, 2.
The Fylfot and its Occurrence on a Sculptured Stone at Onchan (Llewellyn Jewitt, F.S.A.), i, 1.
Armorial Bearings of the Isle of Man (John Newton, M.R.C.S.E.), ii, 1.(Supplementary note to the above, ii, 3.)
Memorandum on the Antiquities of the Isle of Man (Sir William Boyd-Dawkins), ii, 1.
Manx Runes (Canon Isaac Taylor), ii, 3. (Reviews of above, ii, 4.)
Ogam Inscription at Ballaqueeney, Rushen (E. B. Savage), ii, 4.
Manx Runic Inscriptions Re-read (Vigfusson and Savage), iii, 1. (Correspondence on the Runic Inscriptions, iii, 2.)
Ogam (" Why I visited the Manx Mona," Prof. Rhys), iii, 2.
Ornamentation in Early Irish MSS. and the Runic Crosses (Sir William Boyd-Dawkins), iii. 3.

Biographical.

Svastika and Triskele, with other Symbolic Sculpture in Stone at Isel Church, Cumberland (Rev. W. S. Calverley), iii, 3.
Meayll and its Archaic Remains (Jeffcott), iii, 4.
Discovery of the Ogams in the Isle of Man (Wm. Kneale), iii, 4.

The Manx Worthies Series:

Henry Skillicorne of Lonan, i, 1;
Genl. Sir Mark Cubbon, i, 2;
Rev. William Walker, LL.D., i, 3;
Rev. Philip Moore, i, 4 and ii, 1;
William Christian (Iliam Dhoan), ii, 2;
Captain Hugh Crow, iii, 1;
James Wilks, Vicar-General, iii, 2;
Professor Edward Forbes, iii, 3 and 4.

Stanleys:

Sir John Stanley, the Second King in Man of that Name and Family, iii, 1;
Sir Thomas Stanley, Third King, etc., iii, 2;
Thomas II, afterwards First Earl of Derby, iii, 3;
Thomas III, Second Earl, iii, 4.

Bishops:

Bishop Wilson's Birth-place, i, 3;
Extracts from Bishop Wilson's Pocket-Book, i, 4 and ii, 2.;
Bishop Rutter and his Manx Drinking Song, ii, 4.

Old Manx Families:

Christians of Milntown, i, 1;
Descendants of William Christian (Iliam Dhoan), i, 3;
Heywoods of Heywood, Lancs., and the Nunnery, ii, 2;
Curgheys, or Curpheys, of Ballakillingan, ii, 3;
Quayles of Clychur, Bridge House and Crogga, ii, 4.

Miscellaneous.

Ancient Manx Superstitions (Jeffcott), i, 2.
Mammals of the Isle of Man (P. M. C. Kermode), i, 4.
Manx Surnames (A. W. Moore), i, 2 to and including last issue.
Fin and Ossian, Heroic Poem, ii, 2.
Godred Crovan's Victory (Sketch by F. Swinnerton and text from Camden), ii, 2.
Physical Anthropology of the Isle of Man (John Beddoe), iii, 1.
Early History (S. Walpole), iii, 3.
Inhabitants of the Isle of Man and their Language Vicar-Gen. Wilks, 1777), iii, 4. Epilogue (S. Walpole), iii, 4.
Notes from the Parish Registers: Ballaugh, 1, 2 and 3: Malew, ii, 2 to iii, 4.

Ballads, etc.

Creggyn Scarlode (Bishop Rutter), i, 1.
Shee as Maynrys ny Manninee (Bishop Rutter), i, ;i.
Lesh Soorey, i, 4.
Ushag Veg Ruy, ii, 3.
Carval yn Ullick, iii, 1.
Mannin Veen, iii, 2.
Dooinney Seyr Vayns Exeter, iii, 3.
Manninagh Dobberan Harrish Seaghyn Mannin Veen, iii, 4.

Portraits.

Bishop Wilson (engraving on steel), i, 3.
William Christian (Iliam Dhoan), ii, 2.
Bishop Samuel Rutter (autotype), ii, 4.
First Sir John Stanley (collotype), iii, 1.
Thomas I, Baron Stanley, iii, 2.
Thomas II, First Earl Derby, iii, 3.
Professor Edward Forbes, F.R.S., iii, 3.
Thomas III, Second Earl Derby, iii, 4.

1885.

PEEL GRAMMAR SCHOOL GAZETTE.

The first issues of a monthly periodical are said to have been printed with the above title. No copy has survived to the present. Under the heading of `Peel and the West' in the Manx Sun of 21st March, 1885, there appeared the following paragraph:- -- - The advent of a new periodical-The Grammar School Gazette-was heralded last week. It is to be a monthly paper, and is intended to record the events connected with the Grammar School and also " to create among the boys themselves an interest so great as to encourage them to make use of the pen-that great exponent of the human mind." The editor (the Headmaster of the School) writes " that the Gazette will derive its special interest from the fact that most of the contributions will emanate from the boys themselves."

1885-86.

THE MANX PUNCH AND SCRAP BOOK.

Printed and published by George William Dawson at his printing office, Hills Gardens, Douglas. 1885-86. 8pp. of 2 cols. each. Price 1/2d. [7225, L 6.]

There is a humorous title-page figuring a similar 'Punch' to that of the celebrated London weekly, sitting before a table and laughing jovially at a bunch of twenty-four keys lying thereon. In addition there are a great number of gnome-like figures actively engaged in play, the three legs, a rumpy cat, and one or two tiny caricatures of the rumpy hen. The original sketch appears to have been the work of the artist John Miller Nicholson, for his initials appear in the usual place at the lower right-hand corner of the illustration. It is regretted that we have no earlier issue than No. 32, 14 November, 1885; but it would appear that the Manx Punch was first issued in the previous year, for the issues of late 1885 belong to Volume II. Copies in the Library are:-
No. 32 - 14 November, 1885.
No. 37 - 19 December, 1885.
Christmas Number, 1885. No. 39 - 26 December, 1885.
No. 45 - 13 February, 1886.

The eight-page Christmas issue has the special title " Over the Round Table," is contained in a bright orange- red cover, and on page iv of this cover carries the adver- tisement: " The Manx Punch,-Organ of the Association for the Propagation of Good Humour,-Social, Critical, Satirical."

1889-1890.

RAMSEY CHURCH MONTHLY January, 1889, to December, 1890.

Edited by the Rev. George Paton. Ramsey J. Craine, Courier Office. 1889-90. 4pp. 252x190. [6521, L 6.] The Museum series is lacking numbers 3 and 6 of vol. I (1889), and numbers 1 and 10 of vol. II (1890). At the opening of 1891 it was decided to cease the St. Paul's Magazine and amalgamate with the Manx Church Magazine, which then commenced. The imprint up to February, 1890, read: 'Printed by J. Craine at the Courier Office'; after that date it read 'Printed at the Courier Office.' In the preface to No. 1, January, 1890, the editor of the Ramsey Church Monthly, the Rev. George Paton, makes the statement that 'it is now close upon a quarter 'of a century since we (St. Paul's) first issued a Ramsey Church Magazine. The venture lasted a few years and then died of inanition. . . . On two subsequent occasions the attempt to localise other magazines met with similar discouragement.'

But the Rev. George Paton's venture lasted only two years, at the end of which he joined hands with the promoters of the Manx Church Magazine. The Ramsey Church Magazine was, however, resuscitated again in 1896. The first copy was a very ambitious publication of 25 pages, and contained among other literary features the first instalment of a short story " Strayed East," by the Rev. A. R. Buckland, M.A. All subsequent issues were of four pages only, and contained matters exclusively devoted to the Church. The Chaplain's reference to the first magazine was to the Ramsey and District Magazine and Monthly Register, edited by J. Erskine Clarke, M.A., and published by J. Hampton, the first number of which appeared at the beginning of 1867 (see page 1211).

1889-1910.

YN LIOAR MANNINAGH : The Journal of the Isle of Man Natural History and Antiquarian Society.

Editor P. M. C. Kermode, M. B.O.U., F.S.A.Scot.

First published (under the title of Vannin Lioar) January, 1889, appearing quarterly. Douglas. Printed by Brown and Son, `Times' Buildings, Athol Street.

Vol. i, 1880-1892;
vol. ii, 1892-1895;
vol. iii, 1895-1900;
vol. iv, 1901-05. Plates: Vol. i, 5 ; vol. iii, 4. 220x140.
Vol. I, part i, pp. XVI, 156. 2048. A.363.
„ part ii, pp. 441. 2048. A.363.
„ II, pp. XV, 291. 2049. A.363.
„ III, pp. XIX, 651. 2050. A.363.
„ IV, pp. X, 243, 16. 4055. A.363.

There is a short Preface to vol. 1, part 1, explaining how the Society came to exist, and concluding:
'In 1888 a small volume of Transactions was published by the Society, and in 1899 it was determined not only to continue these but, by means of a Quarterly Magazine, to publish other notes and news on Natural History and Antiquarian subjects so as to make the work of the society more widely known, and arouse interest and sympathy in its objects and success.' Hence the origin of Yn Lioar Manninagh (lit. the Manks Book). A short index to the more important papers in the four volumes is given below:-

CONTENTS, VOL. I.

Adams (Lionel E.), List of Manx Land and Freshwater Shells, ii, 19.
Birchall (E., F.L.S.), Manks Butterflies, with some notes by the late, and remarks. P. M. C. Kermode, i, 49.
Clarke (H. S., F.S.E.), Heterocera of the Isle of Man, ii, 287, 319, 387; A Night with the Moths, ii, 329; Entomological Reports, i, 142, ii, 61, 158, 265, 378.
Dawkins (Prof. W. Boyd, F.R.S., F.G.S.). On the Conglomerates of the South of the Island, ii, 16.
Dodd (Miss), Wild Flowers in Mona, i, 97.
Elk, The Ballaugh: How, where and when discovered, ii, 23.
Folklore, ii, 68, 75, 91, 99, 167, 168, 169, 189, 221, 228, 265, 289, 323.
Gasking (Rev. S., F.G.S.). The Arachnidæ of the Isle of Man, i, 93. Geology of the South of the Island, 1, 119. The so-called Old Red Sandstone Formation of the Isle of Man, i, 135.
Harrison (Rev. S. N.). Notes on Antiquities and Geology of the Maughold area, ii, 75, 140, 208, 375, 382.
Haviland (A.). Necessity for Collecting and Arranging the Facts relating to the Glaciation of the Isle of Man, i, 57. Aspects of the Crags of the Manks Mountains in relation to the Glaciation of the Isle, i, 77.
Herdman (W. A., D.Sc., F.L.S., F.R.S.E.). Brief Notes on the Marine Invertebrate Fauna of the Southern end of the Isle, i, 54.
Hobson (Bernard, M.Sc., F.G.S.). Igneous Rocks of the South of the Isle of Man, with plate, ii, 337.
Jeffcott (J. M.). Manx Verbal Peculiarities, ii, 22.
Addresses, ii, 56, 153. " Boaldyn," ii, 216. Archibald Cregeen, the Manx Lexicographer, ii, 302. Obituary, ii, 389.
Kendall (P. F., F.G.S.). Manks Minerals, ii, 167. The Glacial Phenomena of the Isle of Man, ii, 227. Glacial Geology of the Isle of Man. Plates, Map, Sections, Figures of Fossil Shells, ii, 397.
Kermode (.Rev. W.). Obit, ii, 196.
Kermode (P. M. C.). Plea for the Study of Natural History. i, 1. Wireworm, i, 19. Tumuli on Snaefell and Skyehill, i, 27. Cutworm, i, 29. Ancient Canoe discovered at Ballakaighen, i, 36. Report on the Preservation of Antiquities, i, 42. Manks Butterflies, i, 49. Cinerary Urn from Ballaseyr, Andreas, i, 52. Address of Retiring President, i, 66. Introduction to the Study of Lichens, i, 85. The Cronk Aust Burial Mound, i, 88. Ballakaighen Canoe, ii, 78. Fossil Shells from the Boulder Clay and Sand, North Ramsey, ii, 96. Flint Implements from the Brooghs, Ramsey, ii, 131. Antiquities of the Parish of Bride, ii, 182.
Phenological Observations, ii, 18, 63, 84, 103, 160, 177, 197, 225, 292, 349.
Moore (A. W.). Crucifix of Braddan Old Church, i, 93. Manx Literature, i, 110. Historical Sketch of the Manks Language, ii, 129. Weather Summary, 1888, ii, 20, (1890) 224, (1891) 351. Climate of the Isle of Man, i, 145. The Military Organisation, ii, 141. Great Frost of 1890-1891, ii, 226. Origin and Constitution of the Keys, ii, 245. Quakers, ii, 281. Ballafletcher Cup, ii, 218.
Quine (Rev. J., M.A.). Study of Manx Natural History, i, 126.
Rhys (Prof. J.). Were there ever Druids in Man? ii, 179.
Savage (Rev. E. B.). Parish Registers of Kirk Michael, i, 3.
Swainson (G., F.L.S.). Results of a Dredging Excursion to Dalby, ii, 14.
Swynnerton (F.). Early Neolithic Cists and Refuse
Heaps at Port St. Mary, ii, 137. Pre-Aryan remains at Glen Wyllin, Michael, ii, 262.
Talbot (Rev. T.). Brassica Monensis, i, 13. Marine Algae, especially of Douglas Bay, i, 82.
Tellet (F. S.). Colours of the Royal Manks Fencibles, ii, 439.
Walkey (R. H.). Neolithic Settlement on the Brooghs, North Ramsey, ii, 212.
Whiteside (R.). How to improve the breed of Trout, ii, 173.
Wood (G. W.). Description of an ancient document, ii, 332. George Borrow, ii, 359.

INDEX TO VOLUME II.

Age of Manx Rocks, ii, 220.
An Ancient MS. Account of the Parish of Marown,
written by John Christian, Vicar (about 1776), for
Thomas Pennant, 29.
Andreas. Antiquarian notes, 153-4.
Arbory. Antiquities of, 103, 177.
Ballaugh, Antiquities of, 190, 191.
Bird-Life in the neighbourhood of Douglas (P. G. Ralfe), 254. Notes, 236, 288.
Bows and Arrows, Parish matches, 31.
Bradbury, Dr. Rhullick-y-keeill Kallane, Lonan, 115.
Braddan, Antiquities, 167, 168.
Bride, Antiquities, 155, 156.
Bridgman (Rev. A. A.), Place-name ` Lezayre,' 92.
Cairns (R.), Molluscae collected in the Isle of Man, 249.
Captain Quilliam at Trafalgar, 104.
Celtic Land System (A. W. Moore), 40.
Clarke (H. S.). The Rhopalocera of the Isle of Man. 100 Entomological Report, 72, 20'6.
Coleopterous Fauna of the Ishand (Dr. J. Ellis), 10, 45.
Conchan, Antiquities, 4, 165, 166.
Crellin (J. C.), Zoological Reports, 70, 203.
Crellin (Miss A. M.). Folk-lore Reports, 68, 194. Notes of Kirk Michael Antiquities, 121-122. Some Things Manx, 265.
Cronk-How-Moar and Ballaqueeney, 47, 224.
Douglas treasure trove, 221.
Early land system of the Isle of Man (A. W. Moore), 40.
Earthworks: Andreas, 153; Arbory, 177; Ballaugh, 190; Braddan, 167; Conchan, 165; German, 185; Lezayre, 157, 219; Lonan, 163; Malew, 173; Marown, 169; Maughold, 159; Michael, 188; Patrick, 181; Rushen, 179; Santon, 171; Summary, 193.
Erosion of Sea Cliffs, Bride, 25.
Fences in the Isle of Man, 40-4-4.
Flints. Mr. C. Roeder's Collection, 82. Meayll Circle, 118-119.
Flora. (Rev. S. A. P. Kermode), 273.
Foxdale Mines. (W. H. Kitto), 7, 32.
Geological Excursion to the Isle of Man (J. Lomas), 122.
German Antiquities, 184-186.
Golden Eagle, Sulby, 204.
Harrison (Rev. S. N.), Maughold Rocks, 52.
Herdman (Professor W. A.), Marine Biology, 106, 246.
Hydroida, Manx (G. W. Wood), 15, 20.
Jurby, Antiquities, 192, 232.
Keeills and Chapels, 153, 155, 158, 166, 167, 177, 190, 192.
Kelly (H.), Ballaqueeney Cronk and Cronk-How-Moar, 47.
Kermode (P. M. C.), Meayll Circle, 117. Bottle-nosed Whale in the Isle of Man, 271.
Kermode (Rev. S. A. P.), Manx Flora, 273.
Kewley (Rev. John), Antiquities of Arbory, 103.
Kitto (W. H.), Historical account of the Foxdale Mines, 732.
Lamplugh (G. W.), Geological Notes, 219, 220.
Lezayre, Antiquities, 157, 158.
Lonan, Antiquities, 162-164.
Malew, Antiquities, 173-175.
Marine Biological Station, Port Erin. Establishment of (1892), 78.
Marown, Account of, by John Christian, Vicar, for Thomas
Pennant, 29-31. Antiquities, 169, 170.
Maughold, Antiquities, 159, 161.
Meteorology of the Isle of Man (Dr. Tellett), 2, 10.
Michael, Antiquities, 187-189.
Moore (A. W.), Early Land system, 40. Has Climate Changed? 237.
Neolithic Settlement, 155, 158, 159, 179, 182, 185, 188.
Patrick, Antiquities, 181-182.
Pre-Christian Burials. Andreas, 153; Arbory, 177; Ballaugh, 190; Braddan, 167; Bride, 155; Conchan, 165; German, 184; Jurby, 192; Lezayre, 157; Lonan, 162; Malew, 173; Marown, 169; Maughold, 159; Michael, 127, 187; Patrick, 181; Rushen, 179; Santan, 171; Summary, 193.
Quail, 71, 204.
Quine (Rev. John), Douglas Treasure Trove, 242.
Ralfe (P. G.), Bird Life near Douglas, 254.
Roeder (C.), Collection of. Flints, 82.
Rushen, Antiquities, 179, 180.
Santan, Antiquities, 171, 172.
Stone Celts, 61, 89.
Stone Circles, 2, 149, 227.
Tynwald. Deemster Gell's Account of, 229.
Urns, 4, 86, 117, 119.
Walkey (R. H.), Survival of Palaeolithic Man, 94.
Waxwing, Ramsey, 61, 71.
Wells, Arbory, 177; Ballaugh, 191; Braddan, 168; Bride, 156; Conchan, 166; German, 186; Jurby, 192; Lezayre, 158; Lonan, 163; Malew, 175; Marown, 170; Maughold, 161; Michael, 189; Patrick, 182; Rushen, 180; Santan, 172; Summary, 193; Near Bradda, 224.

INDEX TO VOLUME III.

Abbey-Lands in Malew (Rev. J. Quine), 417.
Adams (L. E.), Great Grey Seal in Man, 451.
Addresses of Retiring Presidents: 1895, Rev. S. N. Harrison, 27; 1896, Rev. J. Quine, 113; 1897, Deemster Gill, 268; 1898, J. W. Clinch, 369; 1899, H. S. Clarke, 474; 1900, Rev. S. A. P. Kermode, 604.
Analysis of Brine and Salt from the Point of Ayre, 70.
Antiquities in the Society's collection, 375.
Archallagan Plantation, 193.
Birds of the Isle of Man, List of (P. M. C. Kermode), 516, 544.
Birds in December, 1900. (C. H. B. Grant), 634.
Borings at the Point of Ayre, 65. Maps, 72.
Breweries in the Isle of Man in the 16th century (Rev. J. Quine), 106.
British Association, Excursion to Isle of Man, 1896, 204.
Chronicon Manninae, the boundary of the Abbey Lands in Malew, 417.
Clarke (H. S.), Entomological Notes, 246, 409, 431, 543, 627.
Coast Fisheries (Professor Herdman), 325.
Conglomerate Beds, Langness (Professor Boyd Dawkins), 214.
Crellin (Miss A. M.), Folk-Lore Section Reports, 19, 119, 285, 379, 482, 610.
Crellin (J. C.), Zoological section reports, 22, 122, 288, 381, 489, 612.
Crush Conglomerates, Sulby (G. W. Lamplugh), 217.
Cup-Markings in the Isle of Man (A. W. Moore), 434.
Denton (Thomas), Descriptions of the Isle of Man and its
Customs (G. W. Wood), 435.
Derby, Isle of Man, 500.
Dictionary, the Triglot (A. W. Moore), 56.
Doomsday Book, the Manks (Rev. J. Quine), 92.
Drinkwater (G.), Archallagan Plantation, 193.
Dwellings, Manx, 132.
Early Lamps and Candle Holders in the Isle of Man (P. M. C. Kermode), 570.
Elk, Irish, 318, 321, 327, 395, 401, 406, 408.
Entomological Section Reports (H. S. Clarke), 24, 124, 291, 384, 492, 616.
Folk-Lore, Contributions to Manx (C. Roeder), 129; Dress, 130; Food and Drink, 130; Weddings, 131; Burials, 132; Lights, 132; Dwellings, 132; Time keeping, 143; Surnames, 134; Skeeals and Yarns, 134; Mannanan mac lir, 135; Finn mac Cooil, 136; St. Patrick, 137; Glashtins, 137; Bugganes, 139, 142; Phynnodderee, 143; Fairies, Cronk-ny-Moar, 144; Lhein Garmin, 147; Ghosts and Spirits, 151, 157; Mermaids, 159; Giants, 160; Wild Hunters, 160; Lhiannan 'shee, 161; Witches, 162; Animals, 165; Wells and well worship, 166; Signs and Customs, 167; Charms, 168; Pet-names, 174; Nursery Tales, 175, 177, 178; Songs, 179; Proverbs, 179; Festivals, 180; Hunting the Wren, 190.
Folk-Medicine in the Isle of Man (A.. W. Moore), 303-310.
Foraminifera of the pleistocene clay, Shellag (J. Wright), 627.
Foreign Elements in the Manks Language (A. W. Moore), 59.
Form of the ancient Parish Church in Man (Rev. John Quine), 337.
Gretchveg, Lonan. Cist and Urn, 179, 480.
Harrison (S. N.), Some remarkable Boulders, 323.
Henniker (Lieut.-Governor, Lord), On Museum for the Isle of Man, 256, 358.
Herdman (Professor W. H.), Why Man should study nature, 324.
History and Evolution of the microscope (J. W. Clinch), 50.
Holt (G. A.), Manks Mosses, 402.
Keeill s, 503, 504, 506, 585.
Kermode (P. M. C.). Sharks in Manx Waters, 339. Sculptured and inscribed stones, 629; List of Birds, 516; Early Lamps and Candle Holders, 570.
Knowsley. List of the principle MSS. examined by P. M. C. Kermode and A. W. Moore, 297.
Language, Manks, foreign elements in (A. W. Moore), 59.
Lhuyd's, ' Archæologia' and the Manks Language (G. W. Wood), 565.
Manks Doomsday Book (Rev. ,I. Quine), 92; Folklore (C. Roeder), 129; Language, Foreign Elements in (A. W. Moore), 59;
Mosses (G. A. Holt), 402;
Music(Deemster Gill), 274;
Parish Church Sites (Rev. J. Quine), 331; Words derived from Latin, Old Norse and Anglo-Saxon, 61.
Marown Keeills, Tumuli, etc., 433, 478, 502.
Moore, A. W. Cup-Markings, 434; Folk-Medicine, 303; Foreign Elements in the Manx Language, 59; List of the Principal MSS. at Knowsley, 297; Triglot Dictionary, 56; Treen-Chapels in Marown, 433.
Mosley, John Ivon, Compiler of a Manks Dictionary (C. Roeder), 341.
Parish Church Sites: Some Notes on (Rev. J. Quine), 331;
On the form of the ancient Parish Churches (Rev. J. Quine), 337.
Place-Names, 267; " Lezayre," 93; Notes on Moore's " Place-Names and Surnames" (Rev. J. Quine), 444.
Pleistocene Clay, Shellag, Foraminifera of (J. Wright, 627.
Plant Names, Manx (A. W. Moore), 311; (W. Quayle and P. G. Ralfe), 314.
Quine, Rev. J. President's Address, 1896, 113; Manx Breweries in the Sixteenth Century, 106; Notes on Manx Parish Church Sites, 331; The Form of the Ancient Parish Church in Man, 337; Moore's 'Surnames and Place-Names,' 444; The Boundary of Abbey-lands in Malew, in Chronicon Manniæ, 417; The Manks Domesday Book, 92; Treens, with special reference to Lonan for illustration, 95.
Ralfe, P. G. Manx Bird Notes, 414, 544.
Report of Committee on Irish Elk, 26, 267, 395.
Rhenwyllan, Rushen, and its relics, 642.
Roeder, C. Contribution to the Folk-lore of the Isle of Man, 129.
Runic Crosses and Treen Chapels, 102.
Rushen Abbey and the Ecclesiastical Baronies, 334.
Rushen, Prehistoric Remains (F. Swinnerton), 635.
Salt and Coal Borings in the North of the Island, with Map (T. Todd), 72.
Sharks in Manx Waters (P. M. C. Kermode), 339.
Swinnerton, F., Finds in Rushen, Prehistoric Remains, 635.
Thompson, I., C. Place of the Copepoda in Nature, 621.
Todd, J. Borings for Salt and Coal in the North, 65.
Treen Chapels and Runic Crosses, 102, 334; in Marown, 433; with reference for illustration to Lonan (Rev. J. Quine), 95.
Urns, 372, 375, 409, 478, 506, 479.
Wood, G. W. Denton's MS. Description of Man and its Customs, 435; Table of words from Lhuyd's 'Archæologia' showing comparison of Manx with other Celtic Languages, 565, 567.
Wright, J. Foraminifera of the Pleistocene Clay, Shellag, 627.

CONTENTS, VOL. IV.

Addresses of Retiring Presidents, Dr. Richardson, 1901, 28; J. Steavenson, 1902, 88; Rev. C. H. Leece, 1903, 129; P. M. C. Kermode, 1904, 183; P. G. Ralfe, 1905, 222.
Boyd-Dawkins, Prof. W., on Manx Geology, 16.
Cathedral, Peel, 121.
Children's Rhyming Games in the Island (A. W. Moore), 50.
Cock, Symbol of the Resurrection on Cross-Slabs, 152.
Colours of the Northern Manx Volunteers, 106.
Entomological Reports (H. S. Clarke), 39, 92, 134, 193, 231.
Fencibles, Some Notes on the Royal Manx (A. W. Moore), 162, 167.
Flowering Plants, 36, 81.
Folklore, 33, 35, 154.
Grasses, Manx (G. A. Holt), 58.
Herdman, Prof. W. A., The Pearl Oyster, 198.
Heterocera, Additions to Manx List (H. S. Clarke), 39, 93, 134, 231.
Hind, Dr. W., Carboniferous Lamellibranchiata, 41.
Holt, G. A., Manx Grasses, 58.
Keig, J. B., Flints from Ballaugh, 15.
Kermode, P. M. C., Sculptured Stone from Ramsey and the Story of Sigurd the Volsung, 60; Traces of Norse Mythology in Man, 138.
Moore, A. W., Children's Rhyming Games, 50; The Ronaldsway Estate, 53; Northern Manx and Southern Manx Volunteers, 96.
Moore, A. W., Some Notes on the Royal Manx Fencibles, 162.
Morrison, Miss S., Manx Folk-lore Notes, 154.
Norse Mythology in the Isle of Man (P. M. C. Kermode), 138.
Odin, Figured on Cross-slabs, 147,-153.
Ornithology in the Isle of Man (P. G. Ralfe), 224.
Pearl Oyster (Dr. W. A. Herdman), 198.
Quine, Rev. J., Peel Cathedral, 121; Maughold Church, 203.
Ronaldsway Estate (A. W. Moore), 53.
Sculptured Stone from Ramsey and the story of Sigurd the Volsung, 60.
Southern Manx Volunteers (A, W. Moore), 106, 110.

1891-

MANX CHURCH MAGAZINE: Diocesan, Parochial, General.

Monthly; first issue January, 1891. Issued in connection with the Diocesan Conference, by whom the editor is appointed. Douglas: Committee of Convocation. Printed at the Manx Sin Office. 8-lepp. 242x180. The editors at the outset were the Rev. Canon Ferrier and the Rev. E. B. Savage, but with the August issue of 1895 (Vol. v., No. 8) a change was announced, the Revs. R. B. Baron (St George's, Douglas) and John Kewley (Arbory) succeeding. Later, the Rev. W. H. Gibson (Laxey) and Mr. F. W. Briscoe worked in collaboration with the Ven. Archdeacon, and in more recent years the Revs. H. C. McNeil and Canon Kermode (Lezayre) have succeeded. The chief contents of literary and historical moment in the early issues were as follow:-

Volume 1. 4408.

Sodor and Man. A. W. Moore. No. 1.
Church Discipline in Man before Bishop Wilson's Days. A. W. Moore. Nos. 4, 5.
Bishop Hildesley. Unpublished Letter. Nos. 9, 10, 11, 12.
Henry Skillicorne. Inscription on Tablet in S. Mary's Church, Cheltenham. No. 11.
Tithes. Letters of Anthony Halsall to the Lord Bishop. No. 11.
Rev. Hugh Stowell. Letter. No. 11.
St. Mary's, Castletown, with Extracts from the Vestry Minute Book. Nos. 9, 10, 11, 12.

Volume 2. 4408.

Rushen Parish Church. Extracts from old Parish Book. Nos. 2-5.
The Bishop-Designate. Rev. Arch. N. D. J. Straton, M.A.
Portrait and Biographical note. No. 2.
Discipline of the Manx Church after Bishop Wilson. A. W. Moore. Nos. 4, 5, 6.
Extracts from the German Registers. Nos. 4, 5, 6.
Parish of Maughold. Extracts from the Register. No. 9.
Bishop Wilson Anecdote. No. 9.
Parish of Lonan. Extracts from Register. No. 10.
Parish of Conchan. Extracts from Register. Nos. 11, 12.

Volume 3. 4408.

Extracts from Parish Registers - Andreas, Jurby, Patrick and Marown. No. 4.
Bishop Wilson. Paper by W. S. Kerruish, Cleveland, Ohio. Nos. 7, 8.
Ecclesiastical Constitutions. Abstract from the " Life ofBishop Wilson " by the Rev. C. Cruttwell. No. 9.
Volume 4. 4408.
Diocesan Histories: Sodor and Man. A Review of A. W. Moore's book. No. 1.
The Lord Bishop's Charge, 1894. No. 6.
Translation of the Bible and the Prayer-Book into Manx. A. W. Moore. No. 7.
Ballaugh Registers. Extracts. Nos. 8, 9, 10.

Volume 5. 4409.

Biographical Account of the Rev. John Clague, Vicar of
Rushen, 1782-1816. No. 1.
Horn-Books. Rev. E. B. Savage. No. 3.
Bishop Phillips' Prayer-Book. Ed. by A. W. Moore. A Review. No. 3.
Manx Help to England in 1798. No. 4.
"Diocesan Histories: Sodor and Man," by A. W. Moore. A Review. Nos. 6, 9.

Volume 6. 4409.

Peter and Nessy Heywood and the Mutiny on the " Bounty." John Frowde, London. Nos. 3, 6.
Bishop Ward. How the Diocese of Sodor and Man was
Saved. C. Ward. No. 6. Bishop Ward, Nos. 7, 8.
Old Manx Families. Copies of letters in the Possession of Capt. Sterling, R.N. No. 6.
Bishop Hildesley's Character. No. 9.
Translations of the Holy Scriptures in the Manx Language. G. W. Wood, A.K.C. Nos. 9, 10, 11; and Vol. vii, No. 1.
Manx National Songs arranged by W. H. Gill. John Quine. No. 11.
Notable Manx Bishops-Michael 'the Cistercian. Rev. J. Quine. No. 11.

Volume 7. 4409.

Notable Manx Bishops - Reginald, 1217-1226. Rev. J. Quine. No. 1.
Old Testament Chronology. Rev. E. B. Savage. No. 3.
Notable Manx Bishops -Reginald (2). Rev. J. Quine. No. 3.
Notable Manx Bishops. Symon, 1229-1247. Rev. J. Quine. No. 4.
Copy of Deed of Consecration of Lonan Church. No. 6.
St. Columba. Rev. Canon Savage. No. 8.
Life of Dr. Kelly. No. 9.
Translation of the Scriptures into the Manx Language. No. 9.
Extracts from Bishop Wilson's Memorandum Book. No. 10.

Volume 8. 4409.

Rev. T. E. Brown. Obituary Notices from the London " Times " and " The Academy." No. 1.
Diocese of Sodor and Man. Brown Willis's Surveys of the Cathedrals. No. 6.
Bishops of Sodor and Man. No. 8.
Rushen Abbey and Castletown Grammar School, Similarity in Arches. No. 10.
Religious Tracts published in the Manx Language. G. W. Wood, A.K.C. Nos. 10, 11.
Papal Letter (Gregory IX). A. W. Moore. No. 10.

Volume 9. 4410.

Rev. Canon Ferrier's Death. No. 4.
Rev. F. B. Walters. Obituary. No. 9.
Highland Open-Air Communion in Kenmore a Century Ago. Account by a Bishop of Sodor and Man. No. 10.

Volume 10. 4410.

Hymn composed by the late Rev. Geo. Paton (portrait). No. 3.
Bishop Straton's Sermon on the War in South Africa. No. 4.
Relief of Mafeking. Thanksgiving Service at the Palace, Douglas. No. 6.
Bishop Thomas Stanley. A. W. Moore. No. 6.
Clonfert Cathedral. No. 10.

Volume 11. 4410.

Consecration of St. Matthew's, Douglas. No. 8.
Mr. James Cowle. Obituary. No. 10.
Some Inscriptions in the Gaelic of Mann. No. 10.

Volume 12. 4410 to No. 8, and 4853.

Letters of Bishop Baptist Levinz. No. 1.
Lord Henniker, Lieut.-Governor. Obit. No. 8.
Rev. R. B. Baron's Trip to Canada. No. 9.

Volume 13. 4853.

Use of Rushes on Tynwald Day. Rev. E. B. Savage. No. 7.

Volume 14. 4853.

Bishop Wilson and his Times. A. W. Moore. No. 157.
Two Circulars issued by Bishop Wilson, with a Preface
by Canon Savage. No. 162.
Governor and Officers v. Bishop Wilson. A. W. Moore. No. 165.

Volume 16, 17. 4411.

Prayer for Fishermen. No. 190.
Creg dy Eashtyn -Hymn "Rock of Ages." No. 200.

Beyond this period very little indeed that is of other than purely parochial or diocesan interest appears in the "Manx Church Magazine." The Library collection is completed with:-
Vols. 16 - 19. 4411. L 6.
„ 20 - 23. 4412. „
„ 24 - 29. 5295. „
„ 30 - 33. 6012. „
„ 33 - 34. 4854. „
„ 35 - 38. 6013. „
„ 39 - 41. 6440. „

1893 -

THE MANX WESLEYAN METHODIST CHURCH RECORD : A Monthly Journal of General and Local Methodist News.

First published January, 1893. Price one penny. Douglas : Clucas and Fargher, Mona's Herald Office. The size of the page in 1903-4 Was 270x215, and from 1905 onwards 292x230. From October, 1932, the title was altered to "The Manx Methodist Church Record." The celebration of the Methodist Union took place in September, 1932. The first issues contain articles on the history of Methodism in the Isle of Man by the Revs. W. T. Radcliffe, Humphrey Jutsum, and others, the former's " Manx Wesleyan Methodism " in the issues for January to April, 1893, being especially noteworthy. There are also inter- esting notes of the Peel fishing fleet in Ireland throughout Vols. 1 and 2, and a valuable feature up to the end of 1894 was the inclusion of portraits and biographical sketches of notable Manx Methodists, as follows:-

Volume 1 averaged 14 to 16 pages per number; vols. 2-12 averaged 8 pages; vols. 13-21 varied from 12 to 16; and from vol. 22 onwards the average was 24.

The price from the commencement up to 1919 vv as one penny, during 1920-21 1½d., and afterwards twopence. The editors and dates of their retirements were as follow:- Rev. T. Rippon, October, 1895. Rev. Sidney Mees, October, 1898. Rev. H. J. Sugden, October, 1901. Rev. W. H. Heap, January, 1905, Rev. Arthur Whetnall, October, 1907.Rev. John W. Hall, March, 1910. Rev. W. J. Hartley, October, 1913. Rev. C. Copeland Smith, July, 1914. Rev. J. Wesley Davies, September, 1916. Rev. J. 7'. Salisbury. Rev. R. W. Pickersgill, August, 1918. R. G. Fargher (Douglas), July, 1933. J. K. Gawne (Peel).

The Museum collection lacks volumes 23-29 (1915-21). The bound volumes are registered as:-
Vols. 1 - 9. 4414. L 6.
„ 10-12. 4415. L 6.
„ 13-17. 4413. L 6.
„ 18 - 22. 4851. L 6.
„ 23 -- 29. 7848-7853. L 6.
„ 30 - 33. 4852. L 6.
„ 34 - 35. 6014. L 6.
„ 36 - 37. 6015. L 6.
,,38 - 40. 6441. L 6.

1895

MANX CATHOLIC MAGAZINE.

Monthly from January, 1895, to December, 1895. 108pp. Frontispiece view of St. Mary's Church and Rectory. 204x132. [ 1135, L 6 ; 4355, E 186. Contains a valuable history of Roman Catholicism in Man and other articles of interest:-

1895 - 1900.

THE MANXMAN : A Weekly Critical and Satirical Paper Written by Manxmen for Manxmen and devoted to the best interests of the Manx people.

First issue May 30, 1895. Printed for the Proprietor by L. E. Newnham and Co., at 12, Finsbury Street, London, F.C., and published by James Hartley at the Manxman Publishing Office, Upper Church Street, Douglas. It was soon afterwards printed by Robinson Bros. at 19, Athol Street, and in November, 1895, by James Hartley, Proprietor, at the Manxman Office, Regent Street, Douglas. On March 10, 1900, it was published by A. H. Jones, 9, Hill Street, Mr. Hartley retiring just after the Dumbell's Bank collapse. 16pp., more or less, increasing to 20pp., and in 1900 to 24pp. 295x240. Price one penny. L5063, L6. Rolls Office.] John Walker had " An Appreciation of 'The Manxman ' " in the Manchester Quarterly, vol. 14, pp. 365-371, in the year 1895. The paper discontinued publication on 29 September, 1900, the following editorial statement appearing in the last number:- 'The Proprietors of the "Manxman " have decided to convert it into a summer journal simply. The publication will, therefore, be discontinued from this issue, and will be resumed in Whitweek, 1901. The popularity of the " Manxman " with the visitor to Mona is remarkable and more than justifies the action of the Proprietors. The "Manxman " has served a useful purpose in the field of Manx journalism, and has won a success which none of its contemporaries can point to in so short a time from its inception.'

1896-1901.

THE RAMSEY CHURCH MAGAZINE.

Edited by the Rev. Edward Curphey Paton, Chaplain of St. Paul's. Ramsey : C. B. Heyes, Courier Office. 1896 to 1901 ; 66 monthly nos. 12pp. 250x185. [2880, L6, G.W.W. Coll.]

This is one of the best of the Manx literary periodicals given to the public at any time. Several valuable contributions were printed during its existence from January, 1896, to June, 1901, the following being the chief:

BROWN, Rev. T. E., Manxiana. Nos. 3, 13, 24, 36, 45, 64. Rev. Hugh Stowell, 77. Rev. Thos. Howard, 89, 98, 107. Rev. Robert Brown, 118, 128, 137. Rev William Gill, 157, 164, 169, 175, 180. The Church Institute Concert, 56. The Short Manx Liturgy, 155. In Memoriam (Oct. 29, 1897), 199. Manx Character, 19, 30, 38, 45, 50.

QUINE, Rev. John. Notable Manx Bishops: Michael the Cistercian (1180-1203), No. 1; Reginald (1217-1226), 12; Symon (1229), 22; Mark (1276-1300), 33; Russell (1348-1374), 43; Rutter (1661-1662), 54; Barrow (1663-1671), 62, 75; Wilson (1697-1755), 87, 96; Hildesley (1755-1772), 116. T. E. Brown, 10. Mouths of Manx Rivers, 136. Manx Fords, 146. Manx Mills, 193. A Visit to Islay, 186. Notes on the sites of our ancient Parish Churches, 208. Rishop Phillip's Case, 231, 236, 238.

PATON, Rev. George. Ramsey Past and Present, 150.

HARRISON, Rev. S. N. Ballure Chapel, 176, 182. Letters of Bishop Levinz (1690), 187. St. Trinian's, 114. Col. Mark Wilks, 191, 195.

MOORE, A. W. An Account of the Manx Clergy in 1840, 192. Letters of the Rev. Philip Moore, 201, 210; 2, 11, 28, 36, 44, 52. Diary and Letters of the Rev. James Wilks, 69, 76, 83, 90, 97, 107, 111, 121.

KERMODE, P. M. C.-The First Bishop of Man and the Cross at Kirk Maughold, 194. Notes on the form of the Ancient Parish Church in Man, 201. A Museum for the Isle of Man, 111, 121.

OLD BALLAWHANE, 133.

1897-1900.

THE TOURIST : The Magazine-journal for Travellers.

Edited by T. E. Edwardes and first published in May, 1897, at 30, Park Row, Leeds. At the beginning of 1898 proprietorship passed to Sir William Christopher Leng and Co., and the magazine was published at the Sheffield Weekly Telegraph Office until April, 1898, and thereafter in Fleet Street, London. From Dec., 1899, to June, 1900, publication ceased, to be resumed in the latter month under the title " The Summer Tourist." Publication finally ceased in Sept., 1900. 1897-1900. 32pp. ; copiously illustrated. 233x150. Price, one penny. [2878 (all issues), 2870 (vol. i), 2871 (vol. ii), G.W.W. Coll.]

The editorial introduction to the new work states: " In producing our bijou Magazine-Journal, we have been actuated by double motives . . firstly, in our opinion the only classes not directly represented by their own organ are the enormous bodies generally called Tourists or Travellers-(even coffin-makers have their trade news-paper)-and secondly, because we consider the generality of descriptive guides and publications to be antiquated and obscure, and really not paid attention to by anybody." Below are given the chief contents touching upon Manx subjects:-

1899 - ?

THE RAMSIAN : the Ramsey Grammar School Magazine, March, July, and November.

No. 1, Nov., 1899, to No. 5, March, 1901. Printed by Goodall and Suddick, Leeds. 1889-1901. from 22pp. to 28pp. 205x160. The 1/6 annual subscription. [6506, L 6.]

The five issues from November, 1899, to March, 1901, are in the possession of the Museum. Two interesting articles by Mr. Robt. Edward Craine are:-
Old Manx Customs and Superstitions, p. 7,
No. 2; Old Customs and Superstitions, p. 7, No. 5.

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