The books which formerly belonged to La Monnoie are now recognizable by
the anagram of his name. _A Delio nomen_, and also by some very curious
notes on the fly-leaves and margins written in microscopic characters.
G.J.K.
[Footnote 1: Conversion de la Reina de Suecia in Roma (1656).]
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ORIGIN OF WORD "GROG."
Mr. Vaux writes as follows:--Admiral Vernon was the first to require his
men to drink their spirits mixed with water. In bad weather he was in
the habit of walking the deck in a rough _grogram_ cloak, and thence had
obtained the nickname of _Old Grog_ in the Service. This is, I believe,
the origin of the name _grog_, applied originally to _rum_ and _water_.
I find the same story repeated in a quaint little book, called Pulleyn's
_Etymological Compendium_.
[A.S. has communicated a similar explanation; and we are obliged
to "An old LADY who reads for Pastime" for kindly furnishing us
with a reference to a newly published American work, _Lifts for
the Lazy_, where the origin of "Grog" is explained in the same
manner.
The foregoing was already in type when we received the following
agreeable version of the same story.]
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ORIGIN OF WORD "GROG"--ANCIENT ALMS-BASINS.
Mr. Editor,--As a sailor's son I beg to answer your correspondent
LEGOUR'S query concerning the origin of the word "grog," so famous in
the lips of our gallant tars.
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