Dublin.
_Flemish and Dutch Schools of Painting_ (Vol. vii., p. 65.).--Karelvan
Glander, _Leven der beroemdste Schilders, Hollandsche en Vlaamsche_ (Lives
of the most celebrated Dutch and Flemish Painters). This work is of the
beginning of the seventeenth century. A better work is the _Levens der
beroemdste Hollandsche en Vlaamsche Schilders_, by Immerzeel, published in
1836.
H. v. L.
_Furmety or Frumenty_ (Vol. vi., p. 604.).--ERICA asks if _furmety_ can
claim descent from the once popular dish plum-porridge, mentioned in the
_Tatler_ and _Spectator_.
Though not a direct answer, the following quotation from Washington
Irving's _Sketch Book_ will show that it was in request at the season when
_plum-pudding_ abounds, notwithstanding the orthodoxy of its use on
Mid-Lent Sunday. In his account of the Christmas festivities at Bracebridge
Hall, speaking of the supper on Christmas Eve, he says:
"The table was abundantly spread with substantial fare, but the Squire
made his supper of _frumenty_, a dish made of wheat cakes boiled in
milk, with rich spices, _being a standing dish in old times for
Christmas Eve_."