[See _Archaeologia_, vol. xxiv. p. 203., for a valuable article,
entitled "Historical Remarks on the introduction of the Game of Chess
into Europe, and on the ancient Chessmen discovered in the Isle of
Lewis, by Frederick Madden, Esq., F.R.S., in a Letter addressed to
Henry Ellis, Esq., F.R.S., Secretary."]
_Guthryisms._--In a work entitled _Select Trials at the Old Bailey_ is an
account of the trial and execution of Robert Hallam, for murder, in the
year 1731. Narrating the execution of the criminal, and mentioning some
papers which he had prepared, the writer says: "We will not tire the
reader's patience with transcribing these prayers, in which we can see
nothing more than commonplace phrases and unmeaning _Guthryisms_." What
{621} is the meaning of this last word, and to whom does it refer?