Sage's work including any indication of this further portion. I have it in English, French, and Spanish, but all are alike in concluding with the marriage. It is stated on the title-page of each volume that it is translated from the French; but though it is indubitable that the original is Le Sage's work verbatim up to the end of vol. iv., and the balance is of equal merit, Le Sage's name is not mentioned. I think you will esteem these facts sufficiently curious and of sufficient literary interest to justify my troubling you with the inquiry. CHAS. T. DRUERY. EPIGRAM ON ST. LUKE.-Can you kindly inform me what is the source of the following words? Lucas evangelii et medicinæ numera pandit St. Luke, by medicine and religion joined, 66 I am BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION WANTED.-1. BARROW.-Aubrey in his Brief Lives' (1898), vol. i. p. 94, says that the father of Isaac Barrow, Master of Trin. Coll., Camb., was one Barrow, a brewer at Lambith: a King's Scholar at Westminster." aware that the Dict. Nat. Biog.,' iii. 299, says that Thomas Barrow, linendraper to Charles I., was the father of Isaac Barrow, but I am anxious to obtain further information about this Lambeth brewer to whom Aubrey refers. Can any reader of N. & Q.' kindly supply it? . 2. COL. JOHN HENRY BELLI, eldest son of John Belli, sometime secretary to Warren Hastings, served in the Peninsular War and at Waterloo. Can any correspondent of 'N. & Q. kindly give me the full dates of his birth and death? 3. COL. HENRY MORDAUNT CLAVERING, second son of Major-General Sir John Clavering, K.B., was born 16 Dec., 1766. When did he die ? He married first Lady Augusta Campbell, elder daughter of John, 5th Duke of Argyll. Who was his second wife? 4. ROBERT CLAVERING was admitted to Westminster School in 1777. I should be glad to obtain any information concerning his parentage and career. G. F. R. B. BOLIVAR AND THE JEWS.-I have read somewhere that Bolivar, the South American Liberator, addressed a letter to the Jews of the City of London asking their help for his enterprise, and I think his appeal was successful. Can any reader assist me with references? . ISRAEL SOLOMONS. SAMARITAN BIBLE.-In ancient works on star lore it is said that the world was formed when the sun was in the zodiacal sign of Capricornus, the goat. This statement is said to be founded upon the Samaritan version of the Pentateuch. Information required. WM. WYNN WESTCOTT. BELLS RUNG FOR KING CHARLES'S EXECUTION. There is said to be a tradition that a peal of bells was rung in some parishes when the news arrived that King Charles was beheaded. I shall be much obliged by any information-especially as to whether any Sussex parish was among those that did R. A. B. So. and to have a copy, if possible, of the whole song, which, according to Bishop Burnet, contributed considerably towards fanning the Revolution of 1688. M. L. R. BRESLAR. RAILWAY TRAVEL: EARLY IMPRESSIONS. -I am desirous of collecting references to contemporary impressions of early railway travel, many of which, I fancy, have only recently come to light. The kind of thing I want is contained in Lady Dorchester's memoirs of John Cam Hobhouse, Lord Broughton, viz., a glimpse of Hobhouse's first journey in a railway train from Manchester to Liverpool in 1834 : "The effect was overpowering. My little child, as we sat quietly in our carriage, was not the least alarmed, nor seemed sensible of the prodigious speed of our movement. Indeed, it was only when a train met us and we passed each other at the rate of forty miles an hour that I was aware of our wonderful velocity. There was something awful, bordering on the terrific, in our moving through the last tunnel." Good descriptions contained in contemporary novels would also be welcomed, such, for example, as we have by the author of Handley Cross.' H. G. ARCHER. 29, Sussex Gardens, Hyde Park, W. THE ARABIAN NIGHTS.'-Of the ordinary editions of this book the story of Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp' forms a prominent feature. But I find no mention of it in the work of E. W. Lane, edited by his nephew, E. S. Poole. Lane remains, I pose, the standard authority on the subject. Was this story interpolated from some other source, and therefore rejected by him? sup I miss also other familiar tales, notably that of the black stones, singing tree, and talking bird. My copy is dated 1877. at the Devil Tavern on Thursday, 17 Feb., 1736, at 7 o'clock in the afternoon." The invitation is dated from "the Apollo, Feb. 10, 1736," and is signed by the Secretary, Charles Middlebrook. Above the text is a mythical figure-a compound of man, rustic work, and with the words "Risum woman, beast, bird, and fish, surrounded by teneatis, amici" above, and "Ab origine mundi below. Can any of your readers give me any information about this Society, or the Brotherhood of the "Grand Khaibar," which existed at the same time? A. M. BROADLEY. The Knapp, Bradpole, Dorset. A ROBIN HOOD.-Has any one published a bibliography relating to him, including the casual references made to him in preReformation literature? What reprints are there of plays about Robin Hood? Is there a list of the places named after him in Nottinghamshire, Yorkshire, and other counties? In North Lincolnshire Robin Hood's Well, or Spring, on Hardwick Hill, not far from the Trent, in the parish of Scotton, is a healing well to which children suffering from whooping-cough are still taken. piece of land in Northorpe, not many miles from Hardwick Hill, is also named after him; and it is possible that May games were formerly held at the spot. Has the relationship of the Robin and Marion of the spring festival, with the outlaw, ever been elucidated? Were not the former in reality of It would be Norman - French origin? natural that a confusion should take place between a Robin of the May games and a popular freebooter who loved the merry greenwood. H. W. D. POT∞ OS, ENGLISH RACEHORSE. - The recent discussion of Roman numerals in N. & Q.' recalls to my memory the name of this famous racehorse of the eighteenth century. How comes it that in all sporting books it is thus printed: Pot ∞ os, the figure 8 laid on its side being employed to represent N. W. HILL. the syllable -at- ? JONES AND BLUNKETT.-Can any of your of Jones bear the following arms: Serpents readers inform me what branch of the family nowed, quartered with fleurs-de-lis? They are the arms of Robert Jones of Babraham, Cambridgeshire, M.P. for Huntingdon, who died 1774. I am anxious to identify him and his family, and where they came from in Wales. He was a director of the East India Company, and was a merchant whose counting-house was in St. Clement's Lane. Also, is the name Blunkett known to any Rolls'; Chaloner Smith's Wills'; Fuller's of your readers ? The family lived in Peck-‘Worthies'; Wood's Life and Times ham and owned property in the "Poltry." (Oxford Historical Society); the Catalogue Anne Blunkett married Robert Jones. of the Library at Stourhead; C. E. Keyser's Can Blunkett be a German or Swiss name? List of Buildings with Mural Paintings'; (Mrs.) HUGH SMITH. the Endowed Charity Reports, and many other valuable blue-books which are arranged; Turner's 'Bodleian Charters' and Miller Christy's list of books on the birds of various counties. "PRINCE OF ORANGE COFFEE-HOUSE.". Is there a print or drawing of "The Prince of Orange Coffee-House," Haymarket, in any of the great collections of views of Old London ? HORACE BLEACKLEY. 'PILGRIM'S PROGRESS' ILLUSTRATED.— In what serial were a set of illustrations to Pilgrim's Progress' published about the year 1880? (? The Day of Rest.) Durham. Replies. J. T. F. COUNTY BIBLIOGRAPHIES. (11 S. iv. 488.) THE answer to this query should raise SO I give below, under the name of each county of England, the titles of such bibliographies as exist, and references to such sources as are known to bibliographers. Bedfordshire-The Catalogue of the Bedfordshire General Library has apparently not been printed since 1837. For Elstow and John Bunyan see Dr. John Brown's Life of Bunyan,' 3rd ed., 1887, pp. 453-89. Berkshire-The Catalogue of the Reference Section of the Reading Public Library has an appendix, pp. 99-121, containing a list of books, prints, and scrap-books (chiefly relating to elections) arranged under parishes. There has been no edition of this since 1893. Buckinghamshire Bibliotheca Buckinghamiensis (by Henry Gough). Archi. and Archæol. Soc. for the County of Buckingham, Records of Buckingham, vols. v., vi. Aylesbury (G. T de Fraine), 1890, pp 96. Harcourt (L. V. An Eton Bibliography, London, 1902, pp. 132. Cambridgeshire-Bowes (Robert), A Catalogue of Books printed at or relating to the University, Town, and County of Cambridge from 1521 to 1893, with Bibliographical and Biographical Notes. Cambridge, 1894, Svo. A full and valuable Index volume was issued subsequently. Cf. also Gray (G. J.), Early Stationers, Bookbinders, and the First Printer of Cambridge (Trans. of Bibliographical Society, vi. 145-8, 1903). An Index to the Collections of William Cole (1714-82) has recently been announced to be published. The Cole collections relate to the parochial antiquities of Cambridgeshire, Huntingdonshire, and Buckinghamshire. The Catalogue of the Reference Section of the Free Library of Cambridge contains a bibliography of Cambridge books by John Pink. Whitaker (W.), Geology of the Neighbourhood of Cambridge, 1881, has bibliographical appendix. The Cambridge Antiquarian Society issued in 1898 (Deighton, Bell & Co.) an Index to their valuable Proceedings from 1840 tô 1897. See also Bradshaw (Henry), Books printed by J. Siberch at Cambridge, 1521-2. Fordham (Henry George), Lists of Cambridgeshire Maps (vide Cambridge Antiquarian Society Proceedings 1905-8). Cheshire As many bibliographical works relating to this county include Lancashire as well, reference should be made under both 'Cheshire' and 'Lancashire.' chester, 1853-5. Sutton (A.): see Appendix of Cheshire Books in his Bibliotheca Lancastriensis, A List of Books relating to Cheshire The following may be added to MR. FRY'S History in the Cheshire and Lancashire list. In default of special bibliographies, Collector, vols. i. and ii., London and Man- references to lists in some of the county histories, &c., are given. Some of the public libraries have published special lists of their county collections, and most have separate sections in their catalogues. Mr. Courtney's Register of National Bibliography' should be consulted. To this most useful work I am indebted for some of my Manchester, 1893. Manchester Literary Club: Bibliography of Lancashire and Cheshire. Publications issued on the two counties during 1876. Manchester, A. Heywood, 1877. Axon (W. E. A.), Libraries of Lancashire and Cheshire. 1879. Special Collections of Books on Cheshire, by J. H. Nodal (Manchester Literary Club Papers, vol. vi. pp. 31-57). See also The Bibliographies of Lancashire and Cheshire, by E. Axon and J. H. Swann, printed in the Transactions of the Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society from 1889 onwards. There are indexes to the Transactions of the Lancashire and Cheshire Antiq. Society as follows: Index to Vols. I.-X. in vol. x. Index to Vols. XI.-XX. in vol. xx. Whitaker (W.), List of Books on the Geology, Mineralogy, and Paleontology of Cheshire. Liverpool, 1876. Cornwall-Boase (George Clement) and Courtney (W. P.), Bibliotheca Cornubiensis, 3 vols., 1874-82. I mention this work, although it is referred to by MR. FRY, since his reference implies that the book was completed in 1874, whereas it was not finished until 1882, and was followed, in 1890, by a fourth volume, Collectanea Cornubiensia-the whole work forming a model of what a county bibliography should be. Stokes (H. Sewell), County and Parochial Histories and Books relating to Cornwall (Journal Brit. Archæol. Assoc., vol. xxxiii. pp. 35-45, London, 1877). Cumberland.-Hinds (James Pitcairn), Bibliotheca Jacksoniana. Published for the Carlisle Public Library Committee by Titus Wilson, Kendal, 1909. The above Catalogue is of a collection of books, prints, manuscripts, &c., connected with or illustrating the history of Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire north of the Sands. It was formed by the late William Jackson, F. S.A., of Fleatham House, St. Bees (d. 1890). Sanderson (T.), Bibliographical History of Westmorland and Cumberland, 2 vols. (A collection of printed and MS. extracts in the Jackson Collection.) Sparke (Archibald), A Bibliography of the Dialect Literature of Cumberland and Westmorland and Lancashire north of the Sands, 1907. Curwen (J. F.), An Index to the Heraldry of Cumberland and Westmorland (Cumberland and Westmor. Antiq. and Archæol. Soc. Transactions, New Series, vol. vi. pp. 204-36, Kendal, 1906). 187, Piccadilly, W. A. L. HUMPHREYS. (To be continued.) information. Bedford-Catalogue of the Collection of Books and MSS. of the Rev. Thomas Orlebar Marsh, 1832. Book-Lore, iv. 21-4. N. & Q., 7 S. xii. 132, 233-4, 332. Berkshire-Book-Lore, iv. 33-8. Walford's Antiquarian Magazine, xi. 233-8. N. & Q., 4 S. vi. 14-15. Bucks-Architectural and Archæological Society, Bibliotheca Buckinghamiensis, H. Gough, 1890. Bibliography of Eton, L. V. Harcourt (Public Schools Year-Book, 1898, pp. 350-72). Printed separately, 1898; new ed. 1902. Cambs-A Catalogue of Books printed at or relating to the University, Town, and County of Cambridge from 1521 to 1893, Robert Bowes, 1892-4. Chester-History of Chester, G. L. Fenwick, Devonshire Works and their Authors, T. N. Brushfield (Trans. Devon Assoc., xxv. 25-158). Durham-County Palatine of Durham,, G. T. Lapsley, Bibliography (in Harvard Historical Studies, viii. 338-46). Essex-Bibliography of Essex (Antiq. Mag. and Bibliographer, i. 72–8, 283). Gloucestershire-Manual of Gloucestershire Literature, F. A. Hyett and W. Bazeley, 1895-7, 3 vols. Catalogue of MSS., Books, Pamphlets.... relating to the City and County of Gloucester ....deposited [by C. H. Dancey in the Gloucester Public Library, R. Austin, 1911. Hereford-Catalogue of the Reference Department, Hereford Public Library, 1901, pp. 199-276. Mr. Courtney states that "A Bibliographer's Manual of Herefordshire Literature,' collected by Frederick Bodenham, is said to have been printed in 1890." Hunts-Catalogue of the Huntingdonshire Books collected by Herbert E. Norris....Cirencester, 1895. Isle of Man-Bibliotheca Monensis, W. Harrison, 1861; new ed. 1876 (Manx Society). Lancashire-Books on Lancashire preserved in Wigan Public Library, H. T. Folkard, 1898. Norfolk-Bibliotheca Norfolciensis, J. Quinton, 1896. Northants-Bibliotheca Northantonensis, 1884. Account, J. Taylor. Bibliographical (Limited to 6 copies.) Surrey-History of Surrey, H. E. Malden, 1900: Bibliography, pp. 310-18. Warwick-History of Warwick, Sam Timmins, 1889: Bibliography, pp. 288–96. Westmorland-History of Westmorland, R. S. Ferguson, 1894: Bibliography, pp. 293-9. Yorkshire-The Yorkshire Library, W. Boyne, 1869. Gloucester Public Library. ROLAND AUSTIN. The late Prof. Copinger, one of the founders and the first President of the Bibliographical Society, compiled an elaborate bibliographical index to the sources for the history of the county of Suffolk. It was issued to subscribers at one guinea per volume, and extended to five volumes, each of about 400 pages. It was published in 1904 under the title Records of Suffolk.' A sixth volume containing the index was issued in 1907. Prof. Copinger very properly regarded the history of the county as incomplete until it had been written after reference to original records. It is estimated that there are nearly 100,000 references in the work, which is valuable as a history as well as being a guide to the most important records. Prof. Copinger sent a description of his method of compiling this monumental work to the Congress of Archæological Societies in union with the Society of Antiquaries, in July, 1907. At that time less than 100 subscriptions had been received for copies. In the introduction to the first volume there is a list of the records indexed. This was repeated in the paper before the Archeological Societies. Though there are one or two omissions in the work, it is much in advance of anything done for any other county. It may interest MR. FRY and your readers generally to know that a Bibliography of London' is now being attempted. The scheme will be fully described in The Library for the present month. Miss Hadley, 4, Hartington Road, Chiswick, is the secretary of the group undertaking the work, and Mr. Kenneth H. Vickers of 4, Verulam Buildings, Gray's Inn, W.C., is the president. THOMAS Wм. HUCK. Saffron Walden. I can add the following:Buckinghamshire Bibliotheca Buckinghamiensis: a List of Books relating to the County of Buckingham, B. H. Gough, 1890. Essex-Catalogue of Books, Maps, and Manuscripts relating to or connected with the County of Essex, A. E. Cunnington, 1902. Gloucestershire-The Bibliographer's Manual of Gloucestershire Literature, being a Classified Catalogue of Books....relating to G....&c., F. A. Hyett and Wm. Bazeley, 3 vols., 1895-7. Collectanea Gloucestriensia; or a Catalogue of Books, Tracts, &c....relating to the County of G.... in the possession of J. D. Phelps, 1842. Lancashire-The Lancashire Library, a Bibliographical Account of Books on Topography, Biography....relating to the County Palatinate, Lieut.-Col. H. Fishwick, 1875. Lincoln-A Catalogue of the Books, Pamphlets and....relating to the City and County of Lincoln preserved in the Reference Department of the City of Lincoln Public Library, A. R. Corns, 1904. Norfolk-The Norfolk Topographer's Manual: a Catalogue of the Books and Engravings hitherto published in relation to the County, S. Woodford and W. C. Ewing, 1842. Bibliotheca Norfolciensis: a Catalogue of the Writings of Norfolk Men and of Works relating to the County of Norfolk in the Library of J. J. Colman, 1896. Nottinghamshire--Descriptive Catalogue of Books relating to Nottinghamshire in the Library of James Ward, 1892. Supplement, 1897. Manuscripts relating to the County of Nottingham in the possession of James Ward. 1900. Worcestershire-Bibliography of Worcestershire, J. R. Burton and F. S. Pearson, Part I., 1898; Part II., J. R. Burton, 1903; Part III., J. Humphreys, 1907. Some are privately printed, but all are in the British Museum. A. RHODES. See N. & Q.,' 8 S. ix. 361, 497; x. 32; xi. 17, 333. G. L. APPERSON. [MR. WILLIAM BRADBROOK, COL. HENRY FISHWICK, and MR. WILLIAM JAGGARD also thanked for replies. We ask correspondents to refrain from replies till MR. HUMPHREYS's list is completed.] THREADING ST. WILFRID'S NEEDLE (11 S. iv. 507). The reference sought occurs in an 8vo volume, "Anglorum Speculum, or the Worthies of England in Church and State. London, printed for John Wright at the Crown on Ludgate Hill, Thomas Passinger at the three Bibles on LondonBridge, and William Thackary at the Angel in Duck-lane. 1684." The preface is signed by G. S., who says that he has included the lives of many more eminent_heroes and generous patrons than "Dr. Fuller in his large History in Folio." On p. 897 he |