Mar. 6. 1852.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



220 



of scientific knowledge at the time when the au- 

 thor wrote : — 



" Eis Qeos Eis Meo-trrjr ; or, an Attempt to show how 

 far the Philosophical Notion of a Plurality of Worlds 

 is consistent, or not so, with the language of the Holy 

 Scriptures. By the Rev. Edward Nares, A.M , Rec- 

 tor of Biddenden, Kent, and late Fellow of Merton 

 College, Oxford. 8vo. London, 1801." 



The author, I may add, was a friend of the 

 eminent geologist, De Luc. J. M. 



Gough, the Irish Portion of his Camden : Lecl- 

 wich. — The following cutting from a Dublin book- 

 seller's Catalogue (Connolly, 6. Chancery Place, 

 Feb. 1852) may perhaps find a corner in "N. & Q." 

 Dr. Ledwich was the Will-o'-the-VVisp that led 

 Gough astray in the matter of Irish antiquities. 

 Few, indeed, of the " additions " made to honest 

 Camden's original are of value, many of them are 

 •worse than valueless : — 



" Antiquities op Ireland, from Gough's edition of 

 Camden's Britannia, profusely illustrated with plates 

 and maps from various works, including Ortelliu's 

 (Ortelius') rare map of Ireland, all of which were in- 

 serted by the Rev. Mr. Ledwich, the Irish Anti- 

 quarian, royal folio, half russia, neat, 3/. I0«. 



" This unique copy was presented by Mr. Gough to 

 the Rev. Mr. Ledwich, and bears Gough's autograph : 

 * For the Rev. Mr. Ledwich. From the author. 1789.' 



" Mr. Ledwich presented the book to VVm. Monck 

 Mason, Esq., having written the following memoran. 

 dum : — 



" • I assisted Mr. Gough in this edition, and he 

 spontaneously promised a copy of the work in 3 vols, 

 folio, but put me off with this paltry volume. So he 

 served my valuable friend, Mr. Beauford of Athy. 

 ♦' * Viveret in terris te si quis avarior uno ? ' — Horace. 

 "'E. L., F.A.S., 1790.' 



" A copy of the original note [to Mason] inserted in 

 the book — ■ 



"'York Street, 3rd Feb. 1817. 



"' Dear Sir — Having parted with all my books, for 

 not one of my family could or would read them, I 

 have retained what I send you. It is a small return 

 for the presents you made me. 



" ' Small as it is, have the goodness to accept of it as 

 a testimony of my obligations and friendship. 

 " ♦ Believe me yours sincerely, 



! « ' E. Ledwich.' 



" The woik is Gough's Britannia, the Irish Part." 



James Graves. 

 Kilkenny. 



Chronogram over the door of Sherborne school, 

 marking the date 1670: 

 " Tecta, Draco custos, I^eo vinDeX f Los Decus, auctor, 



R^X pius, hcec servat, protegit, ornat, aLit." 

 The letters i>iiDXx.DXL are capitals, and rubricated. 



s. s. 



Junius and the Quarterly Review again. — The 

 article on the Letters of Junius, in the last number 



of the Quarterly Review, is very pleasantly written. 

 But I suppose it will not be considered to have 

 rendered probable the notion that Thomas Lord 

 Lyttelton was the writer of those letters. The 

 reviewer observes that " Lord Lyttelton," meaning 

 George, the first Lord Lyttelton, is only once 

 mentioned by Junius. Undoubtedly Junius men- 

 tions " Lord Littleton's integrity and judgment." 

 (Woodfall, ii. 305.) Can it be imagined that 

 Tliomas Lord Lyttelton could have so mis-spelled 

 his father's name ? Cakolus Cubsitok. 



cauertcjS. 



SEVEN QUERIES. 



\. On the 24th February, 1831, was published, 

 at Speenhamland, the first number of the History 

 and Antiquities of Newbury and its Environs. 

 Was this work ever completed ? If not, how- 

 many numbers were issued. 



[" The History and Antiquities of Newbury and its^ 

 Environs, including twenty-eight Parishes situate in. 

 the County of Berks, also a Catalogue of Plants found- 

 in the Neighbourhood," was completed in 1839, and 

 makes a volume of 340 pages.] 



2. Can any information be given as to Hannah* 

 WooUey beyond what she gives in the curious 

 autobiographical sketch prefixed to her Gentle- 

 woman's Companion, or a Guide to the Female Sex ;■ 

 3rd edition. London, 1682, 12mo. Her maiden- 

 name she omits to mention ; and all she discloses 

 as to her family and fortunes is, that her parents 

 died when she was very young, and that she had 

 suff*ered " all manner of affliction," " by loss of 

 husband, children, friend, estate." 



3. Amongst Mr. C. K. Sharpe's MSS. was sold 

 The Force of Love, or the Ephesian Matron; a 

 Dramatick Poem, in Three Parts. From a play- 

 bill, which was pasted on the fly-leaf, it seems that 

 this drama was produced for the benefit of Mr. 

 and Mrs. Wallace, at the theatre in Sadler Street, 

 Durham, April 7, 1777. The performance was 

 "gratis;" but 2.?. Qd., Is., and 1*., for boxes, pit, 

 and gallery, were charged for the " Concert of 

 Music." The title was changed into the Matron 

 of Ephesics, and the authorship was ascribed to 

 Mr. Wallace. No notice either of play or author 

 occurs in the Biographia Dramatica. 



4. Does any MS. of the Conquest of China, a 

 tragedy, by Sir Robert Howard, exist? I have 

 in my library a scene written by the Earl of 

 Rochester for the author, and which, so far as I 

 can trace, from the very defective state of the 

 libraries of the north, was never printed. It is a 

 beautiful MS., and some of the lines possess con- 

 siderable vigour. It Is written in rhyme. 



5. Who was the author of the History of Faction, 

 alias Hypocrisy, alias Moderation, from its first 

 Rise, down to its present Toleration in these King- 

 doms f &c. London, 1705, 8vo. 



