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ier has been omitted ? " — it may be sufficient to 

 state tliat the introduction of two additional notes 

 at pages 204. and 209. rendered the first impos- 

 sible : and, secondly, that the omission complained 

 of was anything but of interest, as it only related 

 to a supposed irregularity in the delivery of the 

 early numbers, which subsequent inquiry proved 

 to be groundless, and therefore it was suppressed. 

 Besides the notes above-mentioned, the letter- 

 press has been revised and various typographical 

 errors corrected, so as to render the second edi- 

 tion in many respects superior to the first. f 



Toion-halh (Vol. v., p. 295.). — Mr. Parker is 

 reminded of the very curious Town-hall at Ash- 

 burton, in Devonshire, constructed entirely of 

 timber. M. Y. R. W. 



Emaciated Monumental Effigies (Vol. v., pp. 247. 

 301. 353.). — BuRiENsis has been furnished by 

 several of your correspondents with many exam- 

 ples of the representation of an emaciated corpse 

 in connexion with tombs, but no one has yet 

 referred him to that very remarkable instance at 

 Tewkesbury. The tomb is usually assigned, I 

 believe, to Abbot Wakeman. If anything were 

 needed to refute the absurd notion of the forty 

 days' fast, I think the figure on this tomb would 

 supply the clue to the true conception of the 

 artist; and show that it was intended, by such 

 figures, to remind the passers-by of their own 

 xnortaVity by representing the hollow cheek and 

 sunken eyes, and emaciated form, of a corpse from 

 •which life had only recently departed : for, in the 

 figure on this tomb, the idea of mortality is car- 

 ried still further, and the more humbling and 

 revolting thought of corruption and decay is sug- 

 gested to the mind by the representation of 

 noxious reptiles and worms crawling over the 

 lifeless form, and revelling in their disgusting 

 banquet. M. Y. R. W. 



I have read somewhere that these monuments 

 Tvith emaciated figures were erected during the life- 

 time of the individual as an act of humiliation, and 

 to remind himself as well as others of mortality 

 and the instability of human grandeur. If this 

 cannot be disproved by facts, it affords a satisfac- 

 tory solution. There is a small chapel connected 

 •with Bishop Fleming's in Lincoln Minster, and 

 ■with others, where masses were said for the repose 

 of their souls ; so it is probable that these were at 

 least designed during their lives, which would 

 manifest their humility. C. T. 



Coleridge's ''Friend" (Vol. v., p. 351.). — Mr. 

 Crewe, the bookseller of Newcastle-under-Lyne, 

 Las communicated to me some corrections upon 

 my last notice. The great potter's name was 

 Josiah, not Joseph. This was an accidental lapsus 

 memoriee on my part. Wedgwood is spelt without 

 the e, thouorh I believe it has been spelt both ways 

 by the family. It seems that Miss Sarah Wedg- 



wood is still alive, and till lately resided at Camp- 

 hill, Maer ; but the JMaer estate has been sold to 

 Mr. Wm. Davenport, and she now resides near 

 London. Mr. Crewe sends me the following ex- 

 tract, which confirms the identity of the munificent 

 co-patron of Coleridge. 



" Extract from a Letter from Coleridge to Wordsworth, 

 dated Shrewsbury, January, 1798. 



" You know that I have accepted the munificent li- 

 berality of Josiah [Joshua?] and Thomas Wedgwood; 

 I accepted it on the presumption that I had talents, 

 honesty, and propensities to persevering effort." — 

 Memoirs of Wordsworth, vol. i. p. 116. 



C. M. I. 



Enigma on the Letter " /" (Vol. v., p. 321.). — 

 Having both Miss C. Fanshawe's enigmas, I send 

 you a copy of that on the letter " I," which is in- 

 quired for by E. S. S. AV., in case it should not 

 reach you from any other quarter. In an old 

 scrap-book in my possession it stands thus : 



"enigma by lord BYRON. 



" I am not in youth, nor in manhood, nor age, 

 But in infancy ever am known : 

 I am stranger alike to the fool and the sage; 

 And, though I'm distinguish'd in history's page, 

 I always am greatest alone. 



" I am not in the earth, nor the sun, nor the moon : 

 You may search all the sky, I'm not there ; 

 In the morning and evening, though not in the noon^ 

 You may plainly perceive me ; for, like a balloon, 

 I am always suspended in air. 



" I am always in riches ; and yet, I am told, 

 Wealth ne'er did my presence desire. 

 I dwell with the miser, but not with his gold : 

 And sometimes I stand in his chimney so cold. 

 Though I serve as a part of the fire, 



" I often am met in political life : 



In my absence no kingdom can be. 

 And they say there can neither be friendship nor strife. 

 No one can live single, no one take a wife, 



Without interfering with me. 



" My brethren are many ; and of my whole race 

 Not one is more slender and tall : 

 And, though not the oldest, I hold the first place ; 

 And ev'n in dishonour, despair, and disgrace, 

 I boldly appear 'midst them all. 



" Though disease may possess me, and sickness, and 

 pain, 

 I am never in sorrow or gloom : 

 Though in wit and in wisdom I equally reign," 

 I'm the heart of all sin, and have long lived in vain. 

 And ne'er shall be found in the tomb. 



How came Miss Fanshawe's enigmas to be attri- 

 buted to Lord Byron ? J. Sansom. 



Oxford. 



Mother Careys Chickens (Vol. v., p. 344.). — 

 Navigators meet with the Little Petrel, Storm 



