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«< A Short Historical Account of Mount St. Michael, by 

 J. Hairbv, 1841." 



Miss Costello's " Snmmer Amongst the Socages and 

 the Vines," contains several chapters on the Mount St. 

 Michael. Also, Trollope's " Summer in Brittany," 2 vols. 

 Bentley. 



" Essai Archaeologique et Artistique sur le Mont Saint- 

 Michel, par M. de Clinchamp, 1842." 



" Notice sur les Canons du Mont Saint-Michel, par M. 

 Maugan Delalande." 



" Mem. des Aut. de I'Ouest, Histoire du Mont Saint- 

 Michel, par M. Fulgence Girard, 1843." 



" Histoire et Description du Mont Saint-Michel, texte 

 de M. Le Hericher, Secretaire de la Societe d'Archajo- 

 logie d'Avranches, dessins par M. Bouet, publiees par M. 

 Ch. Bourdoir." (This fine work is in folio, and contains 

 sixteen beautiful lithographs.) 



" Avranchin, Monumental et Historique, par Edouard 

 le Hericher," 2 vols. 



" Histoire du Mont St.-Michel et de I'Ancien Diocbse 

 d'Avranches, par I'Abbe Dcsroches," 2 vols. 



" Dix Ans de Prison au Mont Saint-Michel et h la 

 Citadelle de DouUens, par Martin Bernard, 1854." 



An article on the " cachots" of Mont Saint-Michel, in the 

 New Monthly Magazine for 1855, by William Jones, F.S. A. 

 Poetry has also illustrated this romantic mountain : " Le 

 Siege (Roman de Rou), par Wace, xii. sifecle ;" " Le Prinse 

 du Mont Saint-Michel, par J. de Vitel, 1588;" «'Le3 

 Sonnets de M. Travers; " "Legende du Mont Saint- 

 Michel, par Madame Colet ;" " Fleurs du Midi ; Mes 

 Nuits, par M. Mathieu." 



I have given a somewhat lengthened list of 

 works on the Mount St. Michael, thinking it 

 might interest those persons who, like myself, 

 have been charmed with that beautiful and ro- 

 mantic spot. There are, no doubt, other books 

 which may be found in the bibliotheque at 

 Avranches. W. J. 



^tpXitg ta Minav €iuttltg. 



Vincent Dowling, and the Parliament of Pimlico 

 (2"^ S. viii. 89.) — Those who, with Abhba. and 

 Mr. Gilbert, attach some importance to Vincent 

 Dowling, and to his son Vincent George Dowling, 

 may have no objection to be referred to the Dublin 

 Evening Post of June 26 and July 9, 1817, where 

 an interesting correspondence and controversy 

 with which the Dowlings are mixed up may be 

 found. Old Vincent Dowling repudiates his son 

 for appearing as evidence against Dr. Watson, 

 and trusts that the public may not confound him 

 (the Senior) with Vincent George Dowling, Jun. 

 In the Evening Post of July 9, 1817, the latter 

 vindicates his conduct in a long letter, notices the 

 circumstances which led to his departure from 

 Dublin in 1800, and alludes at some length to the 

 horsewhipping which he gave Peter Finnerty a 

 short time before. The editor of the Post, the 

 late Frederick William Conway, replies to Dow- 

 ling's letter in an editorial article. Conway had 

 previously given offence touV. G. Dowling by ap- 

 plying to him the sobriquet of " Castle Dowling." 

 The phrase is calculated to convey the idea that 

 Dowhng had been corrupted by "the Castle" — 



the seat of Irish government ; but I rather think 

 that the editor merely meant to compare him to 

 Castles, who also. gave evidence on the trial of Dr. 

 Watson. In the papers of the day an epigram 

 appears, suggested by^ reading the evidence of 

 Castles : — 



" I happily have lived to see 

 The fall of perjured infamy, 



By British jury rare. 



" And now I hope, witl\out a trope, 

 For peace, for plenty, and a rope. 

 And Castles in the air." 



William John Fitz-Patrick. 



The Hill Family : Abigail Hill (2""> S. viii. 9. 57.) 

 — In reply to Mb. D'Avenet, an'extract from a 

 letter of the Duchess of Marlborough, said to have 

 been written to Bp. Burnet, will serve to show 

 her connexion with the Hills : — 



" You enquire into the ground of favour to the Hills. I 

 can only tell you that I did not know there were such 

 people till about 20 j'ears ago, when I was told by an 

 acquaintance that 1 had relations that were in want, and 

 that this woman was a daughter of my father's sister. 

 My father had in all two-and-twenty brothers and sisters, 

 and tho' I am very little conceited about pedigrees or 

 family, I know not why I should not tell j'ou that his 

 was reckoned a good one ; and that he had in Somerset- 

 shire, Kent, and St. Albans, 4000Z. a year. However, it 

 was not strange, that when the children were so many, 

 their portions were small ; and that one of them married 

 this Mr. Hill, who had some business in the city either 

 as a merchant or projector, and was some way related to 

 Mr. Harley, and by profession an Anabaptist. From the 

 time I knew their condition, I helped them every way as 

 much as I could, to which I had no motive but charity 

 and Relation, having never seen the father." 



In another letter, the Duchess styles her — 



" A woman that I took out of a garrett, and from a 

 starving condition, put her and all her family, which were 

 six, in ease and plenty. And the great General Hill I 

 bred at Dr. James's at St. Albans, and brought him by 

 degrees to enjoy 1800Z. a j'ear, purely by my interest," 

 &c. &c. — Vide Private Correspondence of the Duchess 

 of Marlborough. 



The History of the Doivager Duchess of Marl' 

 borough has the same version : — 



" Our grandfather. Sir John Jenyns, had two-and- 

 twenty children ; by which means the estate of the family, 

 which was reputed to be about 4O0OZ. a year, came to be 

 divided into small parcels. Mrs. Hill had only 500/. to 

 her portion." 



Again : — 



" Afterwards I sent Mrs. Hill more money, and saw 

 her. She told me that her husband was in the same rela- 

 tion to 3Ir. Harley as she loas to me, but that he had never 

 done anything for her." 



Consequently, as she was cousin to the Duchess, 

 her husband must have been cousin to Harley. 



Ithuriel. 



Tennyson's ''Enid'' (2"'* S. viii. 131.) — Pro- 

 bably the poet-laureate has taken his story of 

 " Enid" from the French metrical version of Geraint 

 ab Erbin (" Geraint the son of Erbin "), one of 



