Sept. 15. 1855.] 



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given as N. L. B., in a dedicatory epistle to his 



" cliere cousine, Mademoiselle Juliette de V ,"" 



alludes to other " petits ouvrages" which he, pro- 

 bably a youth, had read over to the lady whom he 

 is addressing, and which she had graciously listened 

 to. Can any of your correspondents assist me in 

 determining who N. L. B. was ? Suspicox. 



*^ AthencB Oxonienses,"" by Anthony Wood.: vol. i., 

 ** Life of Wood." — This volume, published by the 

 Ecclesiastical Historical Society in 1848, was is- 

 sued, I believe, as the first volume of a reprint of 

 Dr. Bliss's edition of Wood, in 8vo. Query, have 

 any other volumes been printed, or has the inten- 

 tion of completing it been abandoned ? S. E, G. 



Passage in Plutarch. — 



" A court rout is like those sacrifices to the lower deities 

 recorded by Plutarch, prepared at much cost, and of 

 which the giver has nothing but the smoke and smell. 

 But the Persians, like some other wise men of the East, 

 ate up the whole victim, leaving the life, or anima, to 

 the gods. Similia Similibus, p. 47." — Tlioughts on Man- 

 ners, Sfc. : London, 1759, pp. 128. 



If in Plutarch, where ? N. O. 



Red Slippers. — Can you tell me to what this 

 sentence alludes ? — " Red slippers are hawked 

 about in Constantinople for next to nothing." It 

 occurs at the close of the " Hampshire Farmer's 

 Address," Rejected Addresses. F. M. E. 



Theodora. — Who is the Theodora from whom 

 Handel's Oratorio of that name is called ? F.M.E. 



La Saxe Gallante is mentioned in Grimms Cor- 

 respondence as containing " des verites exagerees," 

 and again as " une traduction peu fidele d'un livre 

 audace." In an Oxford bookseller's catalogue for 

 1820 is — 



" Saxon Gallantry, or the Secret History of tlie Court 

 of Dresden, translated from the French : London, 1752." 



Can any of your readers tell me what these 

 books are, and whence translated ? S. T. 



Haarlem. 



Samuel Woodworth. — Is an American author 

 of the name of Samuel Woodworth still living ? 

 He is author of a volume of Poems, Odes, Soiigs, 

 Sec, published at New York in 1818. R. J. 



Biographical Queries. — I should feel greatly 

 indebted to any of your correspondents who could 

 refer me to any farther accounts of any of the fol- 

 lowing persons than are contained in Wood's 

 Athena and Chalmers's Biographical Dictionary : 



1. Thos. Nightingale, fl. 1515. 



2. Tlios. Lupset, ob. 1531, friend of Erasmus 

 and Colet. 



3. Sir Anthony Denny, friend and councillor 

 to Henry VIIL, 1500 to 1550. 



No. 307.] 



4. Sir Wm. Paget, first Lord Beaudesert, 1506 

 to 1563. 



5. Edward, first Lord North, 1496 to 1564. 



E. M. 



" Go when the morning shineth." — I have seen 



this lovely hymn attributed to Toplady, and also 



to the Rev. Thos. Dale. Who wrote it ? Is the 



6th line — 



" Cast earthly thoughts away," 

 or, 



" Cast ev'ry fear «way ? " 



C. Mansfield Inglebt. 



Birmingham. 



Fire. — When was the use of fire first dis- 

 covered, and by whom ? Is the flaming sword . 

 of the cherubim, who guarded the entrance to the 

 Garden of Eden, after the expulsion of Adam and 

 Eve, the first mention made of it ? L. M. M. R. 



Dmidical Monument at Camac. — There is an 

 immense Druidical monument at Carnac, in Brit- 

 tany, three leagues from Auray, in the department 

 of Morbihan. I believe it covers about eight 

 acres of ground. I am anxious to know to whom 

 it belongs, and if it is safe from destruction, as, 

 if there is any doubt on the subject, I would 

 gladly contribute to rescue it from all chance of 

 harm, and to ensure its permanent safety. 



L. M. M. R. 



CromivelVs Portrait and Watch. — Where is the 

 portrait of Oliver Cromwell, by Cooper ; which 

 Mr. Jonathan Hartop, of Aldborough, Yorkshire 

 (who married for his third wife an illegitimate 

 daughter of the Protector, and died in 1791 at the 

 patriarchal age of 138), possessed? 



And what has become of the Protector's watch, 

 engraved in the Gentleman's Magazine for De- 

 cember, 1808 ? Cestriensis. 



Milton's Letter to Hartop. — Is the angry letter, 

 written by Milton to the before-named Mr. Har- 

 top on his repaying him a loan of fifty pounds, 

 after the Restoration, still in being ? Cestriensis. 



Author of Child's " Guide to Knowledge." — 

 Who is the author of the far-famed Child's Guide 

 to Knowledge, published by Simpkin & Co. ? I 

 think I have heard she lived near SwafFham, Nor- 

 folk. 7. 



Knewstubs. — Can you refer me to any account 

 of Mr. Knewstubs, who was one of the divines 

 who represented the Presbyterians at the cele- 

 brated conference on the subject of conformity, 

 which took place, before James I. as moderator, 

 in January, 1603-4? Any particulars of himself 

 or family will oblige. Before desiring information 

 on this subject, I remember to have seen some 

 documents in the MS. department of the British 



