21ie Christianity of the High Church considered, 

 London, 1704, 4to., pp. 20. 



In 1705 a violent party work appeared, en- 

 titled — 



" The Memorial of the Church of England, humbly 

 offered to the Consideration of all the True Lovers of our 

 Church and Constitution. London, 1705, 4to., pp. 56." 



De Foe replied to it in — 



"The High Church Legion; or, The Memorial exa- 

 mined. Being a New Test of Moderation ; as 'tis recom- 

 mended to all that love the Church of England and the 

 Constitution. London, 1705, 4to., pp. 21." 



The Memorial itself was subjected to the fashion- 

 able process of the time, for it was presented at 

 the Old Bailey, and ordered by the Court to be 

 burnt by the common hanjjman. 



In The Review for October 30, 1705, De Foe 

 inserted the following advertisement, which was 

 probably a jeu d' esprit, as the work never ap- 

 peared : 



"Preparing for the press, and to be published in a few 

 days, the first volume of twenty-six centuries of High- 

 flying Churchmen in England, who have sworn allegiance 

 to the Government, and get their bread under the protec- 

 tion of it ; basely and villanously betra}' the nation and 

 the Church, by openly and maliciously aiding, siding 

 with, and abetting the Popish and non-juring partj' in 

 England; abusing the queen, the bishops, and the best 

 Churchmen in the kingdom ; fomenting divisions amongst 

 Protestants, and diligently widening the unhappy breaches 

 of the nation. To which are added large collections of 

 their wise sayings and common maxims in favour of Po- 

 pery, and an abhorrence of moderation: together with 

 the characters and abridgments of their respective his- 

 tories; and a large examination of two new High-Church 

 maxims : 1. I had rather be a Papist than a Presbyterian ; 

 2. I had rather go to hell than to a meeting-house ; both 

 learnedly asserted by two vigorous defenders of High 

 Church principles ; one a man of the gown, and the other 

 of the sword." 



In the same year he wrote — 



"The Experiment; or, the Shortest Way with the 

 Dissenters exemplified. Being the case of Mr. Abraham 

 Gill, a Dissenting Minister in the Isle of Ely, and a full 

 account of his being sent for a soldier, by Mr. Fern (an 

 Ecclesiastical Justice of Peace) and other conspirators, to 

 the eternal honour of the temper and moderation of High- 

 Church principles. London, 1705, 4to., pp. 58." 



As this book did not sell well, it was issued with 

 a new title-page as a second edition. It was then 

 called — 



" The Modesty and Sincerity of those Worthy Gentle- 

 men, commonly called High Churchmen, exemplified in a 

 modem Instance. London, 1707." 



Jakltzbbbg. 



{To he continued.') 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[No. 257. 



The Isle of Serpents. — Many years ago, when 

 P. C. S. S. was resident in Turkey, he had occa- 

 sion to make frequent reference to Arrian. On 

 finding that the Island of Serpents has been lately 

 appointed as the rendezvous for the expedition 

 against the Crimea, P. C. S. S. was reminded of 

 the gift of that island by Thetis to Achilles, and 

 of the pretty fable respecting the manner in which 

 the temple of that hero was kept clean. Accord- 

 ing to Arrian, a multitude of aquatic birds of all 

 sorts abounded there, which alone had the care of 

 the temple. They repaired every morning to the 

 sea, where they bathed their wings, afterwards 

 sweeping with their plumage the sacred pavement. 

 From the immense number of these birds, and 

 from the colour of their dung, the island was 

 known to the Greeks by the name of Leuce. The 

 shades of both Achilles and Patroclus, who was 

 equally worshipped there, are also said to have 

 appeared in dreams to those who visited the island, 

 and to have pointed out the safest place for land- 

 ing. Whether this invaluable faculty still con- 

 tinues to exist, and whether it extends to the 

 neighbouring shores of the Crimea, may now be a 

 matter of doubt ; which, it is to be hoped, may be 

 cleared up, if the allied admirals keep a record of 

 their dreams when they rendezvous at the Isle of 

 Serpents. P. C. S. S. 



Lover's Song. — I do not know whether the 

 beautiful song of " The Spanish Mother to her 

 Child" was really suggestive of Lover's equally 

 beautiful and well-known song beginning, "A 

 baby was sleeping." But if not, some of your 

 readers may not be displeased to be reminded of 

 the parallel place. 



" Tu duermes, cara nina, 

 Tu duermes en la paz, 

 Los angeles del cielo — 

 Los angeles guardan, guardan, 

 Nina mia," &c. 



Wm. Hazel. 



Ministerial Changes, Sec. -— 



" Col. Grev's Letter to Lord Mahon on the Ministerial 

 Changes of 1801 and 1804, privately printed 1852." 



In the postscript Col. Grey says : 



" I cannot print the foregoing letter without adding a 

 note, to contrast the conduct of my father at this time 

 towards Mr. Fox with that of the'Whig party towards 

 himself at a later period, when, in 1827, they left him ta 

 join Mr. Canning." 



After the letter was printed. Col. Grey added, in 

 writing, the words "a large portion of." As the 

 history of the political transactions of the period 

 in question will, in all probability, not be written 

 until a considerable period has elapsed, the editor 

 has been induced to add the following note, which 



