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the desired information. One of the subjects is a 

 side portrait of a man with a cap on, large mous- 

 tache, and beard parted in the centre, a strong 

 chain twice round the neck, with two ornaments 

 hanjiing from the lower chains. The size is 2| by 

 4|- inches. It is inscribed — 



" Holbein incidit in lignum " H. Hollar fecit Aqua 



Ex Collectione Arundeliana." forti, 1647." 



The other is after Petrus van Avont ; size 8^ by 

 5 inches. Seven angels with the cross, bearing it 

 up in the clouds, and two angels' heads in the 

 higher clouds. L. A. N. 



Mury, Daughter of Sir Edmund Bacon. — What 

 is known of Mary, the eldest daughter of Sir Ed- 

 mund Bacon of Gorbaldisham in Norfolk ? He 

 left three daughters, Mary, Letitia, and Sarah. 

 Letitia married Sir Armine Woodhouse ; Sarah 



married Campbell, Esq. The pedigree of 



the Bacons, and the pedigree of the Woodhouses 

 of Norfolk and Herefordshire, would very much 

 oblige yours respectfully James Coleman. 



22. High Street, Bloomsbury. 



'^'^ La Fagon de Birabi. — The refrain of one of 

 De Beranger's Songs is — 



" En la fa(;on de Birabi, 

 Men ami." 



What was the fagon de Birabi ? M. E. 



William Penns Treaty Tree. — The elm -tree 

 near Philadelphia, under which Penn held his 

 treaty of peace with the Indians, was blown down 

 ^ in 1810. In a volume recently published by the 

 *^ Historical Society of Pennsylvania, it is stated 

 that shortly after its fall a limb was taken from it 

 and given to Captain Watson of the British Navy, 

 to be deposited in the Museum at Exeter in Eng- 

 land. Is it still preserved ? Bab- Point. 



Dust on Books. — At the last meeting of the 

 committee of a joint- stock library, which now 

 possesses some four or five thousand volumes, 

 attention was called to the quantity of dust 

 lodged on the books less frequently used, and 

 we deliberated on the best and cheapest mode 

 of prevention. I suggested that we might pro- 

 bably get some useful hints by applying to the 

 editor of " N. & Q." You will oblige us if you 

 will kindly insert this in an early number. 



C. J. M. 



Gil Bias. — What foundation is there for the 

 opinion entertained by many Spaniards that Gil 

 Bias was originally written by a Spaniard (I have 

 heard a Spanish ambassador to the court of 

 France named as the author) ; that Le Sage ob- 

 tained possession of the manuscript, translated it 

 into French, and passed it off as his own produc- 

 tion ? Uneda. 



Philadelphia. 



Minor ^mviti initl) ^ixibitrg. 



Consecration of Bishop of Cork, Cloyne, and 

 Ross, 1857. — When, where, and by whom, was 

 Dr. Fitzgerald, the present Bishop of Cork in 

 Ireland consecrated ? A. S. A. 



[Dr. Fitzgerald was consecrated at St. Patrick's ca- 

 thedral, Dublin, on March 8, 1857. Perhaps some 

 correspondent will be able to give the names of the 

 consecrators.] 



" Comparison of Plato and Aristotle." — • 



" The Comparison of Plato and Aristotle, with the Opi- 

 nions of the Fathers on their Doctrine and some Christian 

 Reflections. Translated from the French. London, 1673. 

 12mo. Pp. 214." 



What is the original French work, and who was 

 the translator ? S. H. J. 



[The French work is entitled La Comparaison de Platon 

 et (TAristote, par M. R., 12mo., Paris, 1671. It was writ- 

 ten by Ren^ Rapin, a learned Jesuit ; and translated into 

 English by J. Dancer.] 



Dr. John Edwards's " Discourse." — 



" Mr. Edwardes wrote a learned book, which is now 

 forgotten, on the old notion that Homer borrowed from 

 Moses, and that Euripides had read the Book of Judges: 

 so that Noah was Bacchus, Jepthah Agamemnon and 

 Iphigenia Jepthah-genia misspelt." — A Reply to Mr. 

 DodwelVs Letter on the Miraculous Powers of the Early 

 Church, by H. Toll, London, 1741. 



Which Edwards ? And what is the title of his 

 learned book ? S. H. J. 



[The work is by Dr. John Edwards, and entitled A 

 Discourse concerning the Authority, Stile, and Perfection of 

 the Books of the Old and New Testament, 1693, 8vo. See 

 especially chapters iii. and vi.] 



Antique Porcelain. — Touching the old family 

 china we so often see hoarded in cabinets and en- 

 cumbering mantel-pieces, is any of it as old as 

 Cromwell's time ? A set of tea-things and plates 

 sold by auction many years ago, at Miss Wrough- 

 ton's sale at Wilcot in Wilts, was so described. 

 The pattern represented a lady (too denuded, it 

 must be admitted, for the taste of Oliver's Court, 

 but perhaps of French make) and a page, in a 

 costume which might pass for that of Louis XIV.'s 

 time ; texture of the ware indicating great anti- 

 quity. Perhaps some connoisseur in Chelsea ware 

 will oblige me by stating its probable date ? 



^ J.W. 



[ We would refer our correspondent and all others in- 

 terested in this subject, to a work to which we propose 

 hereafter to direct attention in our " Notes on Books ; " we 

 mean Marryat's History of Pottery and Porcelain, Ancient 

 and Modern, which contains a very copious and most useful 

 List of " Marks and Monograms found upon Pottery and 

 Porcelain," whereby the age and manufacture of any 

 article of this kind may generally be ascertained. The 

 Chelsea manufactory is known to have been in existence 

 previous to 1698.] 



