2« d S. IX. April 28. '60.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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walk, but shall ride in the omnibus;" or, as a 

 farmer's wife might tell you, "I rode with my 

 neighbour in his cart to market" ? Are these 

 both wrong ? Ought the word drive to be sub- 

 stituted for ride f Derbyshire Club. 



Passage in Menander. — The following is 

 ascribed to Menander in La Gnomologia, Roma, 

 1781. A reference to the Greek will oblige 



A. E. 

 " Bucna parte degli uomini si vergognano, 

 Allorche non occorre, e allor che poi 

 Si dovrian vergognar, non han ropore." 



Robert Robinson of Edinburgh. — I should 

 be much obliged if any of your Scotch correspon- 

 dents could tell me where this architect, who was 

 younger brother of William Robinson of London, 

 died. He was living in 1752. C. J. Robinson. 



Song "Wanted. — Can any of your correspon- 

 dents inform me where I can meet with the song 

 written by Capt. James Dawson, on his own mis- 

 fortunes ? Capt. Dawson belonged to the Man- 

 chester regiment of Volunteers, and was hanged 

 on Kennington Common in 1746. 



C. J. D. Ingledew. 



North Allerton. 



Huntercombe House, co. Bucks. — I read 

 somewhere lately' that this house furnished Miss 

 Jane Porter with the scene of one of her novels. 

 Query, which of them ? J. K. 



Home of Ninf.wells. — Wanted the names of 

 the brothers and sisters of David Hume, the phi- 

 losopher. 2. O. 



f Ritchie, in his Life of David Hume, p. 3., states, 

 " That his father died while our historian was an infant, 

 and left the care of him, his elder brother Joseph, and 

 sister Catharine to their mother, who, although still in the 

 bloom of life, devoted herself to the education of her chil- 

 dren with a laudable assiduity." Burton, however, in 

 his Life of David Hume, says his elder brother's name 

 was John, to whom the historian left the bulk of his for- 

 tune. To his sister he bequeathed 1200/.] 



"Original Poems, on Several Occasions, by 

 C. R., 4to., 1769." This volume was written by a 

 lady ; at the end of the book is "Ruth," an ora- 

 torio. Is any information to be had regarding 

 the authoress from the Dedication (if there be 

 one), the Preface, or any of the poems ? X. 



[The authoress was Miss Clara Reeve, eldest daughter 

 of the Rev. Win. Reeve, of St. Nicholas, Ipswich. Miss 

 Reeve died on the 3rd Dec. 1807, and some account of her 

 literary productions will be fuund in the Gent. Mag., 

 Supp., 1807, p. 1233.] 



Mrs. Fitzhenry. — Can any of your readers 

 help me to some information regarding Mrs. E. 

 Fitahenry, an actress during the last century? 



And also what relation she stood in at one time to 

 the Lord Russborough of the period ? 



An Old Actor. 

 [If our correspondent wishes for information regarding 

 Mrs. Mary Fitzhenry, the celebrated actress, he will find 

 it in the European 3fagazine, xxv. 413. ; The Thespian 

 Dictionary, s. v. ; and Genest's History of the Stage, x. 

 539. It does not appear from these notices of that lady, 

 whose mniden name was Flannigan, and whose father 

 kept the Old Ferry Boat publichonse at the lower end of 

 Abbey Street, Dublin, that she was in any way related to 

 Lord Russborough. She died in 1790.] 



Uhland's Dramatic Poems. — There is an 

 English translation of the Poems of L. Uhland, 

 the German poet, by A. Piatt, 8vo., 1848. Would 

 you give me the names of the dramatic poems 

 translated into English ? X. 



[The dramatic poems are entitled: — 1. Schildeis, a 

 Fragment. 2. The Serenade. 3. A Norman Custom, 

 dedicated to Baron de la Motte Fouque. 4. Conradin, a 

 Fragment. Scene, the sea-coast near Naples.] 



Regtferf. 



THE PROPOSED TAYLOR CLUB. 

 (2 nd S. ix. 196. 289.) 



One of the supporters of this design having kindly 

 referred to me, perhaps you will permit me to say 

 a few words on the subject, the rather as the 

 works of the Water-Poet have engaged my occa- 

 sional attention for many years. 



Although it would probably be impossible to 

 accumulate a complete collection of Taylor's fugi- 

 tive pieces, yet a long series might readily be 

 formed with advantage, omitting a few where the 

 merits or literary importance are not sufficient to 

 form an excuse for the nature of the contents. 



At the same time, it may be doubted whether it 

 be woith while to set in movement the machinery 

 of a Club or Society to accomplish any special 

 object of this kind. Those who know from ex- 

 perience the difficulties attending the efficient 

 working of even a small Society will, I suspect, 

 corroborate ray doubt of the feasibility of the plan 

 suggested. 



If, however, such a Club be formed, and in 

 efficient operation, I will willingly render any 

 assistance in my power. It is for the suggestors 

 of the design to say whether it can be so carried 

 out, or whether their purpose would be answered 

 were I to include Taylor in the list of authors 

 whose works are intended to be published in a 

 design I now proceed to mention. 



Some months ago I drew up a prospectus (a 

 copy of which I enclose), with the object of com- 

 mencing a series of cheap reprints issued uni- 

 formly with the publications of the late Percy 

 Society. Instead, however, of imitating the mis* 

 ccllaneous character of that Society's publications, 

 my object was and is to form complete sets of the 



