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Tiberius and Constantine, St. Athanasius and Arius, and some of the German Re- formers), as well as personified virtues, and angels and devils, take part, the principal character in both plays being Ecclesia. The first play deals with the founding, growth, and struggles of the Church, till its establishment under Constantine, and for some time later ; the second with its con- flict with the Protestant revolution in the sixteenth century.

I should like to learn if the book is well known, and if anything is known of the author beyond what he tells us in his ' Epistle to the Reader.' He was a Lutheran by education, and a convert to the Roman Catholic Church. He seems to have been in touch with scholars of repute at that time in Germany, some of whom warmly commend his book. Did it ever go into a second edition ? and is it, or its author, mentioned by any other writer ? In short, I should like to get any information possible about both the book and its author.

F. NEWMAN.

PUNCH AND JUDY. When was Punch's wife christened Judy? How early can the collocation "Punch and Judy" be found? The eighteenth-century references generally speak of "Punch and his Wife." In 1818 Sir Walter Scott in ' The Bride of Lammer- moor,' chap, i., has " Punch and his wife Joan " ; but in 1825 C. M. Westmacott, 4 English Spy,' ii 65, has " Old Punch with his wife Judy." Can any one furnish earlier instances? J. A. H. MURBAY.

Oxford.

LAMBERT OSBALDESTON OB OSBOLSTON. I should be glad to know what authority there is for the statement in the ' Diet. Nat. Biog.' (xlii. 275) that this head master of Westminster School was " a prebendary of Uton in the church of Wells." Le Neve does not give his name in his list of the prebendaries of Ilton, G. F. R. B.

MBS. TUBNBUXL, 1839. I have two portraits painted in water colours by Mrs. Turnbull in 1839. Who was she ?

C. MASON.

29, Emperor's Gate, S.W.

[Mr. Algernon Graves states in his ' Royal Academy of Arts ' that Mrs. Turnbull was pre- viously Miss Anna Charlotte Fayermann, and afterwards Mrs. Bartholomew. Numerous works by her are recorded by Mr. Graves.]

" MSS. OF JOHN, LOBD BISHOP or ELY." Is it known in whose custody these papers (cited by Strype, ' Ecclesiastical Memorials,' i. [1721] 43) now are ? Q. V.

EDOUARD OR EDOUART:

SILHOUETTE PORTRAITS.

(10 S. ix. 191.)

THEBE are in my possession three speci- mens of the work of the silhouette artist to whom L. A. W. refers. These consist of groups of full-length black figures pasted on a sepia background, and are framed and covered with glass. In each case the back- ground bears the signature " Aug u Edouart fecit 1834."

One of these pictures, which measures fifteen by eighteen inches, represents the then Bishop of Ferns and Leighlin, Thomas Elrington, and the then Bishop of Raphoe, William Bisset (whose death took place in September of that year), seated at a round table with books and an inkstand upon it, all of these, like the figures, being cut out in black. The bishops are evidently dis- cussing some business of importance, and at the moment Bishop Elrington takes the leading part. His right hand is outstretched with pointed finger, and his left hand holds a half-open book. Both bishops have their legs crossed, and Bishop Bisset has between his a walking-stick.

Another of the pictures, which measures sixteen by twenty-two inches, represents Bishop Elrington, with one of his daughters, her husband, and their little son. The figure of the bishop is the same as in the picture just described and he appears to be addressing his grandson, who is standing with a whip in his hand before his grand- father. The bishop's son-in-law stands, with his arms crossed, behind his boy ; and his wife stands behind her father's chair, with her right hand resting upon it.

The third picture is much larger, measuring two by three feet, and represents Bishop Elrington's son, the editor of Ussher's works, with one of his sisters, his two sons, and three daughters. In the front of the picture Dr. Elrington, with an umbrella in his hand, is speaking to his younger son, who is playing with a bow and arrow ; the other boy, who is holding a soldier's helmet, is talking to his youngest sister. At the back Dr. Elring- ton's eldest daughter is playing a piano, which is also cut out in black ; his second daughter is giving some flowers (taken from a basket which she is carrying) to her aunt, who is seated, and has been reading. On the floor are two battledores and a shuttle- cock. The figures are life-like, and the