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NOTES AND QUERIES. [io s. XL MAY 29, 1900.

IRISH - PRINTED MEDICAL BOOKS. Are there any before 1700 ? I shall be glad of any clues your readers can give me, for up to now I have not found one.

CTJTHBERT E. A. CLAYTON,

Librarian. Manchester Medical Society.

ROBERT DODSLEY. I am preparing for the press the life and letters of Robert Dodsley, and should be glad to hear of any letters or papers of, or relating to, Dodsley in private collections. RALPH STRAUS.

58, Bassett Koad, North Kensington, W.

" GOVERNOR OF THE ENGLISH NATION." In the will of Anthony Hersey, Esq., dated 15 Jan., 1557/8, proved 31 Oct., 1560 (52 Mellershe), the testator so describes himself. He lived in Paternoster Row, and left to John Insente (Innocent ?) 2QL in money, "and the jointe patente of myne office in Powles, willing him to binde vpp in due form the register of the late Archbushup Cranmer, together with all books, &c., for the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury."

Does he mean that he was a member of Parliament ? One of that name was elected for Shoreham in the Parliament summoned to meet 20 Jan., 1557/8, but no date is given of the return. A. RHODES.

BACON ON THE STOMACH. The following

is part of a quotation said to be from Bacon :

The stomach is as the father of a family."

I should be glad if any of your readers

could assist me to verify its authorship, and

continue the quotation if possible.

MANAGER.

WILMOT FAMILY. I should be glad to know the date and place of burial of John Wilmot of Wilmot Square, Bethnal Green. He died between 30 March, 1798, and 23 March, 1799. I desire also date of his

marriage with Anne, which took place

before 1770 ; and any particulars (with dates) of his father, Robert Wilmot, of Shaftesbury. Kindly reply to

LIBRARIAN. Public Library, Wandsworth, S.W.

PUGH OF REGENT STREET. I am in search of information regarding the descendants of the founder of Pugh's Mourning Warehouse in Regent Street, prior to Jay's. His sister Eleanor was my great-grandmother, and their mother s name was Gwynne. I believe they came from Monmouthshire or an adjacent county. I have a scrap of paper dated 1817 with the following names: "Mr. John Churchill (my great - grandfather, who

married Eleanor Pugh at St. George's,. Hanover Square, 8 Feb., 1785), " Mr. Walker Harris," "Mr. Bridgwater Meredith," " Mr. Rich d Pugh," "Ja s Davies," "John Mere- dith." I should be glad to hear tidings of any of the above. We have still the wedding; tea-service of my great-grandmother Eleanor; it is partly Oriental and partly Caughley, and invaluable to us for family reasons. Please reply direct. (Miss) E. F. WILLIAMS.

10, Black Friars, Chester.

GAOL LITERATURE. Can any one supply me with a list of books, pamphlets, or any kind of literary work produced in prison by offenders, criminal, political, or religious,, guilty or innocent, in this or any other country ? Dates also and titles will be acceptable.

With the following I am acquainted : Bunyan's ' Pilgrim's Progress,' Dr. Robert Dodd's ' Thoughts in Prison,' Oscar Wilde's- ' Ballad of Reading Gaol,' and Mr. William O'Brien's ' When We were Boys.'

J. B. McGovERN.

St. Stephen's Bectory, C.-on-M., Manchester. [Add Ralegh's ' History of the World.']

SIR JEROME FITZPATRICK. Would any of your readers inform me where I can find a biography, or biographical notice, of Sir Jerome Fitzpatrick, Kt. ? He was Inspector of Health to the Forces, 1794, and died 1810. There is no mention of him in the ' Dictionary of National Biography.'

FRANK HOWARD, Col. (Retd.),

Army Medical Staff.

GERMAN LIFE. Can any one tell me the name of an amusing book I came across a year or two ago on the subject of German life ? In it there are illustrations of a man shooting a cross bow in the street and a policeman stopping him, and of a German boy sitting on a bench in a public garden. I thought it was by Jerome K. Jerome, but have looked through his books and cannot find it. MRS. MEYNELL.

Meynell Langley, Derby.

DEW-PONDS. I shall be glad of any information as to the origin of the term. " dew-ponds " and when such ponds were irst made. My impression is that they were first made about the middle of the eighteenth

entury ; but Messrs. Hubbard in their work called ' Neolithic Dew-ponds and

iattle Ways ' ascribe to them a very early origin. EDWARD BLUNDELL,

Formerly Professor of Agriculture.

Argyll House, Cirencester.