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 s. in. FEB. 4, 1905.] NOTES AND QUERIES.

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The late Rev. Dr. Hannah, in his edition of Bishop Henry King's 'Poems,' 1843, prints the will of the latter (p. cviii), but I cannot see that he, in his turn, bequeathed the portraits above mentioned. He probably disposed of them in his lifetime to some member of his family ; indeed, from a remark in the will, this is very likely.

The following passage is taken from a letter, without date, written by Bishop Bedell to Dr. Samuel Ward, of Cambridge. It is printed in Dr. Richard Parr's ' Life of Archbishop Usher,' 1686, and how it came to be included in that biography is not quite apparent. Bishop Bedell died on 7 February, 1642 ; the letter must therefore have been written before that time (p. 445) :

"Touching the Propositions of Molina opposed by the Dominicans, and the Letters of Hippolytus de Monte-Peloso, I am glad you have met with them : For I sent you the Originals which P. Paulo gave me upon occasion of speech with him touching that Controversy, reserving no Copy to my self. The occasion was the contention of the Jesuits and Dominicans before Pope Clement the 8 th . And those Letters were week by week sent from Rome to Padre Paulo, of the carriage of the Business. When you find a trusty Messenger, 1 desire you to send me them."

At the close of this folio there are a number of interesting letters of a miscellaneous cha- racter, one of them being 'A Letter from Padre Paulo (Author of the History of the Council of Trent) to the Abbot of St. Medard,' and dated "From Venice this 22d of July, Ki08."

James Howell, in his ' Survay of the Sig- norie of Venice/ 1651, has these references to Father Paul :

" She [Venice] hath allso two very eminent men, the one a sound Divine, the other a learned Casuist, that have a pension from the Republic, who are allwayes ready in case She have any contestation with Rome, to defend and vindicat Her by public writing, and to satisfy the world of her proceeding, as Paolo Servita did." P. 8.

" The Senat with much maturity pouder'd these Breves, and therupon sent to confer with their learnedst Counsellors in the Civill Lawes, amongst whom they admitted Paul of Venice, of the Order of the Servites, an eminent Divine and Canonist, with other Padouan Doctors, to consult what answer they shold return the Pope." P. 147.

A. S. (To be continued,)

PHOTOGRAPHS AND LANTERN SLIDES : THEIR REGISTRATION. I have recently had occa- sion, in investigating a question of Indian archaeology, to search for photographs and lantern slides illustrating the matter. The Government of India published in 1900 a 'List of the Photographic Negatives of

Indian Antiquities' existing in Calcutta and* London. To begin with, this list has not been brought up to date, and further, a large proportion of the negatives are at Calcutta, and not easily accessible to English students. I would suggest that you should open your columns to a general discussion on the question of the collection and registration of photographs and lantern slides for scientific purposes. The art of photography is now so generally known, and half-tone blocks are so- largely used in the magazines and illustrated papers of the day, that there must be an enormous stock of pictures and blocks in existence which would be most valu- able for the illustration of scientific and educational books and contributions to the proceedings of learned societies. It is needless to say that if existing photographs and blocks, free from the complications attaching to- copyright, could be made available in this way, the cost of illustrations would be greatly reduced. Some societies such as the Hellenic, the Geological, and the Anthropo- logical Institute are doing something in the way of collecting photographs relating to their special subjects. It seems a practical suggestion that each scientific society should open a register, and invite photographers and publishers to furnish entries of their negatives and blocks, giving the address of the owner and the terms on which the use of such illus- trations would be allowed to scientific and literary men. Whether Government should be moved to establish an official registry office for India and the colonies is another question. I am quite conscious of the difficulties which- surround the matter, and I now venture to-

Elace the subject before your readers in the ope that from the discussion some useful suggestions may be contributed towards the solution of the problem. EMERITUS.

[We think the scheme a good one, but are not prepared to insert lists ourselves, as the demands- on our space are pressing.]

COL. WILLIAM LIGHT'S PUBLICATIONS. In the corrigenda volume of the ' Dictionary of National Biography' a correction is made which needs contradiction. In the original article on Col. William Light, who founded Adelaide in South Australia, he is credited with the publication of two books, 'Views of Sicily' (London, 1822, "by Major Light") and 'Views of Pompeii' (London, 1828, "by William Light, Esq., late on the Staff of the Army under the Duke of Wellington in the Peninsula "). These are in the corrigenda, volume unnecessarily and wrongly attributed to Sir Henry Light, who was author of