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 108 s. iv. AUG. 5, iocs. NOTES AND QUERIES. Did Tennyson invent the name of Ettarre, the character which seems to correspond with Melisande 1 Is not the song ' Melisande iu the Wood' based upon or suggested by Maeterlinck's play ? EDWARD LATHAM. 'LA BELLE ASSEMBLER': Miss CUBITT.— Wishing to find to what family the subject of an engraving—viz., Miss (Jubitt—which appeared in the above periodical on 1 March, 1818, belonged, I searched the libraries at the British Museum and South Kensington (Art), but was unfortunate, as in each case the particular volume for 1818 was missing. Would any reader kindly inform me where I can consult a copy of this magazine $ or if any one possesses a copy, I should esteem it a favour to receive an excerpt concerning the lady in question. I imagine she was Miss Cubitt, tlie actress. If so, to what family did she belong ? CHARLES E. HEWITT. 20, Cyril Mansions, S.W. LORD CHESTERFIELD.—Where can I find Lord Chesterfield's ' Lines on a Lady drinking the Bath Waters' ? They are not included in Lord Stanhope's edition of the ' Letters and Miscellaneous Works,' and the version in Ernst's ' Life of Lord Chesterfield ' appears to be incomplete. I should be obliged by any one sending ine a copy of the lines direct. 11. L. MORETON. Greenford, Middlesex. YACHTING. — When was yachting first introduced into this country, and whence? Is it a fact that Charles II. arid the Duke of York were the first amateur helmsmen ? Any information would be highly appreciated. BARON SETON, OF ANDRIA. EGBERT WOOD, TRAVELLER AND POLITICIAN. —His monument, in good preservation, may still be seen in Putney old burial-ground, in the Upper Richmond Koad. Can any of your readers inform me whom he married ] Wood was the celebrated traveller and scholar who, in conjunction with James Dawkins, discovered the ruins of Palmyra and Baalbec, and published the beautiful editions of ' Balbec' and ' Palmyra' (as recorded in the epitaph written by Horace Walpole) to be found in the Library of the British Museum. W. T. KYLE. 31, Westbury Road, Clifton, Bristol. [The ' D.N.B.' mentions that his wife's Christian name was Ann, but does not give her maiden name.] JOHN WHITNEY.—Can any one say who this man was ? He published in 1700 a book entitled " The Genteel Recreation ; or, the Pleasure of Angling. A Poem. With a Dialogue between Piscator and Corydon." He is described as " a lover of the angle." In 1820 Mr. J. H. Burn, of Maiden Lane, Covent Garden, reprinted 100 copies from an original print, at that time in the possession of Mr. Major, of Skinner Street. Where is this now f In the preface to the reprint (which is before me) it is conjectured that the author was the son of Capt. Whitney, who commanded one of the ships tha^ accompanied Sir Walter Ralegh in hi» voyage to Guinea. This same question was asked and unanswered at 3rd S. i. 172 (not 170, as in volume and Series Index). Per- chance our good friend Dr. Brushfield mayr since 1862, have found something in his researches for his Raleghana of various- kinds to throw light on the man. I wonder if John is ally relative of Geoffrey Whitney, whose beautiful ' Choice of Emblemes,' " Im- printed at Leyden in the house of Chris- topher Plantyn by Francis Raphelengius, MDLXXXVI.," is before me also as I write. T. CANN HUGHES, M.A., F.S.A. Lancaster. NICHOLAS KLIMIUS.—I should like to know- something of Nicholas Klimius, whose name appears on the title-page of 'A Journey to the World Underground,' which is said to be translated " from the original" (MDCCXLII.). ST. SWITHIN. GORDON OF THE WEST INDIES.—In Charles Greville's 'Memoirs,' vol. i. p. 270, I have come across the following statement:— "It was reported that the Duke had given a very rough answer to the West Indian Deputation This 1 mentioned at Brookes's, but Gordon (a West Indian) said that they had all been shocked at the manner in which he (the Duke) had used them.'' This is under the date 26 Jan., 1830. Can you kindly inform me who that Mr. Gordon was, and which of the West Indian Islands he came from ? For years I have been trying to trace a Mr. Gordon (an ancestor of my late husband's) who went there, and died between 1838 and 1844. Ifis of great importance to us to find out where he lived and died. Coming over with a deputation was an historical event, and where they came from must have been known. I shall be most grateful if any one can give me information aoout him. C. G. Ross. 2, Shrewsbury Road, Bayswater, W. ROMANOFF AND STUART PEDIGREE. — I wonder if you can very kindly give me information on the following point. In what way do the present reigning family (Romanoffs) of Russia come to have Stuart