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appears, in the essay on Sir James Mackin- tosh's ' History of the Revolution,' the fol- lowing sentence, referring to a trait in the character of James II : <k Yet his priests could not keep him for Arabella Sedley.' Everybody acquainted \vith the amours of that monarch must know that the name of the mistress here referred to was Catherine Sedley, created Countess of Dorchester by James himself shortly after his accession, much to the disgust of John Evelyn and all other good men of the time. That the slip in the Christian name was originally made is explained by the fact that the king (when Duke of York) had an earlier mistress, Arabella Churchill, sister of the Duke of Maryborough, and mother of the scarcely less famous Duke of Berwick. Both ladies, with names correctly given, are embalmed in the immortal pages of Macaulay's own ' History.' Can any one account for the perpetuation of this blunder through so many successive reprints of the essay on Mackintosh, par ticularly as reproduced in issue after issue of that standard edition in the preface to which the celebrated author himself ex- presses the wish that "his writings, if they are read, may be read in an edition free at least from errors of the press and slips of the pen." D. A.

Sackville, N.B., Canada.

DECUYPER'S * COLLEGE ALPHABET.' In Neil N. Maclean's ' Life at a Northern University ' (Aberdeen), Glasgow, 1874, p. 19G, a student is represented as reciting several verses of The opening stanza runs :
 * 'Jean Van Decuyper's College Alphabet."

A-A-A-

Valete studia valete studia Studia relinquimus

Patriam repetimus. A-A A Valete studia valete studia valete studia.

Who was Jean Van Decuyper ? and where is his 'Alphabet' to be found 1

P. J. ANDERSON. University Library, Aberdeen.

THEODOR REYSMAN : ANDREAS KELLER. Can any reader of * N. & Q.' give me infor- mation respecting Theodor Reysman, a German ecclesiastic of the Reformation period ? His works were 4 Fons Blanus,' Epistola ad Galatas ' (Latin verse), 'Elegia de grue volucre,' and * Trauergedicht auf Otto v. Falkenberg' (Latin verse).

Do these, or any of them, exist in England, in any public library or private collection ? And if so, might one be allowed to copy their

contents, entire or in part, with a view to publication ?

Also, is it possible to meet with ' Bericht der Kinder zu Waselheim,' by Andreas Keller ?

I shall be extremely gratified if some of your correspondents can answer these queries. ELIZABETH SAVILLE.

12, Granby Road, Headingley, Leeds.

CAPARN FAMILY OF NEWARK AND LINCOLN. Being engaged in preparing a short genea- logical history of the family of Caparn, of Newark, co. Notts, and the city of Lincoln, I am desirous of tracing the marriage of Daniel Caparn, who was born on 9 August, 1719, and died 10 Sept., 1788. In the C.C. of Lincoln there is a bond dated 17 Oct., 1788, in which he is described as "of the City of Lincoln, gent." ; and administration was granted to the Rev. John Caparn, of Slea- ford, co. Lincoln, clerk (the latter was ap- pointed in 1797 rector to the south Mediety of Leverton; vide P. Thompson's history of Boston). Any information relating to the Rev. John Caparn would also be greatly esteemed, and I should like to ascertain if he died without issue. His niece Jane Caparn married in 1817 John Hannah, D.D., the progenitor of the present Dean of Chichester.

I further seek information respecting Daniel Caparn, who was a Chamberlain of the City of Lincoln in 1748, and Sheriff in 1754 and 1788 : also concerning John Caparn, who, according to The Lincoln, Rutland, and Stamford Mercury of 7 June, 1799, was ap- pointed Commissioner for taking special bail in the Court of King's Bench and Common Pleas in Lincoln, Leicester, Northants, Notts, and Yorks. Was he an attorney ?

CHARLES E. HEWITT.

20, G^ril Mansions, Battersea Park, S.YV.

"NOW THIS IS EVERY COOK'S OPINION."

Whence come the following lines'? Now this is every cook's opinion, No savoury dish without an onion.

I cannot recall the next two lines, and have

searched the works of Sydney Smith and of

Dean Swift, but in vain.

EDWARD P. WOLFERSTAN.

LEWES GRAMMAR SCHOOL. This founda- tion in 1512 of Henry VIII. was some few years ago dissolved, and its endowments converted into scholarships. I shall be much obliged if some correspondent will kindly say (1) when the dissolution took place ; (2) to whose custody the scholarships were entrusted ; (3) what became of the