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ago I was a schoolboy in York, and I can remember Mr. Sotheran's shop, which had copies of the * Guide-Book ' in the window.

W. C. B.

CHERRY RIPE' (10 th S. iv. 469 ; v. 214, 254, 297). I should feel greatly obliged if DR. CUMMINGS would kindly supply me with the authority for his remark that Nell Gwynne did sing in the play ' All Mistaken ' a song commencing " My lodging is on the cold boards," a parody on " My lodging is on the cold ground. ;; I can find in the diaries of Pepys and Evelyn no mention of her singing this parody, or indeed any song.

The history of " My lodging is on the cold ground," as far as concerns the music, will be found in Ohappell's 'Old English Popular Music.' It was written by Matthew Lock to words by Sir William Davenant in an alteration of Fletcher's * Two Noble Kins- men' called 'The Rivals' (1664), and it was so inimitably sung by Moll Davies that she gained the unenviable approval of Charles II. See p. 222 of FitzGerald's ' Stories of Famous Songs.' JAMES WATSON.

LUTPINOS OF HERTFORD AND WARE (10 th S. v. 289). T. F. Luppino, scene-painter, died ab Hertford, 30 April, 1845, aged ninety-six.

WM. DOUGLAS.

125, Helix Road, Brixton Hill.

ALLAN CUNNINGHAM'S *THE KING OF THE PEAK' (10 th S. v.^208, 271, 337). That books of reference err in attributing 'The King of the Peak ' to Thomas Roscoe as the author is, I think, made clear by the preface to the 1883 edition (published by Chapman & Hall), which was written by Mr. William Bennet's son (now the late) Dr. Bennet, a physician at Buxton, and coroner for the High Peak district of Derbyshire, some years after his father's death. In it he says :

"In August, 1820, my father, the late Mr.

William Bennet took up his residence at

Chapel-en-le-Frith where his ancestors had been

located since the year 1312. In the following year he published his first historical novel, entitled 'The Cavalier,' the scenes of which are intimately

connected with Peveril Castle in! the same

county. Again, in February, 1822, after a visit to

Haddon he commenced the present work, under

the title of ' King of the Peak,' and published it early in the following year. During the latter years of my father's lifetime I often discussed with him the desirability of republishing his works,

more especially ' The King of the Peak.' I have,

in revising the work, endeavoured strictly to carry out the wishes of my father, without, I trust, in any way marring the author's style."

I may add that, several years before the edition of 1883, I had been told, by those personally acquainted with Mr. William

Bennet, that The King of the Peak ' was his work ; and that in the catalogue of the Devonshire Library of local printed books, &c., in the Derby Free Public Library, * The King of the Peak' and 'The Cavalier' are attributed to " Lee Gibbons (Chapel-en-le- Frith)." In the British Museum Catalogue only the 1883 edition is credited to the name of Bennet ; and, besides the above, two other works, 'Malpas, or Le Poursuivant d'Amour,' 1822, and 'Owain Goch, a Tale of the Revolution,' 1827, each in three volumes, are attributed to Lee Gibbons. No mention of either of these is made by Dr. Bennet in his preface of 1883, and my only know- ledge of them is from their occurrence in the Museum Catalogue. W. B. H.

INSCRIPTION ON TOMB OF CONST AN TINE THE GREAT (10 th S. iii. 2G8). I have to thank the Embassy Chaplain at Constantinople for the following reply to my query con- cerning the inscription on the tomb of Constantine :

"Chedomil Mijatovich's 'Constantine, Last Emperor of the Greeks,' p. 122, says: 'The monk Gennadius otherwise known by his secular name of Gregorius Scholarius was at one time a Senator, and famous for learning and patriotism. It was he who gave a curious interpretation to an inscription on the tomb of Constantine the Great, declaring it to be a prediction of the conquest of Constantinople by the Turks.' The tomb was removed to S. Irene many years ago, and at present seems to have no inscription on it. Possibly there might be some mention of the inscription in Gennadios's pamphlet against the union with Rome.

Kara rrjs 2t/xoi>ia/c?js

CU/)O~COS, ?}'TOl aTTlOTtaS.

By Georgius Scholarius.

I do not know if it is easy to get a copy of the above: I believe it is printed in the ' Cursus Patrologise' of J. P. Migne." It is not in the B.M. copy.

W. CATTELL, Deputy-Surgeon-General. 14, Herbert Road, Southsea.

BARNES : ORIGIN OF THE NAME (10 th S. v. 308). I am not at all sure that the name of Berners is connected with Bernieres. At any rate, there is no reason for connecting Berners with Barnes. The confusion arose with the accumulation of rubbish that has been written about Dame Julians (sic) Barnes and her book of hunting. Just because Berners was sometimes written Barnes in ignorance, the fable arose that this lady belonged to the Berners family, for which there is no evidence at all. By consulting Bardsley's book on English surnames, we see that Barnes, Berner, and Berners were once kept wholly apart. Barne also occurs,