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1802 ; and his sister Mrs. Florence Bury had died there on 21 (sic) Nov., 1801 (Ixxi. 1062 ; Ixxii. 278). Their family name was at one time spelt either "Bury" or "Berry." See Westcote's 'View of Devonshire' (edition of 1845), p. 496. H. C.

G. J. HOLYOAKE AS A LECTURER (10 th S. V.

223). Through the courtesy of the editor I have just received a copy of The South Place Magazine for May, in which I find my con- tribution at the above reference is reprinted on pp. 125-6. With it comes a copy of the lecture I heard delivered on 28 Feb., 1886, so that I now know it to have been printed. Perhaps some of your readers may like to know that it is entitled 'Hostile and Generous Toleration (A New Theory of Toleration),' and is published at twopence by E. W. Allen, Ave Maria Lane. JOHN T. PAGE.

Long Itchington, Warwickshire.

GOLDSMITH : VARIOUS HEADING IN * THE TRAVELLER' (10 th S. v. 167, 295). In the -evolution of 'The Traveller' from 'A Pro- spect of Society,' the latter being the earliest form of the poem by Oliver Goldsmith, as edited by Mr. Bertram Dobell and published by him (1902), and in a reprint of the first edition of 'The Traveller' published there- with, one finds that the quotation inquired after is the same in each case, viz.: Whatever fruits in different climes are found, That proudly rise or humbly court the ground ;

and then follows

Whatever blooms in torrid tracts appear,

which should prove conclusively that are was

in this case the original word, and so favoured

on reflection. JAS. CURTIS, F.S.A.

"NOW THIS IS EVERY COOK'S OPINION"

(10 th S. v. 268). I have heard a somewhat similar couplet, which I think occurred in ' N. & Q.' some time ago, viz : Many people have different opinions : Some like apples, some like inguns (onions).

JAS. CURTIS, F.S.A.

SIR THOMAS BROWNE'S SKULL (10 th S. v. 346).

-I was very pleased to observe, from a similar paragraph to those quoted from The Tribune which appeared in the Daily Mail of the same date, that a movement was on foot for the return of Sir Thos. Browne's skull to its original resting-place. It has always seemed to me that this step should have been taken long ago by its present custodians, and I very much hope that a record of its reinterment will soon appear in the pages of ' N. & Q. ;

I may mention that several interesting

notes on Sir Thos. Browne's skull appeared at 8 th S. vi. 64, 233, 269, and on his portraits afc 8 th S. viii. 21. At 8 th S. viii. 325, it was recorded that his long-lost coffin-plate had been found and restored to the church of St. Peter Mancroft. JOHN T. PAGE.

For "centenary'' please read tercentenary. EDWARD BENSLY.'

"Two SNEEZING CATS "(10* S. y. 328). Larwood and Hotten in their ' History of Signboards,' in alluding to the sign in Rouen of " The Laughing Dog' (le chienqui rit), say that it was one of the quaint signs of which we have examples in this country, "as the 'Two Sneezing Cats,' which is said to be somewhere in London; the 'Flying Monkey,' Lambeth ; the Monkey Island, at Bray, near Maidenhead ; the ' Gaping Goose,' at Leeds, Old- ham, and in various parts of Yorkshire ; and the ' Loving Lamb' two in Dudley."

The "Cow and Snuffers" at Llandaff, Gla- morgan, seems almost incomprehensible, unless we attribute it to some one in some way associated with the "snuffers" (perhaps the inventor), who became the tenant of a house with the pre-existing sign the <; (Red ?) Cow." If I live long enough, I shall hope to complete my 'Signs of London' in The Antiquary, by the elucidations of contri- butors upon the subject.

J. HOLDEN MACMlCHAEL. Hazelmere, Tooting Common.

AUTHORS OF QUOTATIONS WANTED (10 th S. iii. 148, 197, 335; iv. 16, 91). Having suc- ceeded in tracing the source of the first quo- tation, " L'amour est 1'histoire de la vie des femmes, c'est un episode dans celle des hommes," I venture to answer my own ques- tion. The phrase occurs in ' De PInfluence des Passions sur le Bonheur des Individus et des Nations,' by Madame de Stae'l (see vol. iii. p. 135 of 1820 ed. of her works). Its quotation in The Athenaeum of 10 Sept., 1904, p. 345, led to my inquiry.

In addition to the reference to Byron's ' Don Juan ' (can. i. st. 194) already men- tioned, can. iii. st. 3 has :

In her first passion, woman loves her lover : In all the others all she loves is love.

La Rochefoucauld's maxim (No. 494 in my edition) is :

" Dans les premieres passions, les femmes aimenfc 1'amant ; dans les autres, elles aimeut l'amour."

Referring to question No. 7, I have found a proverb (in Ray's 'Proverbs') which runs thus :

He loseth his thanks who promiseth and delayeth. (Gratia ab otficio, quod mora tardat abest.)

EDWARD LATHAM.