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NOTES AND QUERIES. [io s. vm. OCT. 12, 1907.

Daumas, Du Chameau d'Afrique. 1854.

Davin, Notice industrielle sur le poll du Chameau. 1857.

Desmoulins (Dr. A.), Patrie du Chameau & une bosse. 1823.

Menegaud, Les Chameaux.

Pichot(A.), Acclimatation du Chameau aux Etats Unis. 1884.

Seguier, Compte rendu de 1'introduction du Dro- madaire au Bresil. 1860.

Simon (E.), Sur le Chameau du desert de Gobi. 1862.

Simonds (P. L.), Le Chameau. 1885.

Vallon (A.), Memoire sur 1'histoire naturelle du Dromadaire. 1857.

Vogeli (F.), Rapport sur le transport de 14 Cha- meaux d'Alger au Bresil. 1866.

Wolf (H.), Sahara et Soudan : Regiments de Dromadaires. 1884.

GERMAN.

Hammer Purgstall, Das Kamel.

Kamel(Das). 1765.

Lehmann (0.), Das Kamel, s. geograph. Verbrei- tung und d. Bediggn. s. Vorkommens. Weimar, 1891.

ITALIAN.

Lombardine (Luigi), Ricerchi sui Camelli. Pisa, 1879.

C. A. THIMM.

" DYSPEPTIC " HISTORY OF STAFFORD. One frequently sees in the catalogues of second-hand booksellers Mazzinghi's ' His- fory of Stafford ' described as the " Dys- peptic " ' History of Stafford.' But why dyspeptic ? FRED. C. FROST.

Teignmouth.

ETON HOUSE, KENT. Can any one kindly tell me where this old seat of the David family is exactly ? P. J.

ENGLISH ONE-ACT PLAYS. I am anxious to find out how to obtain a list of English one-act plays which have not been trans- lated into German.

FRED. W. TRUNDLE.

Sweetholme, Caterham Road, S.E.

" THE WORLD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN." What is the origin of the "public-house sign " The World Turned Upside Down " ? There are two or three about : one is a1 145, Old Kent Road.

HENRY J. BARCLAY.

debate in the Italian Chamber of Deputies Signer Ferri, a Socialist member, made use of the phrase " una politica del carciofo,' which he attributed to Cavour ; but anothe deputy, Faelli, declared that the phras originated with Carlo Emanuel.
 * ' POLITICA DEL CARCIOFO." In a recen

Carciofo, according to Baretti, means an artichoke and also a stupid fellow, so tha

he phrase may mean an artichoke or piece- neal policy or a stupid policy. Which is orrect ? JOHN HEBB.

JAMES GORDON OF THE SURTEES SOCIETY.

James Gordon was born at Gilling, near

Richmond, Yorks, in 1803, " of respectable

mrents " ; became solicitor in Durham,

iid under-secretary to the Surtees Society.

He died at Richmond, 4 May, 1837. He

ivrote to J. Nichols, the publisher, in 1832,

,bout a wardrobe account (Eg. MS. 2839,

. 235). What is known of his family ?

J. M. BULLOCH. 118, Pall Mall.

" DRIVE " : " RIDE." When did " drive " 3egin to yield to " ride " ? Americans of all classes, I believe, " ride in a buggy," 3ut certain English people still fight the _ood fight for the word " drive " in the sense of " go in a carriage." L. B. M.

ENGLISH TOYS IN THE SIXTEENTH CEN- TURY. Can any one kindly give informa- tion as to where descriptions or relics of ~nglish toys in the sixteenth century may

found ; or trade cards of toyshops at that date ? MED.

'SOBRIQUETS AND NICKNAMES.' (10 S. vii. 366, 430 ; viii. 37, 114.)

THE contemporary caricatures give a great many sobriquets and nicknames under which the prominent people of the day were satirized. The following are taken from the caricatures in my collection and from the ' Catalogue of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum : Division I. Per- sonal and Political Satires ' :

Count O'Kelly. The Eclipse Macaroni.

Stephen Fox, 2nd Lord Holland, The Sleepy Macaroni.

Earl of Ancram, afterwards 5th Marquis or Lothian. The Silly Macaroni.

Sir Joseph Banks. The Fly-catching Macaroni.

Dr. Solauder. The Simpling Macaroni.

Sir Richard Fitzpatrick. The Parade Macaroni.

Capt. Charles Horneck. The Martial Macaroni.

George, Lord Villiers, afterwards Earl Grandison. The Nosegay Macaroni.

Charles, 3rd Earl of Harrington. The Chapeau Macaroni.

Hugh, 2nd Viscount Falmouth. Lord Pyebald.

Field - Marshal John Ligonier, Earl Ligonier. The Old Soldier.

Miss Hebe Watson. The Youthful Hebe.

Richard, Lord Grosvenor. The Cheshire Cornu to.