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names Taylor, Thirlby, and Thomas have been suggested for Dr. T. Walpole plumps for Dr. Thomas Taylor, and it is so given in the 1782 edition of Dodsley. George Hard- inge in his memoir of Sneyd Davies (where this and other poems by Davies are reprinted) says that Dr. T. was Dr. Timothy Thomas of Presteigne (pp. 149-50).

148-54. Vacation. By, Esq. [William Hall].

155-6. To a lady very handsome, but too fond of dress. By the same.

157-8. Anacreon, Ode III. Translated by the same.

158-9. Imitation of Horace, Bk. III. ode 2. Ad- dressed by Mr. Titley (' D.N.B.') to Dr. Bentley.

160-61. Reply thereto. By Bentley (' D.N.B/).

Dr. Bentley's verses (" the only English verses which he is known to have written," says Dr. Johnson in his life of Cowley) are inserted in MS. in Hearne's diaries under date of 30 Jan., 1721-2, about which date they were written (Hearne, ' Collections,' Oxford Hist. Soc., vii., 1906, pp. 322-3). Both sets are printed in ' The Grove ' (1721), pp. 247-9 ; Gent. Mag., 1740, p. 616 ; Monk's ' Life of Bentley,' ii. 174. " Our hero " was evidently designed for Bentley himself. These lines of Bentley supplied Boswell with an interesting passage :

" Johnson one day gave high praise to Dr. Bentley's verses in Dodsley's ' Collection,' which he recited with his usual energy. Dr. Adam Smith, who was present, observed in his decisive pro- fessional manner, ' Very well Very well.' John- son however added, ' Yes, they are very well, sir, but you may observe in what manner they are well. They are the forcible verses of a man of strong mind but not accustomed to write verse ; for there is some uncouthness in the expression.'" Boswell's 'Life of Johnson,' ed. G. B. Hill, iv. 23-4.

Johnson printed one of the stanzas, com- paring it with the lines of Cowley which Bentley had copied, " though with the in- feriority of an imitator," in his life of Cowley.

161-2. Inscription on a grotto of shells at Crux- Easton [Hampshire, seat of Edward Lisle], the work of nine young ladies [his daughters, and the sisters of the Rev. Dr. Thomas Lisle]. By Mr. Pope (' D.N.B.').

This poem, and four lines which Pope wrote extempore " on seeing the ladies at Crux- Easton walk in the woods by the grotto," are published in Courthope's ed. of Pope, iv. 457-8.

162. Verses occasioned by seeing a grotto built by nine sisters. Signed N. H. [N. Herbert, says the 1782 ed.].

162-3. An excuse for inconstancy. 1737. By the Rev. Dr. Thomas Lisle.

In note, p. 163, read " Herbert."

164-5. To Venus, a rant. 1732. Set to music by Dr. Hayes.

166. The power of music, a song imitated from the Spanish [of Juan de Tassis, Conde de Villa- mediana]. Set to music by Dr. Hayes. These were favourite lines of Benjamin Franklin. See The Athenceum, 24 Feb. and 3 March, 1883.

167-72. Letter from Smyrna to his sisters at Crux-Easton. 1733.

172-4. Part of a letter to my sisters at Crux- Easton, wrote from Cairo in Egypt. August, 1734.

174-7. Letter from Marseilles to my sisters at Crux-Easton, May, 1735. Scene, the study at Crux- Easton : Molly and Fanny are sitting at work ; enter to them Harriot in a passion.

178-210. History of Porsenna, King of Russia. The last six pieces are also by Dr. Lisle.

W. P. COURTNEY, (To be continued.)

" DUST BUILDS ON DUST " : KIPLING'S ' RECESSIONAL.' In the last stanza of Kip- ling's ' Recessional,' which first appeared in The Times of 17 July, 1897, and was repub- lishedin 'The Five 'Nations,' 1903, are the- following lines :

All valiant dust that builds on dust And guarding, calls on Thee to guard.

In 'Antiente Epitaphes,' collected by- Thomas F. Ravenshaw, 1878, p. 158, is the following :

1751. James Ramsay, Portioner of Melrose. The earth goeth on the earthe

Glisteringe like gold The earthe goeth to the earthe

Sooner than it wold The earth builds on the earthe

Castles and Towers The earthe says to the earthe All shall be ours.

Melrose, N.B.

This epitaph, with modern spelling ("wold" excepted) and stops, appears in The Scotch Haggis ; consisting of Anec- dotes,' &c., Edinburgh, 1822, p. 262. It is there said to be " on a Stone in Melrose Church-yard belonging to a family of the name of Ramsay."

On p. 192 is a letter headed " Curious Enumeration of Scotch Songs. To Sandy o'er the Lee." It is signed Willie Winkie, It begins :

" After getting some Cauld kail in Aberdeen, with John Roy Stewart, I accompanied him to The house Mow the hill, where Green (/rows the ranhes."

One of the most delightful of Kipling's stories is ' Wee Willie Winkie,' published first in 1888. But for the name, there is no connexion between it and the letter iix ' The Scotch Haggis.'

ROBERT PIEBPOINT.