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TOURNAMENTS AND JOUSTS (10 S. xii. 430). The last tournament in Europe took place, I think, at Turin in 1868. The last held in this country was the Eglinton Tournament in 1839. As the latter was modelled on the pattern of ancient pageants of a similar nature, a study of its features and conditions would probably, better than anything else, afford the information the querist seeks. Perhaps a reference to the files of the leading Scottish newspapers, such as The Scotsman and The Glasgow Herald, for the year 1839, would reveal most of the details required. There are many recent accounts, but these, for the most part, are narrative, not descriptive. Sir William Eraser's ' Book of the Montgomeries,' 1859, might be consulted. Chambers's ' Book of Days,' ii. 280-81, though not sufficiently definite, is worth reading. The Pall Mall Magazine, vol. viii. 1896, and Blackwood's Magazine, vol. clxii., 1897-, furnish popular, readable narratives. Reference should also be made to Lord Beacons field's ' Coningsby,' in which the Eglinton Tournament is described with much gusto.

Among works bearing on the subject generally, James's ' History of Chivalry,' London, 1830, contains in chap. ii. a good deal of information on the laws and rules of the tournament. But the book most likely to meet the wishes of the querist is Cornelius van Alkemade's ' Dissertation on Tourna- ments, 1 1699, treating of the ceremonies used at the Court of Holland. A third edition of this work was issued in 1740, with the addition by the author's son-in-law of a ' Dissertation on the Origin, Progress, and Decline of Tournaments and Single Combats.' W. SCOTT.

GAINSBOKOUGH, ARCHITECT, c. 1300 (10 S. xi. 449; xii. 18, 93, 155). I have lately met with the following in an archaeological paper read and printed in 1895 :

" A tomb in Lincoln Cathedral represents a Master Mason with his trowel and square on each side of him. The inscription runs as follows, Hie jacet Ricardus de Gaynisburgh, olym Cementarius hujus ecclesiae qui obiit duodecim kalendarium Junii Anno Domini MCCC ,' the last numeral of the date being defaced."

W. B. H.

"PLOUGH INN" AT LONGHOPE (11 S. i. 146, 193). The subject of poetical tavern signs received attention in vols. ix. and x. of the First Series. At 1 S. x. 329 a corre- spondent stated that the couplets indicated in R. B it's note were similarly treated on

an inn sign " yclept The Talbot at the foot of Birdlip Hill, Gloucestershire.' ? From The Leamington Spa Courier of 21 June, 1907, I gather that this inn was converted into a private house in 1874.

JOHN T. PAGE.

CHARLES KINGSLEY (11 S. i. 68, 195). The biography of Charles Kingsley compile d by his wife contains much valuable informa- tion on his career and achievement. This work, consisting of two volumes, was pub- lished by Messrs. Henry S. King & Co. in 1877. It is entitled ' Charles Kingsley : his Letters and Memories of his Life.' Some of the concluding words of the biographer may be quoted as giving a hint of the particular nature of the book :

" Some, again, may be inclined to say that this character is drawn in too fair colours to be absolutely truthful .... The outside world must judge him as an author, a preacher, a member of society, but those only who lived with him in the intimacy of everyday life at home can tell what he was as a man."

W. B.

VIRGINIA, 1607 (11 S. i. 188). For a full account of the first and subsequent planta- tions in Virginia, see Mr. Arber's ' Capt. J. Smith's Works* ("The English Scholar's Library," No. 16). Two lists of the principal planters of 13 May, 1607, are there given : one at p. 93, from the narrative of T. Studley, consists of sixty-seven names, with a note " with divers others to the number of 105 " ; the other, at p. 389, from the narrative of W. Simmonds, has eighty-two names, with a note, ' ' with divers others to the number of 100. n

Sir Thomas Gates did not accompany this expedition. He and Sir George Somers followed with the " third supply " (con- sisting of five hundred men) in May, 1609. They sailed in nine ships, of which only seven arrived that year ; one was lost at sea ; and the other, the flagship, with the two admirals and 150 men on board, was cast away on the Bermudas. The survivors of these, including Gates and Somers, reached James Town 24 May, 1610. C. C. B.

W. C. L. F. should consult the late Alexander Brown's ' Genesis of the United States,* published in 1890. That work contains not only historical documents, but also biographical details in regard to all the early settlers in Virginia about whom Brown could obtain information.

ALBERT MATTHEWS.

Boston, U.S.