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NOTES AND QUERIES. [ii s. i. MAY 7, 1910.

"is so partiall to the wyddow Hervye as I he is apt to suspect you vpon all her com- ! plaints, who is a greedy, beggerlye woman." Who was this widow ? What, if anything, is known of her and of her relations with Sir Walter ? P.

Philadelphia.

RALEGH AND CORNISH MINERS IN IRE- LAND : SIR J. POPE HENNESSY. In Sir J. Pope Hennessy's ' Sir W. Ralegh in Ire- land l (1883), pp. 118-19, is this passage :

"Before this [1602J Ralegh had brought some Cornish miners to Ireland, and had spent a con- siderable sum in trying to develope the mineral sources of the country."

Where did the author obtain this information from ? Is the surname Pope Hennessy or Pope-Hennessy ? The former appears on the title-page of his work, and the latter in the * Dictionary of National Biography,* without any cross-reference under ' Hen- nessy.' T, N. BRUSHFIELD, M.D. ISalterton, Devon.

SIR FRANCIS DRAKE'S GOLDEN HIND : JOHN DA VIES. (See 3 S. ii. 492.) John Davies, who presented to the Bodleian Library a chair made from Drake's ship, was storekeeper at Deptford. From the Domestic Series of the Calendar of State Papers it appears that he held the post only for a short time. It would seem to be probable that he made the gift in his official capacity. Are there any official records, other than those mentioned, which might throw light upon the matter ? Is the store- keeper known to have made any other presents of a similar kind ?

C. E. A. BEDWELL.

Middle Temple Library, E.G.

AUTHORS OF QUOTATIONS WANTED.

1. But Scripture saith an ending to all fine thing!"

must be.

2. [Goldsmith] " took the world for his pillow," as

the Gaelic stories say. Black's * Life of Gold- smith,' p. 16.

3. Beauty is the lover's gift.

Macpherson's ' Ossian ' has failed me with regard to my second query. P. C. G.

Calcutta.

WINCHESTER COLLEGE CHANTRY. The late Mr. F. J. Baigent, in a paper in the Journal of the British Archaeological Associa- tion in 1854, illustrated three bosses which were then to be seen in the chantry in Win- chester College founded by John Fromond about 1430. He further stated that another boss shows a monkey riding on a dog, and

carrying a rabbit on a stick over his shoulder. "The thick coverings of white- wash discouraged me from attempting to sketch it. n Has this since been restored and illustrated ? If so, where ?

T. CANN HUGHES, M.A. F.S.A. Lancaster.

VEAL MONEY. It is said (Redford and Riches's ' History of Uxbridge,' p. 119) that the tenants of the manor of Bradford in Wilts make a yearly payment to their lord called "veal money," in lieu, of veal paid formerly in kind (see Blount's ' Tenures ').

A similar payment is recorded in the same volume of "a composition for veal and lamb " as payable at Hillingdon in Middle- sex.

Are these payments still kept up ?

R. B.

Upton.

MODERN GERMAN POETS. Will some correspondent of ' N. & Q.' furnish me with a list of the German lyrical poets of decided genius who have flourished since the death of Heine ?

Is there any German collection of verse similar to G. Walch's excellent ' Anthologie des Poetes Franais Contemporains ? ?

I particularly desire to learn what writers of the type of Anatole Le Braz or Gabriel Vicaire have sung German country life with a simplicity approaching that of the old ballads. COUNTRY MOUSE.

[Mr. Jethro Bithell has just published through the Walter Scott Company a book on 'Contem- porary German Poetry.']

CIVIL WAR IN FICTION. Can any one refer me to a list of works of fiction dealing with the Civil War period ? Please reply direct. G. H. W.

15, Highlands Gardens, Ilford.

[See Mr. E. A. Baker's * Descriptive Guide to the Best Fiction,' Sonnenschein, 1903.]

ARUNDEL COLLECTION : SALE CATALOGUE. I am desirous of ascertaining whether there is in existence a copy of the catalogue of the sale of part of the Arundel Collection at Tart Hall the popular name for Stafford House in 1720. In Dallaway's edition of Walpole's ' Anecdotes, 1 ii. 153, it is stated that " Mr. West has the printed Catalogue " ; but neither the British Museum nor the Bodleian possesses a copy.

Which name, Tart Hall or Stafford House, was used on the title-page of the catalogue I do not know. G. W. B.