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.and all contrast Russia with * ; Europe," i.e., Russian with " European. 54 The titles of the Emperor in the official list show that he is Tsar of Novgorod and Great Russia, of Moscow, of White Russia, Little Russia, &c. ; .and while all have gone out of use except Great Russia and Little Russia, the distinc- tion of Great Russian and Little Russian is still a living fact. T. B. I.

The title "Emperor of all the Russias ll was that assumed by the Grand Duke Ivan III. of Moscow on his marriage with a Palseologus princess " Gosudar vsei Rossii, 11 literally " lord of all Russia." A Parisian journalist felicitously referred to King Edward VII., on the occasion of a visit to the French capital, as " le Tsar de toutes les Angleterres."

FBANCIS P. MARCHANT. Streatham Common.

"POSTALLY" (11 S. i. 326). This is not a particularly new word. It has been in current use, to my knowledge, among stamp collectors, for the last twenty years, to distinguish the difference between oblite- rated stamps, that is to say, postally and fiscally. WM. JAGGABD.

[H. P. L. writes to the same effect.!

FOUNTAIN PEN (11 S. i. 306). Matthew Henry mentions fountain pens in his * Com- mentary * (1710); see the quotation at 9 S. ii. 228.

" Portable Fountain Pens to carry ink and write well," made and sold by E. . & T. Williams, No. 13, Strand, are advertised in The Morning Chronicle, 11 June, 1788. G. L. APPERSON.

My note has been mislaid, but I believe that a fountain pen was described and figured in Nicolas Bion's ' Traite de la Construction et des Principaux Usages des Instnunens de Math&natique l (1723) or in Edmund Stone's "The Construction and Principal Uses of Mathematical Instruments.

Translated from the French of M. Bion

To which are added, the Construction and Uses of such Instruments as are omitted by M. Bion ; particularly of those invented or improved by the English " (1723). Neither work is in the Bodleian, and when in London, I several years ago I was asked by Sir James Murray to examine the copies in the British Museum for " pedometer.' 1 I have a strong recollection that I also found fountain pen, but as six years have elapsed, perhaps my memory is playing me a trick.

Fountain pens were mentioned by Fanny Burney in 1789 ; and in 1796 by Charles Hutton in his ' Mathematical and Philo- sophical Dictionary/ i. 505.

ALBERT MATTHEWS.

Boston, U.S.

WATERING-PLACE GUIDE, 1803 (11 S. i. 349). There is reason to believe that this was written by its publisher, R. Phillips, afterwards Sir Richard Phillips of New Bridge Street. He was probably assisted by some of his " tame authors " ; but Phillips Was quite capable of compiling the work himself ; compare ' A Million of Facts, 1 and * A Walk from London to Kew, 1

The ' Guide l was very successful, and was frequently reissued ; the B.M. has the editions of 1803, 1812, 1815, 1824, 1825. The copy before me was published about 1824 by Longman, and contains at p. 384 fifteen lines on " Kent's Hole."

ALECK ABRAHAMS.

The authorship of ' The Picture of London, 1 London, R. Phillips, 1802, is attributed in Anderson's ' British Topography,* p. 181, to J. ( ? John) Feltham. This would indicate that Feltham was also the author (or editor, or compiler) of ' A Guide to all the Watering- Places and Sea-Bathing Places, l issued by Phillips in 1803. W. SCOTT.

The author of ' The Picture of London,* who is also described as the editor of ' A Guide to all the Watering-Places,* &c., was John Feltham.

WILLIAM E. A. AXON. 191, Plymouth Grove, Manchester.

[W. B. H. also thanked for reply.]

INDEX TO FOXE : LISTS or MARTYRS (11 S. i. 248, 334). Much interesting infor- mation relating to the sufferings of members of the Society of Friends, taken from original records, will be found in the valuable Journal issued quarterly by the Friends" Historical Society. G. L. APPERSON.

SIR JOHN CHAD WORTH (11 S. i. 129, 354). The name of this civic worthy was not Chadworth, but Shadworth, and he was not a knight.

Shadworth's wills, dated 7 May, 1428, and 7 Jan., 1429(-30), enrolled Monday after the Feast of St. Faith (i.e., Oct. 9), 9 Hen. VI. (1430), are summarized in Dr. Reginald Sharpe's admirable ' Calendar of Wills enrolled in the Court of Husting,* vol. ii. pp. 452, 453. For a summary of Shad- worth's public services I may refer to my