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or to David II., consecrated 19 Dec., 1148, by Archbishop Theobald at Canterbury, Bishop of St. David's (xiv. 121), but their nephew of the half-blood.

Oiraldus de Barri, called Cambrensis, is said to have been the youngest son of William de Barri by his second wife, Nesta, grand- daughter of Bhys ap Theodor, Prince of South Wales (xxi. 390), and was born in 1146 or 1147 (ib., 389). T. F. T., however (xiv. 121, says: "His [David's] sister Anghared was the wife of William de Barry, lord of Manorbier, and the mother of Giraldus Cam- brensis." Giraldus's mother is also so called by the Rev. William Hunt in his article on Nesta (xl. 229). I have found no confirmation, however, at present for the name being recorded as Nesta by the Rev. H. R. Luard, D.D. (xxi. 390). For neither name is any authority quoted.

FRANCIS H. RELTON. 8, Lansdowne Road, East Croydon.

A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THOMAS

HOLCROFT. (See ante, pp. 1, 43, 83, 122.)

1784. " A Favourite Pastoral, Sung by Mrs. Kennedy at Vauxhall Gardens. The Words by Mr Holcroft. Set to Music by Mr. Hook." This appeared in The Universal Magazine,

June, 1784 (74: 31*8).

1784. " Songs, Duets, Glees, Choruses, &c., in the Comic Opera of the Noble Peasant : as performed at the Theatre Royal, in the Hay Market. London, Printed for G. Robinson, No. 25, Pater-Noster Row, 1784." Octavo, !+ 3-22 pp.

This is a reprint of the songs, &c., from the item which immediately precedes it in this Bibliography. The type was evidently left standing, from all appearances. The broken- letter test holds, and, for instance, quotation marks are retained (p. 7), though the reason for their existence has disappeared, along with the explanatory note concerning them. There are other ways of showing omission in representation. There are other changes : " The Hero, conscious of his worth " (p. 5), is called a song rather than a rondeau ; the omission in the staging of verse ii. in the fool's song (p. 12) was not originally indicated ; and in the Finale of Act II. (p. 17) lines are rearranged, redistribvited, and omitted.

This reprint forms, in my mind, a very good justification of my assumption that type was left standing, or some sort of plates were used probably the former for later editions. This is not a later edition, and here the same

type is rather obviously employed. It is, of course, possible that Robinson from the first planned two issues the play and the songs and used his set type accordingly.

1785. " Tales of the Castle, or stories of instruc- tion and delight. Being les Veill4es du Chateau, written in French by Madame la Cointesse de Genlis. Translated into English by Thomas Holcroft. London : G. Robinson, 1785." Duo- decimo, 5 vols.

This work was noticed in The Monthly Review for August, 1785 (73: 92) ; reviewed in The European Magazine for January, 1785 (7: 42) ; and announced in The Universal Magazine supplement to the December number, 1784 (75: 378).

The original work, a copy of which Marie

Antoinette preserved in her own library,

Holcroft probably brought from Paris in

1783 or 1784. The French title-page ran

(Bibliotheque Nationale R. 21760-21762):

" I/es Veil!e>s du Chateau, ou Cours de Morale a

1'usage des enfants, Par 1'auteur d'Adele et

Theodore. ' Comme raecer.de il gusto il mulare-

esca, | Cos! mi par che la mia Istoria quanto |

Or qua, or la piu variata sia, | Meno a cla

1' udira nojosa fia. | Orlando Furioso, Canto

terzodecinio. | Traduction Littrale. Comino le

changement de nourriture ranime le gout, ahisi

il me semble que plus mes recits seront varies,

le moins ils paroitront ennuyeux a ceux qui les

entendront. Toii-.e Premier. A Paris, Chez

M. I*ambert & F. J. Baudouin, Impr.-Libraires,

rue de la Harpe, pres Saint-Cdme. M.DCC.-

LXXXII." Duodecimo. I., xxiv+1-348 ; II.,

4 + 1-410 ; III., 4 + 1-352 pp.

The British Museum Catalogue gives an edition in 4 vols., D. (duo decimo) Dublin, 1785 ; 3rd edition in 5 vols., D. London, 1787 ; 8th edition in 5 vols., D. London, 1806 ; an edition in 2 vols., D. London, 1817, part of " Walker's British Classics.'* A '" second edition " in five volumes is advertised in the Robinsons' second edition of Mrs. Inchbald's ' Child of Nature,' 1789.

" Tales of the Castle : or, Stories of Instruction and Delight. Being les Veillees du Chateau, written in French By Madame la Comtesse de . Genlis, Author of the Theatre of Education, Adela and Theodore, &c. Translated into English By Thomas Holcroft. Come raccende il gusto il mutare esca, \ Coal mi par, che la mia Istoria, quanto \ Or quit, or la piu variata aia, \ Meno a chi V udira nojosa fia. ABIOSTO. | As at the board, with plenteous Viands graced, Gate after Cate excites the sickening taste, So, while my Muse pursues her varied strains, Tale following Tale the ravish'd ear detains. HOOLE. 11 Vol. I. Dublin: Printed for Messrs. Price, Moncrieffe, Jenkin, Walker, Burton, Exshaw, White, Byrne, Parker, H. Whitestone, and Cash. MDCCLXXXV." Duodecimo. I., 1 p.l. + 4 + 1 - 295. II., 1 p.l. + 2 + 1-280. III., 1 p.l. + 2 + l-244. IV., 1 p.l.+2 + l- 280 pp.