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n s. x. NOV. 2i, 1914.] NOTES AND QUERIES.

405- of his own books. The only work by the publisher which I have found is

This book was issued without date, but its publication was certainly after 18 Dec., 1795; so the two bills are dated. As Holcroft left Newgate at least as early as 1 Dec., 1794 ('Memoirs,' p. 151), he could scarcely have written a preface to, certainly not have corrected proof which contained the text of, bills not passed until over a year later.

Holcroft was intimate at the time (1798) with William Sharp, the engraver, who had likewise been included in the indictment for treason, and committed to Newgate, 1794. But I believe the reference to the "fair account" and the "sale of books," as well as the circumstance of Sharp's only publication being in 1806, quite obviates the possibility of the reference being to him.

We then have but one alternative. The preface—a twelve-guinea preface, too—and the proofs were probably connected with some political pamphlet (that was the type of book that Symonds got out), written by another person, and published by Symonds. I appeal to the readers of 'N. & Q.' to help me to locate the work. I may add that Holcroft and Symonds were in Newgate, and therefore the preface was written and proof corrected, between 1 Oct. and 1 Dec., 1794.

The 'Advertisement' is dated at Newman Street, 11 Feb., 1794, and the play had been produced 5 Feb., 1794, with the sub-title 'Or Precept against Practice.' "It was the first play published at the advanced price of 2s." (Oulton, 2: 154). Noticed in The British Critic, Dec., 1794 (4: 672), and in The Monthly Review, April, 1794 (13: 446), which said that it deserved more than six representations.

A prelude by Holcroft, dealing with the friendly (?) rivalry between the two Theatres Royal, was presented at the reopening of Covent Garden, 15 Sept., 1794, under the title 'The Rival Queens.' Oulton says (2: 173) that it was taken from Fielding's 'Covent Garden Tragedy.' I shall be grateful for any information concerning contemporary references.

Oxford.—In the centre of the roadway in. Magdalen Street a memorial, designed by Sir G. G. Scott, R.A., after the style of the Eleanor Crosses, was erected in 1841. It is approached by a flight of steps, and consists of four diminishing stories surmounted by a cross. In arched recesses on the second story are placed statues of the three martyrs, the work of Mr. H. Weekes. Facing the north is that of Cranmer, holding a Bible. On its cover is seen inscribed "May 1541," the date the Scriptures were first circulated by Royal authority. Ridley's statue is on the east side, and Latimer's on the west. On the lower story, beneath the statue of Cranmer, is inscribed as follows:—

The first stone of the memorial was laid by Dr. Plumptre, then Master of University College, on 19 May, 1841.

The traditional sites of the martyrdom of Ridley and Latimer in Broad Street are marked by two small crosses cut in the pavement on the north side of the roadway, under the walls of Baliol College.

Cambridge.—On 13 June, 1912, the Bishop of Ely (Dr. Chase) unveiled a memorial to