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 NOTES AND QUERIES. [iis. x. JL-LV 11,1914.

SOUTHWARK BRIDGE (US. ix. 286). MR. ALECK ABRAHAM-; aayfl at the above reference that " the bridge will disappear unregrettecl and unsung."' If your correspondent will look in Mr. J. Ashby-Sterry's last volume, ' The River Rhymer,' he will find the latter condition is assuredly unfulfilled. At p. 230 he will discover a charming lyrical picture of the bridge and its surroundings in its last days, as well as ample reference to the interesting Dickensian associations con- nected with it. I observe, however, that the Rhymer makes no allusion to the steamboat pier which years ago was attached to one of the buttresses of the bridge. DUMPS.

ANNOUNCEMENTS IN NEWSPAPER OFFICE WINDOWS (11 S. ix. 508). Following this statement of my friend MR. ALECK ABRA- HAMS, it may be mentioned that, whatever is the custom in this country-, in Paris the news- papers continue to give full reports of news in their windows as it arrives. For instance, the Matin, a journal of large circulation, with offices in a prominent position in the French capital, has crowds all day outside, reading the many messages displayed, and inspecting the pictures also on 'view of topical events and persons.

J. LANDFEAR LUCAS.

OLD ETONIANS : (7) RICHARD CALVERT (11 S. ix. 489). I should think the Calverts mentioned were connected with the Calverts of Albury, Brent Pelham, and Furneaux Pelham, Herts. Chauncy states that the Calverts of Herts were a branch of the ancient family of the Calverts of Lancashire. Many of the Calverts are buried in Albury Church vault. M.A.

THE GREAT EASTERN, THE FIRST OF THE LEVIATHANS (11 S. viii. 506; ix. 55, 116, 158, 298). See The Illustrated Times, 1859, in which, especially in the July-December volume, are many interesting prints and much letterpress.

PALLAVICINI : JANE CROMWELL (US. ix. 270, 314, 375, 435, 511). At the last refer- ence a reply of mine appeared in which I said, concerning the epitaph of Horacio Pallayicine, "The following is an exact copy." As it appears it is not exact. This is probably owing to some accident or to faulty type. The last two lines of the epitaph should read :

l;KIXU OK THE AGE OF SIX AND THIRTY YEARES.

ROBERT PIERPOINT.

[The type was correctly set, but two or three letters were broken during printing.]

Jlofcs on BBooIts,

LONDON. London. By Sir Laurence Gomme. (Williams &

Norgate, 7*. 6rf. net.) London Survivals. By P. H. Ditchfield. (Methuen

& Co., 10s. 6d. net.)

WORKS on London and its surroundings multiply- apace. Only the other week we reviewed two books on Chelsea, and to-day we have these further contributions to the history of London.

Anything written by Sir Laurence Gomme on London is sure to receive a hearty welcome. In his book on ' The Governance of London ' (1007) he dealt with a newly discovered aspect of the question of origins; in 'The Making of London/ published in 1912, he attempted to apply the results of this study to the evolution of the city ; and in this his latest book he deals with a part of the subject which is only incidentally touched upon in the two- previous works, and claims to have discovered the great fact of historical continuity conscious and effective continuity underlying the main issuer of London life throughout all its changes. As the result of his investigations he maintains that " the continuity springs from the city-state of Roman. Londinium, is carried through the hundred years of historical silence, is handed on to the London of Anglo-Saxon times, proceeds through the great period of Plantagenet rule, runs deep down under the preponderating mass of Tudor and Stuart changes, and comes out in the open when the Georgian statesmanship broke away the blocking forces."

Sir Laurence acknowledges that " the con- tinuity thus revealed is not unchanging through- out the centuries. Each age modifies its form ; or rather its form is modified by the different forces which have constantly worked upon it " ; but he asserts that " the ideal of con- tinuity comes from Roman London and from Roman Augusta, and it has never lost touch with the realities. Each age has possessed the feeling for continuity, has expressed itself in terms belonging to itself. It is only the terms which

have been altered The material was different,

but the undying ideal was always the same."

The author is aware that there will be opposi- tion to such a point of view, and an opposition not easy to meet, coming as it does from " the schools which have so long been dominated by the sweeping generalities of Freeman and his followers." He says that the story he has to tell " differs altogether from that hitherto told," for it includes masses of material which have until now been ignored. In the present work he has but one word to say about " the tradition of London " ; he could not omit this from his evidence, and he could not complete it, for it will make a book by itself, and we are glad to know that he means to publish it soon. He gives in the text of the present work a summary sufficient for immediate purposes, expressing a conviction that " the completed study will satisfy many that the position he takes up for London is historically sound."

The last chapter, ' The Greatness that is London,' refers to its magnificent development, which has never been at the bidding of outside forces, for " its whole history shows it to be a