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never dream of any of my own characters, and I feel it so impossible that I would wager Scott never did of his, real as they are."

This seems to me odd, for if ever characters in fiction were real to an author, they were to Dickens. After a book was written, he still continued to associate his characters with the place in which he was occupied with putting them on paper. See, e.g., the Preface to ' Dombey and Son.'

If an author used dream-matter for a story, would the fact that he had written it down and published it prevent him from dreaming of it again ? I presume that Dickens did not dream his stories, not even ' A Child's Dream of a Star,' but relied rather on the infinite observation and fancy which distinguished him in daytime.

HORNGATE. .

SKOTTOWE : POCOCKE. Thomas Britiffe Skottowe, eldest son of Thomas Skottowe, Secretary of State for South Carolina, and nephew of Robert Britiffe of Beaconsthorpe, M.P. for Norwich 1714-34, married Lydia Anne Pococke c. 1784-7. What were the exact date and place of the marriage ? Who was she ? Was she one of the Berk- shire Pococks or Pocockes ? B. C. S.

THOMAS VINCENT, SECOND MASTER or WESTMINSTER SCHOOL. I should be glad to obtain any information concerning his parentage and place of education. He was appointed Second Master either in 1643 or 1645, and resigned in 1657. It is stated in Phillimore's edition of ' Alumni Westmon.,' p. 87, that Pope in his ' Life of Bishop Ward ' says that Vincent was " Mr. Busby's servitor at Christ Church, and but one remove from it at Westminster." His name, however, does not appear in Foster's ' Alumni Oxonienses.'

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION WANTED. I should be glad to obtain information concern- ing the following Old Westminsters : ( 1 ) Wil- liam Leigh, son of Francis Leigh of Sutton, Kent, who left Westminster School in 1720. (2) Thomas Lennard, son of Sir Stephen Lennard, Bart., born 7 March, 1676/7, K.S. 1692. (3) Thomas Lewis, a native of Worcestershire, who matriculated at Oxford 11 Feb., 1591/2, from Christ Church. (4) John Lloyd, who graduated M.A. at Cam- bridge from Trinity College in 1 638. ( 5 ) John Lloyd, K.S. 1744. (6) Robert Lloyd, K.S. 1612. (7) Henry Long, who was elected to Christ Church, Oxon, 1655. (8) Henry Lord, son of Henry Lord of Spanish Town, Jamaica. K.S. 1752. G. F. R. B.

OTJDH. (1) In what year did the English annex Oudh ? (2) What was the title of the ruling Prince, Rajah or Maharajah ? (3) In compensation for annexing his kingdom he received a,n annual pension how much ? (4) How long did he live to enjoy that pension ? (5) Who succeeded him son, brother ? (6) Azimoolah Khan was Prime- Minister at the time of the first ruler's death. Am I correct ? ROB ROY.

[The annexation of Oudh took place in Feb- ruary, 1856. The pension paid to Wajid Ali was 120,000?. a year.]

"A BOLT FROM THE BLUE." When, and by whom, was this expression first used ? Is it possibly due to Horace, Ode I. xxxiv. 5, 7, 8 ? G. C. TICKENCOTE.

[This was discussed at 7 S. iii. 388, 522 ; iv. 212,. ] 333. At the first and second references mention. 1 was made of the use of the phrase in a leading article in The Times of 25 April, 1887, and in a I speech by Parnell a week earlier. At the third reference DR. ALFRED (TATTY refers to Carlyle's- " Arrestment, sudden really as a bolt out of the- blue," as a probable origin for it. It is likely enough that, in a general way, Carlyle had sonifr classical reference in mind, and our correspondent will recollect that besides the lines he quotes there- is Virgil's

Non alias cselo ceciderunt plura sereno Fulgura. (' Georg.,' i. 487-8).

LORD : USE OF THE TITLE WITHOUT' TERRITORIAL ADDITION. When did it be- come the custom to prefix the word " Lord " to a surname only, as in the cases of. Lord Roberts, Lord Kitchener, &c. ? The common-law rule was that the ennobled' person should be named from his domain, and to that end it was necessary that he- should own a piece of land, however small,, in the very locality. Thus William Howard, already seised in fee of the Manor of Effing- ham, in Surrey, was created Baron Howar of Effingham in March, 1553/4. It hardly necessary to note that Francis Bacor was not Lord Bacon, though commonlj so styled, but Lord Verulam. In 1785 Admiral Hood was created an Irish peer, bi it was as Baron Hood of Catherington, Hampshire. Fifteen years later, Admiral Jervis became Lord St. Vincent, a title chosen for him by George III., and taker from Cape St. Vincent, which never belong to the English Crown. This precedent W8 followed partly, in 1868, when Field-Marshal Napier was made Lord Napier of Magdala ' a more correct designation than the last. The first Duke of Wellington in 1808 was- made Baron Douro of Wellesley and Viscount Wellington of Talavera. It is my impression