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LONDON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 28 1915.

CONTENTS. No. 296.

THE FUTURE OF ' N. & Q.'


 * NOTES : Knopwood's Diary, 154 A Webster-Massinger

Play, 155 Words in Bishop Douglas's ' Eneados,' 1513, 156

Experimenting Medically on the Soldier The Patients of Shakespeare's Son-in-law, 157-Old Age at Sixty-Two War and the Poets Prince Louis Napoleon and Flying Machines, 158" You may fool some of the people all the time," 159.

'QUERIES : Queen Elizabeth's Fifth Parliament Maria Riddell's Essay on Burns Reynolds of Aylesford Colhoun William Clay John Boag, 159 ' Spiritual Songs,' 1685 Dedication of Lady Chapel Illustrators of Goldsmith Biographical Information Wanted Author Wanted Cosmopolitan Club West-Country Queries " Cock "=Tassel Capt. James King Translation of Verlaine Wanted, 160 Heimskrol Quotations on Death Plowden of Lasham, Hants, 161.

REPLIES : The Site of the Globe, 161 Maria Sophia. Queen of Portugal James Hook and his Wives William Constant : Dutch Swiss Guards Origin of Quotation Wanted Author of Quotation Wanted, 163 John Whitfield, Gent. Bombay Gentlemen of 1792: Williamses of Early Boston, Mass. Burying Face Downwards Royal Chaplains Wanstead Park, 164 Waterloo Memorial to Capt. Cook, 165 Scotch Court of Session Jevons's "Logical Machine" A Sonnet by Wordsworth " It is worse than a crime, it is a blunder," 166 Theological Disputations by Means of Signs Pendrell Pensions Alexandretta Virtues of Onions, 167 Atlantis and Lemuria Clerks in Holy Orders as Combatants, 168

Cambronne's Reply Seventeenth - Century Travel Marybone Lane and Swallow Street Portrait of Cervantes, 169 Lieut. -General Benson '0 /cooytos (TKyvfi Easter Offerings Heraldic Query Fraser Highlanders -Robin Hood, 170.

NOTES ON BOOKS :' Chats on Japanese Prints.' <5reat English Writers from 1830 to 1880. Notices to Correspondents.

THE FUTURE OF 'NOTES AND QUERIES.'

WE have already attempted to convey to our readers some part of our grateful apprecia- tion of the kindness even the enthusiastic kindness with which they have met our recent appeal to them. It is pleasant to be told that our little paper, even in days like this, remains so welcome and of actual use, and pleasanter still to think of it as affording to some of those who are interested in it a measure, however slight and tem- porary, of relief from the immediate pres- sure of heavy anxieties.

We should wish to take this opportunity to make our bow of sincere acknowledgment to the numerous editors who have inserted in their columns friendly expressions of regret upon hearing what blows the war has

dealt us, mingled with encouraging assurances to the effect that we do not deserve extinc- tion. We do ourselves heartily share the opinion that the paper is worth carrying through the war, and feel that we may say so unabashed, since * N. & Q.' is, in a sense and to an extent almost peculiar to itself, the work of its readers and corre - spondents.

Our present position is this : The sale has not, during the last eight weeks, dropped further ; rather, it has slightly improved. We are still, then, justified in taking 200Z. as the yearly deficit to be made up. Fourteen of our contributors have most generously promised us sums varying from 5s. to 10Z. as donations towards expenses ; seventeen have subscribed or promised to subscribe for another copy ; and through the energy cf several of our friends we have acquired fifteen new subscribers. Advertisements to the value of 29Z. 8s. for the half-year have already been guaranteed to us ; and help to the extent of 10Z. 10s. has been given us by the purchase of back volumes and numbers. The total amount reached by all this is 102L, of which 62/. represents donations and sub- scriptions.

Many suggestions have been made to us, prominent among which is that to raise the price of the paper to d. a step which one of our correspondents is very emphatic in warning us by no means to take, and to which we are not ourselves much inclined, though we are confident that the extra 2d. would be paid willingly enough for the duration of the war by those who are already interested in ' N. & Q.'

Other proposals and upon these we would invite the opinion oi any correspondents who could take part in them are the formation of a Guarantee Fund and the raising of a Shilling Fund.

Considering the immense demands of the present time there is no need here to ex- patiate upon those this is not, we think, a bad beginning ; but it is clear that we are in a state of hope rather than of security, and that our case is still such as to make us welcome any attention and energy our friends may be at liberty to give us. We shall make a further report of our progress in a few weeks' time.