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THE desire that * N. & Q.' should remain at the Athenaeum Press has been so strongly expressed that I can only bow to the wishes of the correspondents. It is true that, instead of being recouped for the loss on the present year's working by the arrange- ment proposed for the transfer of the paper, the possibility of incurring further loss during 1916 has now to be faced That loss should, however, be small, for< thanks to the energy and generosity shown by many of the friends of ' N. & Q., 176Z. 6s. 6d. has already been placed at our disposal to meet this risk. A sum of 1501. has been placed on deposit at the bank in the names of the largest contributor and myself. So soon as the balance of another 501. is received it will be added to the amount, and further contributions will be deposited in the same way, 501. at a time. Thus, if the fall in the sale of the paper should go no farther than it has already gone (and I have some cause for expecting that the sales will rather increase than otherwise), and if the advertisements should not diminish even more than they have done at present, I shall be able to put my services at the disposal of ' N. & Q.' at any rate for another year. I propose to issue half-yearly balance-sheets to all those who have sub- scribed to the Guarantee Fund, and I hope, iin view of the fact that my own work will continue to be unpaid, and that I have con- fidence in the efforts of friends on behalf of the paper, that there will be little, if any, need to draw upon the deposit account.

It only remains for me to express my appreciation of the honour done to the name which has for so long been connected with * N. & Q.' by the cordial and decided way in which our contributors have pro- nounced against the severing of that connexion.

J. EDWARD FBANCIS,

Proprietor of * N. & Q.'

LONDON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1915.

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NOTES : Cryptographic Satires of the Eighteenth Century, 413 Jewish Treasure-Trove, 414 Statues and Memorials in the British Isles, 416-Dwellers on London Bridge- Soldiers' Homes and Clubs James I.'s Dislike of Central- izationNelson to Sir Edward Berry, 418 "Tinkle" for "Tickle" Puritan Names in New England Two Historic Printing Houses, 419 Death of Old Goose " Lock " and " Key," 420.

QUERIES : Townshends of Raynham, Recusants Lord John Grey of Pirgo Christ's "Seven Eyes" in Welsh Poetry, 420 Swift's 'The Conduct of the Allies' A Seldam in Cheapside Royal Artillery Authors Wanted Biographical Information Wanted, 421 Fred. Witt van Wassenaer Coal ville" Meddle and muddle "Baron Westbury : Inscription Earthquake in Palestine, c. 810 B.C. Viscount Nelson, 422.

REPLIES : Guidott Family, 422 France and England Quarterly, 424 The Fabric of Cathedrals Shipton-under- Wychwood, Oxfordshire, 425 Authors' Names Wanted : E. V. B. Book that belonged to Robert Burton Leding- ton " Esses," 426 The Split Infinitive George IIL's Interest in Farming 'The House that Jack Built,' 427 Gavelkind in England' The Lady of Elche 'Cat Queries, 428-Tree Folk-Lore : the Elder Barley and Blindness, 429 Royal Artillery : Swedish Medal Anthony Twichener or Tuchenor Napoleon's Bequest to Cantillon Churches used for Election of Municipal Officers Mistakes in Pronunciation Inwood Family, 430.

NOTES ON BOOKS :-' Memoirs of a Publisher.' Books published between c. 1815 and c 1854. Notices to Correspondents.

CRYPTOGRAPHIC SATIRES OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY.

DURING the last thirty years of the eighteenth century a great number of satirical pamphlets were published, in which the idiosyncrasies of well-known persons (whose identity was thinly concealed under initials or a pseudonym) were indicated by quotations from eminent writers or some such cryptic method. Each of these productions contains long list of famous people, nearly always disguised in cipher, and it was evidently a Dopular amusement to fill in the proper names, since these pamphlets seem to have been profitable publications. Sometimes the method employed was to depict intelligible portraits of the characters hinted at ; some- times the satire took the form of imaginary epitaphs. Most of these pamphlets are noticed in contemporary periodicals such as The Monthly Review or The Gentlemarit and