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NOTES AND QUERIES, [ii s. XIL DEC. is, 1915.

Renizer Harris. 15 Oct., 1800.

Return Jonathan Meigs, jun. 9 Jan., 1811. (His

father was Postmaster-General of the U.S. in

1816.)

Reuel Washburn. 25 Aug.. 1819. Bila Scott (man). 2 May, 1821. Roana Johnson. 29 April, 1818. Roxalania Flagg. 5 April, 1815. Roxy Battles (woman). 30 Aug., 1815. Royal Makepeace. 29 May, 1805. Ruhamah Davis (woman). 8 Sept., 1830. Rutha Heard (woman). 18 June, 1817. Sabilla Thurston. 12 Feb., 1806. Salem Town (man). 31 March, 1802. Salmon Sibley. 3 March, 1824. Scotto Berry. 25 Aug., 1824. Sebas Jaekson. 14 Dec., 1803. Selah Coles. 6 Sept., 1820. Seraph Marsh (woman). 25 Sept., 1822. Serena Goodridge. 3 March, 1830. Shadrach Remington. 22 Nov., 1797. Shebna Dyer. 11 April, 1798. She llam Babbit. 15 June, 1808. Sherebiah Baker. 23 Sept., 1790. Shevah Houghton. 25 April, 1798. Sheverick Weeks. 12 June, 1822. Shubael C. Stratton. 29 Nov., 1797. Sibbelah Thurston (woman). 1 April, 1807. Silana Nelson (woman). 13 Dec., 1815. Silence Parmenter (woman). 22 April, 1829. Smilinda Wilder. 28 July, 1824. Suky Bagg. 27 Oct., 1824. Sultina Cobleigh. 11 Aug., 1824. Sweeden Taft. 29 Feb., 1804. Syntha Bridges (woman). 12 April, 1826.

RICHARD H. THORNTON.

8, Mornington Crescent, N.W.

(To be. concluded.)

COLD HANDS, WARM HEART. Years ago it was considered that a person whose hands were habitually cold was shown thereby to be a person of warm heart. If her " young man ' * remarked to a girl that her hand was cold, she would reply that it showed her heart was warm and true. In Derbyshire villages there was a belief that cold hands indicated warmth of heart and were a sure indication of fidelity.

THOS. RATCUFFE.

Worksop.

[" Kalte Hande, warraes Herz," is a common German proverb of playful application: hardly matter of belief. Is there any analogous French saying?]

ENEMIES OF BOOKS. The torn-tits which abound in Durham have been causing great trouble in the Chapter Library by attacking the bindings. They have pecked at the tops of the backs of old calf, all the way down the backs of paper bindings, and have destroyed many of the gummed labels that bear the press-marks. The Librarian has seen them at work, and they have left on the books abundant evidence of their operations, anc of their healthy animal functions. They

do not appear to have eaten or carried away much, if any, of what they have picked off, >ut to have been actuated mainly by a ove of mischief. They have also attacked wallpapers in the Librarian's house. The ibrary windows have now been protected >y wire netting. J. T. F.

Durham.

WE must request correspondents desiring in- 'ormation on family matters of only private interest
 * o affix their names and addresses to their queries,,

n order that answers may be sent to them direct.

J. G. LE MAISTRE, NOVELIST, 1800. ' Frederick Latimer ; or, the History of a Young Man of Fashion. Cork : Printed by J. Connor, Circulating Library, Chatterton's Buildings. 1801," describes the adventures of an undergraduate of Christchurch in Oxford ; and Oxford is named on nineteen of its pages. Robert Watt, in vol. iv. of ' Bibliotheca Britannica,' says that the first edition of this novel appeared in three- volumes in 1800, and cost half-a-guinea.. At the British Museum it is ascribed to 1799, but without its author's name. Halkett and Laing say that he was J. G. Le Maistre, and that he also wrote Rough t a Sketch of Modern Paris ' (London, 1803) May we assume that he was John Gustavus le Maistre, who is recorded in Foster's ' Alumni Oxonienses ' as having matriculated at Christchurch in 1786 ; as having taken from the Queen's College his degree as- Bachelor in 1790, and as Master in 1794 ; as becoming a barrister at Lincoln's Inn in 1791 I The same index shows that his father, Stephen, was a graduate of Christchurch r and that his grandfather, Caesar, lived in London. Were they members of a family which belonged to Jersey ?

E. S. DODGSON.

Union Society, Oxford.

[At 9 6. vii. 308, the book on Paris is referred; to in a query forwarded from U Intermddiaire as-

" A Rough Sketch of Modern Paris written

during the last two months of 1801 and the first five of 1802 (London, l re edition 1802, 2 1803, 1vol. in 8)"].

ST. SWITHIN AND EGGS. In a recently published book called 'Festivals, Holy Days, and Saints' Days,' by Ethel Urlin, it is stated that St. Swithin " restored broken eggs to their original wholeness by blessing them." Can any reader of ' N. & Q.' give me the reference to the original account of this ? RENIRA.