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NOTES AND QUERIES. [11 s. vra. DEC. u, ma.

Although Sir John Langham, is not men tioned in Pepys's ' Diary,' it is evident tha the writer knew his brother-in-law, Sir Jame Bunce, Kt., as is shown by the following extracts from the ' Diary ' :

"Dec. 3rd, 1665. Lord's Day. It being Lord Day, up and dressed and to church, thinking to have sat with Sir James Bunce to hear his daughte ^ind her husband sing, that are so much commended but was prevented by being invited into Colone Cleggat's pew."

Sir James Bunce married Mary, daughter o Thomas Gypps, or Gibbs, of' London, anc their daughter was Mrs. Chamberlain.

"Dec. 15th, 1665. Met with Sir James Bunce 'This is the time for you,' says he, 'that were ior Oliver heretofore ; you are full of employment, .and we poor Cavaliers sit still, and can get nothing. Which was a pretty reproach, I thought, but answered nothing to it for fear of making it worse."

In ' Elogia Sepulchralia,' published 1675, will be found an epitaph on Sir John Lang- ham, written by Payne Fisher, Poet Laureate under the Commonwealth.

CHARLES LANGHAM, BT.

Tempo Manor, co. Fermanagh.

ITEMS.

UNCOLLECTED KIPLING (See ante, p. 441.)

THE second series .covers the verses not included in ' Departmental Ditties,' ' Bar- rack-Room Ballads,' ' The Seven Seas,' and ' The Five Nations,' practically the poet's -output of rejects and castaways between 1892 and 1903. ' Songs from Books ' has naturally reduced this group to compara- tively small proportions.

Absent- Minded Beggar. Four stanzas with refrains- Daily Mail (London), October 31, 1899. Also issued as a manuscript reproduction in facsimile with one illustration, ' A Gentleman in Khaki,' by R. Caton Woodville, and John Collier's portrait of Mr. Kipling. Another edition, "a facsimile reproduction of the original by Sir Arthur Sullivan." Note on the back stating that " Mr. Alfred Cooper, Chairman of Ridgways, Limited, Tea Merchants to the Queen, having become the purchaser of the original manuscript of the Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan at the price of Five Hundred Guineas, has placed the same at the disposal of Ridgways, Limited, for the

purpose of the present facsimile reproduction

The entire net proceeds will be handed over

to the Kipling Poem Fund limited to

100.000 copies." ,Ave Imperatrix. Five stanzas. A tribute to

Queen Victoria. Publication not traced. ^Birthday Greeting (A), (29th March). Two stanzas to Mr. Perceval Landon. The Friend (Bloem- fontein), March 29, 1900.


 * Bobs. Seven stanzas. Pall Mall Magazine (Lon-

don), December, 1893. Illustrations by Abbey Altson. In celebration of the prowess of Earl Roberts.

Bugler (The). Five stanzas. The Regiment (Lon- don), October 25, 1902.

Devonshire Legend (A). Two stanzas. United Service Chronicle, June 30, 1891.

Dove of Dacca (The). Seven stanzas and an extract as prelude. National Observer, February 4, 1893. An Indian poem.

Gipsy Trail (The). Thirteen stanzas. Century Magazine, December, 1892. 2 illustrations, un- signed.

In the Matter of One Compass. Three stanzas arid three refrains. Century Magazine, January, 1900. 3 coloured designs by Bruce Horsfall.

Last of the Light Brigade. This title has been asked for in the usual places. No particulars obtained. Doubtful.

Muse among the Motors. Fourteen parodies after the style of English poets. Daily Mail (London), February 5, 6, 9, 13, 17, 23, 1905. Motoring is the mottfol all.

I. * The Advertisement ' in the manner of Earlier English.

II. ' The Engineer,' after Geoffrey Chaucer.

III. 'To a Lady persuading her to a Car,' after Ben Jon son.

IV. ' The Progress of the Spark,' after John Donne.

V. ' The Braggart,' after Mat Prior.

VI. ' To Motorists,' after Robert Herrick.

VII. ' Juan before J.P.'s,' after Lord Byron.

VIII. ' The Idiot Boy,' after Wordsworth (2)

IX. ' The Landau,' after W. M. Praed (2).

X. ' The Dying Chaffeur,' after Adam Lindsay Gordon (2).

XI. * The Inventor,' after R. W. Emerson.

XII. ' Contradictions,' after H. W. Longfellow (4).

XIII. 'Fastness,' after A. Tennyson (3).

XIV. ' The Beginner,' after Robert Browning. One stanza, except where indicated by numeral in brackets.

New Auld Lang Syne. Four stanzas. Written for a concert at Bloemfontein, April 18, 1900. Original publication not traced, n in Vermont. Seven stanzas. Country Life (America), December, 1902. Reissued as an'8-paze booklet, 1902 (Methuen).

Patrol Song (A). Seven stanzas. The Scout (Lon- don), September 18, 1900. Decorated border by T. P. Evans.

Quest (The). Particulars of a poem thus entitled were asked for in T.P.'s Weekly, November 24, 1911. Stated to have been published in Hutchin- son's ' Book of Beauty,' 1896. Doubtful.

Rowers (The). Eleven stanzas. Concerned with Anglo-German relations regarding Venezuela. Original publication not traced. (?) National Observer.

St. Patrick's Day, March 17, 1900. One stanza. The Friend (Bloemfontein). March 17, 1900. Re- printed in ' War's Brighter Side,' by Julian Ralph (Pearson). The poem, expanded to five stanzas of eight lines each, was printed in The Friend, March 23, 1900. The editor explained that, " owing to the exigencies of war, we were unable at the time to print more than one stanza of Mr. Kipling's poem, which we now present in its entirety."

Seven Nights of Creation. A chapter- heading for 'Beast and Man in India,' by J. Lockwood Kip- ling. Twenty-four lines of blank verse.