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gilded the finger board " within and with- out." At Eccleston there is a clock dial on the west side of the tower outside, and another on the east side of the tower inside, facing the nave. I am therefore of opinion

that the term " finger board to apply to the clock dial.

AUTHORS OF QUOTATIONS WANTED. Can any reader kindly give me the author of the following ?

" Let not thy table exceed the fourth part of thy income. See thy provisions be solid and

is here meant n t far-fetched, fuller of substance than art.

Am I right

Other interpretations have been suggested to me, but on the whole I incline to clock dial. Is the term " finger board " known to have been used in this Way in other places ? It is written as two w r ords. The 'N.E.D.' gives two meanings to the word "fingerboard": (a) "the flat or slightly rounded piece of wood attached to the neck of instruments of the violin and guitar class " ; and (6) " a key-board, manual."

F. H. C.

Two ANONYMOUS WRKS : EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. I shall be much obliged if any reader of 'X. & Q.' can throw some light upon the authorship of the following anony- mous pamphlets. In a current bookseller's catalogue in my possession they are given as Daniel Defoe's. Neither of these works, however, appears in Lee's ' Bibliography of Defoe,' 1869, nor in Wright's revised version of Lee's list, 1894. Strange to say, there is no mention of them in Halkett and Laing's ' Dictionary of the Anony- mous and Pseudonymous Literature of Great Britain,' Edinburgh, 1882. Chad- wick in his ' Life of Defoe,' 1859. thinks the first-named tract was by Harley :

"The Secret History of Arlus and Odolphus, Ministers of State to the Empress of Grandinsula. In which are discover'd the Labour'd Artifices formerly us'd for the Removal of Arlus, and the true Causes of his late Restoration, upon the Dismission of Odolphus and the Quinquinvirate. Humbly Offer'd to those Good People of Grandin- sula, who have not yet done wond'ring, why that Princess wou'd Change so Notable a Ministry. Printed in the Year 1710." First edition, 8vo. 38 pp., sewn.

' k The Way to Bring the World to rights ; or. Honesty the Best Policy. At all times and in all Places. London : Printed for John Morphew. near Stationers-Hall, 1711." First edition, 8vo, 48 pp., sewn.

FRANK CURRY.

" OLD MOTHER DAMNABLE." A writer in The Observer of 22 June, 1913, .stated that this epithet designating the Church of England was attributed by the late Father Bridgett to Father Persons, S.J., of the time of Queen Elizabeth. Can any- one inform me where corroboration of this statement can be found ?

ARNOLD H. MATHEW. Ethelbert Lodge, Bromley, Kent.

Be wisely frugal in thy preparation, and freely cheerful in thy entertainment. Too much is

vanity, enough a feast."

M. A. B.

Can any reader give me the authors of the following quotations ?

and

Time was made for slaves,

Pungent radish biting infant's tooth.

LYDIA S. M. ROBINSON. Paoli, Pennsylvania.

[The saying referring to time appeared originally in Buckstone's 'Billy Taylor.' See 6 S. ix. 78; 9 S. vii. 109.]

BARNARD FAMILY. I am very much obliged for the replies to my queries in US. vii. 308 on the above subject.

(1) Would it be likely that Dr. Nicholas Barnard of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, 1617, preacher Gray's Inn, 1651, was Nicholas, son of John Barnard, Vicar of Pirton, Oxon, died 1635 ? Shift'ord is in the same county, and Nicholas had a brother John. Abel Barnard of Pirton matricu- lated at Christ Church, Oxford, 24 Novem- ber, 1581, aged 14.

Where was Dr. Nicholas Barnard buried, and is anything known of his family ?

(2) Who were the parents of George Barnard, L T sher of the Order of St. Patrick ? I shall be most grateful for information which will help me to trace his descendants. Owing to my residence abroad, I am not able to consult the usual books of refer- ence. H. C. BARNARD.

Kuala Lumpur, Federated Malay States.

SAND-PICTURES. Can any one tell me anything about sand-pictures how 1 they are made, when they were in vogue, or their present value ? A friend owns three such pictures, the largest about 24 in. by 30 in., being a sylvan hunt ing -piece. This spirited composition is signed " B. Zoble, 1797." I find nothing in the dictionaries about a Zoble, but there w v as an English engraver named Zobel, whose work falls within the earlier years of the nineteenth century, and who may have been related to the maker of the picture. This, at a first glance, appears to be painted in oils, but a close inspection shows the surface to