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I remember having seen at Bordeaux, in the west wall of the north transept of the Cathedral of St. Andre, the figure of an ecclesiastic whose soles rest upon a lamb. ST. S WITHIN.

Is not the representation of Dame Cassy's dog " Terri " in Deerhurst Church in brass, i.e., wrought in the brass itself, not a carv- ing ? It is eleven years since I saw it, but my recollection is supported by Macklin's 4 Brasses of England.' With respect I venture to point this out to MB. MACMICHAEL.

W. H. QUABBELL.

ELEPHANT AND CASTLE IN HEBALDBY (11 S. i. 508; ii. 36, 115, 231, 353, 398; iii. 36, 237, 298). It may be noted that the elephant and castle appear in mediseval pageants and in the Midsummer riding at Chester. Thus in 1486, when Henry VII. visited Bristol, one of the shows to welcome him took the form of a " Pageante of an Olifaunte, with a Castell o*n his Bakk " (Chambers, ' Mediseval Stage,' ii. 176).

In Chester, at the Midsummer watch in 1588, a Cupid with bow and arrows rode on the elephant's back. See the entry in the city accounts for that year : " Making anew the Elephant and Castell and Cupitt to shute out of it and 2 men to carry it, vjs. viiid." (Morris, ' Chester under the Plan- tagenet Kings,' 329).

MABY DOBMEB HARRIS.

RlCHABD ROLLE : ' THE PBICK OF CON- SCIENCE '(US. iii. 227, 277). The reference to The British Critic, No. 61, p. 23, though it may seem " evidently wrong," is never- theless correct. Miss Hope will find the article, entitled ' The Earliest English Poetry,' in The British Critic for January, 1842, xxxi. 1-36. Either that magazine underwent more or less frequent changes in title, or there were several magazines with similar titles. In 1842 the exact title was The British Magazine, and Quarterly Theo- logical Review. The numbering of issues began with vol. i., 1827.

ALBEBT MATTHEWS.

Boston, U.S.

[The cutting from The, New York Times sent by EL SOLTERO has been forwarded to the querist.]

WALL CHUBCHES (11 S. iii. 287). In the case of Nottingham town wall, the west bar or gateway was variantly styled Chapel Bar a name yet borne by the street at one end of which it stood. No evidence exists of an adjacent chapel, but our old local his- torians got over the difficulty by saying that

one of the two bastions was used as a chapel for the convenience of the guard. This explanation of the name is nowadays con- sidered inadequate, and latter-day students incline to think it originated in an ancient chapel, hundreds of yards distant, both gate- way and chapel being, however, comprised in a district known as Chapel Ward. Is there any evidence that a church or chapel ever formed an integral portion of a town wall as originally built ? A. STAPLETON.

Nottingham.

Is not St. Mary at the Wall, Colchester, built on the ancient wall ?

R. J. FYNMOBE. Sandgate.

AUTHOBS OF POEMS WANTED (11 S. iii. 329). 3. " Little by little the time goes by " is by Leon Herbert, according to ' Hymns for Heart and Voice, 1 a collection published by the Sunday School Association, Essex Hall. (Rev. ) W. LAWRENCE SCHBOEDEB.

'MAY FAIB' (US. iii. 329). This poem is attributed to the Rev. George Croly.

WILLIAM E. A. AXON. Manchester.

' BELGRAVIA,' A POEM (11 S. iii. 329), was by Mrs. Gascoigne, and published in London in 1851. She was authoress of ' Evelyn Harcourt,' 1847 ; ' England's Heroes,' 1855 ; ' Next-door Neighbours,' 1855, and other works. R. A. POTTS.

CANONS, MIDDLESEX : " ESSEX " AS CHBISTIAN NAME (US. ii. 328, 374, 394, 437, 534 ; iii. 92, 173, 214, 295, 338). The sub- stitution of " Thomas " Drax, instead of James Drax, was a pure blunder on my part, for which perhaps my age (86) may be some little excuse. It was in no way intended to be a correction of MB. McMiTRRAY's valuable article. The pedigree of Sir James Drax is in Le Neve's ' Knights ' (Harl. Soc., viii. 77), where his match with Essex Lake is duly set forth, the date of the marriage licence (London) being 19 March, 1662/3, he being then 24 and a bachelor.

G. E. C.

The name Essex can be traced back through the distinguished ancestors of the Selby-Lowndes family to Geoffrey de Mande- ville, created Earl of Essex by the Empress Maud. His granddaughter Amicia married Humphrey de Barenton^ direct ancestor of Sir John Barrington who married Lady Anne Rich, daughter and coheir of Robert