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Archibald Johnston, Lord of Warriston, near Edinburgh, was made a Lord of Session 13 November, 1641, when he took, as was then usual, the courtesy style of Lord Warris- ton from his estate. He sat, as did above 60 other persons, in Cromwell's " Upper House," but did not thereby (as stated on p. 193) "receive the title of Lord Warriston," which in no way can be considered to be a peerage title. G. E. C.

MB. PIEBPOINT'S difficulty admits of an easy solution. Johnstone was made a Senator of the College of Justice or Lord of Session in November, 1641, and as such bore the courtesy title (which does not indicate a peerage) of Lord Warristoun, as is the case with Lords of Session to the present day, e.g., Lord Guthrie, Lord Kingsburgh, Lord Salvesen, &c. ALFRED B. BEAVEN.

[MK. D. MURRAY also thanked for reply.]

SWEDISH MISSION TO ABYSSINIA ( 1 1 S. iii. 288). Perhaps MB. EDWABDS may find the information he seeks in the ' Encyclopaedia of Missions,' edited by Dr. Bliss, and pub- lished in New York in 2 vols. In the ' Missionary Year-Book,' issued by the Religious Tract Society, it is stated that the Swedish Evangelical National Society began mission work in East Africa in Kunama in 1866, but was driven out in 1869. Stations at Mensa, Eilet, and Massawa were then started, but had all been abandoned previous to 1889. In the latter year four Swedish mission stations were being carried on with encouraging success : M'Kullo (began 1879), Arkiko (1886), a station in the neighbourhood of Massawa, and another, Djimma, in the Galla country (1883).

A few references to the Swedish mission are contained in Smith's ' Short History of Christian Missions,' but no names of mission- aries are mentioned. TOE REA.

JENNEB OF WIDHILL, WILTS (11 S. iii. 188). Although unable to answer COL. FYNMOBE'S query, I can furnish him with some information concerning Robert Jenner which may be of interest.

Citizen and goldsmith (as COL. FYNMOBE remarks), he was of the parish of St. John Zachary, in the churchwardens' accounts whereof his signature is extant under the dates of 1616 and 1621, he being (apparently) deputy chairman of the vestry at the time. By his will, dated 5 December, 1651, he bequeathed an annuity of 51. per annum to the poor of the parish, payable by the Gold- -i tilths' Company, and charged upon a large house i n Foster Lane The bequest

which was the subject of a decision in the ' Court of Fire Decrees " in 1672, by which ts value suffered temporary reduction was directed by the testator to take the form of a weekly (Sunday) distribution of a couple of dozen penny wheaten loaves to persons attending service at the church.

I may add that mention of Robert Jenner will be made in my * Records of Two City Parishes ' now preparing for the press.

WILLIAM MCMUBBAY, St. Anne and St. Agnes, Gresham Street, E.G.

RICHABD ROLLE'S TBICK OF CONSCIENCE ': 'THE BBITISH CBITIO ' (US. iii. 227, 277, 377). The information conveyed by MB. ALBEBT MATTHEWS' s last two sentences is incorrect. The article on 'Earliest English Poetry ' occupies pp. 1 to 26 in vol. xxxi. (consisting of the parts for January and April, 1842) of The British Critic, and Quarterly Review, then edited by the Rev. Thomas Mozley, D.D., who describes some of his amusing official experiences in his ' Reminiscences, chiefly of Oriel College and the Oxford Movement,' issued in 1882. Concurrently with The British Critic there appeared in 1842 an entirely distinct periodical, vol. xxi. of which (consisting of the parts for January to June) is entitled The British Magazine, and Monthly Register of Religious and Ecclesiastical Information, Parochial History, and Documents respecting the State of the Poor, Progress of Education, &c.

Both periodicals enjoyed a long term of popularity. Commenced in May, 1793, The British Critic continued to appear, but with some variations of title, until the end of 1852, " a grand total of 109 volumes." The British Magazine began its career on 1 March, 1832, and ended it on 1 December, 1849, having thus completed 36 volumes. CHABLES HIGHAM.

DELAFIELD : AGE OF GBADUATION (11 S. iii. 327). I am at present away from my books, but I imagine that information on this point is to be found in Monroe's ' Textbook of Education,' Mr. Browning's ' Educational Theories,' and the various educational manuals representing the latest work on the subject.

The age of entrance, and hence the age of graduation, varied widely in the fourteenth, fifteenth, and sixteenth centuries. Many instances of early graduation may be noted, but parallels to these might be cited from modern times, e.g., the case of John Keble, who, I believe, obtained a Double First at the age of eighteen. The question is still further complicated by the fact that both