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There is no doubt that John Adlercron was colonel of the 39th Foot in 1756, but whether this or another regiment was named after him I am unable to say.

WILLIAM JACKSON PIGOTT.

Manor House, Dundrum, co. Cork.

MANSEL FAMILY (11 S. ii. 269, 533 ; iii. 151, 215, 354). The following book was included in Mr. Bertram Dobell's Catalogue 189, 1910 :

"413 Genealogical. Maunsell's (B. G.) History of Maunsell or Mansel, and of Crayford, Gabbett, Knoyle, Persse, Toler, Waller, Warren, White, Winthrop, and Mansell, of Guernsey, illustrated, roy. 8vo, cloth, 7s. 6d. Cork, 1903."

RONALD DIXON. 46, Marlborough Avenue, Hull.

AEISTOTLE ON EDUCATION (11 S. iii. 107, 258). Pope makes use of the same thought in ' The Dunciad,' iv. 269-70 :

Then take him to develop, if you can,

And hew the Block off, ancUget out the Man.

The wording of Pope and Warburton's note in the edition of 1742 strengthens one's impression that we have here a case of indebtedness to The Spectator :

" A notion of Aristotle, that there was originally in every block of marble, a Statue, which would appear on the removal of the superfluous parts." EDWABD BENSLY.

BIBLES WITH CTJKIOUS READINGS (11 S. iii. 284>. In the list of curiously named Bibles the following, noted by Mr. Slater in his to find a place :
 * Library Manual/ 1892, may perhaps deserve

The "Wife's Bible," 1549. Tyndale's New Testament was so named from the reading in 2 Cor. x. 11, * Let hym that is soche thinke on his wyf e " instead of "on this wise."

It may also be noted that the " Place- makers' Bible," referred to ante, p. 284, is sometimes known as the "Whig Bible."

W. S. S.

MILTON BIBLES (11 S. iii. 1, 70, 109). Mary Milton's birth is given wrong as 1645 (for 1648), ante, p. 1, col. 2, 1. 40.

THUBSTAN MATTHEWS.

MABBIAGE RELATIONSHIPS (US. ii. 506). A variant of the Japanese story given by me at the above reference occurs in Sakuden's ' Seisuish6,' completed in 1628 A.D., torn. vi. chap. v. par. iv., and reads thus :

" Minamoto no Yoshitsune, the famous com- mander, when travelling to the eastern pro- vinces [1185 A.D.], happened to put up in a house with his retainer Benkei [for whom see 10 S. x.

453]. The latter asked the hostess how many children she had, and was answered, ' I have six, and my husband six, so we have nine children altogether.' Benkei could not comprehend her meaning after a night's cogitation, and the next day he engaged himself so profoundly in con- tinuous thought of it that he found himself seven miles behind his master when he succeeded in solving the puzzle. Forsooth, her meaning had been this : the husband has three children by his former wife, and three others by this wife ; and this wife has three children by her former husband, and three others by her present husband ; hence they have nine children conjointly."

KUMAGUSU MlNAKATA. Tanabe, Kii, Japan.

PUTNEY BOWLING-GREEN (11 S. iii. 369). The Putney Bowling-Green was near the spot where the obelisk now stands on Putney Heath. According to Ernest Hammond in ' Bygone Putney,' it existed there over two centuries ago :

" It was considered one of the finest hi the country, and during the eighteenth century was a fashionable place for breakfasts and evening assemblies. In The London Gazette, No. 2963, for 1693, we find the following advertisement : ' This is to give notice that Ed. Cockett at Charing Cross hath taken the Bowling-Green House on Putney Heath, where all gentlemen may be enter- tained.'

" Mackay, writing in 1724 about this bowling- green, says that ' the citizens resort twice a week and I have seen pretty deep play ' ; while Defoe had likewise seen good play here. Towards the close of the eighteenth century the house was rebuilt as a private residence, and was for some time occupied by William Pitt."

GALLOWAY FBASEB. Strawberry Hill.

Murray's ' Handbook of Surrey,' 1865, says that William Pitt lived for some years at Bowling-Green House, which was on the north side of Putney Heath (where it joins Wimbledon Common), and died there 23 January, 1806. Not far off, by the north side, stood a small country inn, where the various parties interested in the great statesman's life were accustomed to apply for information and to leave their horses and carriages. T. SHEPHEBD.

" NEVEB SWAP HOBSES WHEN CBOSSING THE STREAM " (US. iii. 269, 358). At p. 270 of vol. iv. of the ' History of the United States from the Compromise of 1850,' by J. F. Rhodes (London, 1899), I find the following passage :

" In reply to a delegation from the National Union League, who congratulated him [on his nomination as the Republican candidate for the Presidency in 18641, Lincoln made use of apt and memorable words. * 1 do not allow myself,' he said, ' to sup- pose that either the Convention or the League have