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who figures in Smollett's ' Peregrine Pickle,' Sheridan's ' School for Scandal,' and Scott's ' Antiquary.' A more modern instance is Sherlock Holmes, Sir A. Conan Doyle's famous detective, who appears, I believe, in more than one contemporary writer, sometimes under a thinly disguised name.

W. SCOTT.

" TOUT COMPRENDRE c'EST TOUT PAH- CONNER " (11 S. iv. 86, 136). The original form of this saying is, I think, " Tout aimer pour tout comprendre ; tout com- prendre pour tout pardonner." I cannot give its source ; but I think it dates from Stael. W. F. PRIDEAUX.
 * 1) .n earlier period than that of Madame de

GRINLING GIBBONS (US. iv. 89, 137). There is an account of Grinling Gibbons, with numerous references to his works, in Allan Cunningham's * Lives of the Most Eminent British Painters, Sculptors, and Architects.' Gibbons is also briefly men- tioned in Pepys's Diary.

G. DE C. FOLKARD.

SAMUEL HORSLEY (11 S. iv. 68). Samuel Horsley was the grandson of the Right Rev. Samuel Horsley, Bishop of Rochester, and afterwards of St. Asaph. Born circa 1811, he was for many years Inspector under the Irish Poor Law Board, and died at Bath 27 May, 1889. Sir Richard C. Jebb was his nephew. SUTOCS.

JAMES HOOK (11 S. iv. 109). If the James Hook inquired for was the son of James Hook, the composer, and father of Theodore Hook, much information will be found in Grove's 'Dictionary of Music.' James Hook lived in Lambeth, and his son, born in 1772, became Dean of Worcester. I believe he was educated at Westminster School. S. J. A. F.

THOMAS HOOKER (11 S. iv. 109). Can he be identical with Thomas Redman Hooker, s. Thomas, of London, arm., Oriel Coll. matric. 17 March, 1780, aged 17 ; B.A. 1784, M.A. 1786, B.D. and D.D. 1810, Vicar of Rottingdean, Sussex, 1792, until death 18 April, 1838, father of John B. H. Ottley of Eton and Oriel, and of T. R. Hooker of Eton and Ch. Ch., a judge in Ionian Isles ? A. R. BAYLEY.

WILLIAM HUGHES (11 S. iv. 109), s. William of Westminster, gent., Merton Coll. matric. 4 July, 1775, aged 19 (?).

A. R. BAYLEY.

VATICAN FRESCOES (11 S. iv. 69, 116). MR. ST. CLAIR BADDELEY is not quite right in his explanation. The printing press of the Rossi was not near the Vespasian Temple of Peace, i.e. the Basilica of Constantine, situated on the old Campo Vaccino at Rome ; but, as I stated, near the Piazza Navona, and the church of Santa Maria della Pace in the Strada Coronari. This church was built about 1482 by Pope Sixtus IV. to celebrate the end of wars among the nations of Christendom against the Turks.

In the time of the printers Rossi a main artery of Rome extended from the Piazza Navona to Ponte S. Angelo, and therein existed the botteghe of some of the principal tradesmen of the mediaeval city. The Via Giulia was then both the business and the aristocratic quarter of Rome.

This was quite a modern district in com- parison with that ornament of ancient Rome of which MR. BADDELEY speaks, and which Pliny described as containing the most marvellous statues, bronzes, and pictures of the Greeks, besides spoils taken from the Temple of Jerusalem. Now only a few arches are left standing to mark its position. WILLIAM MERCER.

' CHURCH HISTORIANS or ENGLAND '(US. iii. 308, 373 ; iv. 58, 117). I regret that an error has crept into my reply at iv. 58. The volumes I have are II. i. and ii. ; III. i. and ii. ; IV. ; and V. i., of the Pre- Reformation series. R. B R.

" BONNY EARL o' MORAY " (11. S. iv. 68). In David Herd's ' Ancient and Modern Scottish Songs,' edited by Sidney Gilpin, there appears the subjoined foot-note to the ballad on the subject. It is given as a quotation from Burnet the historian :

" James VI. being jealous of an attachment betwixt his Queen, Anne of Denmark, and this Earl of Murray, the handsomest man of his time, prevailed with the Marquis of Huntley, his enemy, to murder him ; and by a writing under his own hand, promised to save him harmless."

W. B.

James Stuart, the " bonny Earl o' Moray," was an historical personage. The son of the first Lord Doune, who died in 1590, and son-in-law of the Regent Moray, he suc- ceeded his father as second Lord Doune, and soon after was created or confirmed Earl of Moray by King James. Reputed one of the handsomest men of his day in Scotland, he is said to have been a great favourite with Anne of Denmark, the King's wife. Having for this reason in-