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THE HARMONISTS : THE PHILANTHROPIC SOCIETY (11 S. iv. 188). The latter was established in 1788, for the prevention of crimes, &c., and incorporated in 1805. It had a small house at Cambridge Heath first, and one at Bermondsey, but these were superseded by a larger establishment at London Road, near the Obelisk, St. George's Circus. Part of this was called The Reform, and here several trades were carried on, printing being one. About 1850 the estab- lishment was removed to Redhill, Surrey, where, I believe, the Society still carries on operations. There are many of the Society's reports in the British Museum, with lists of patrons, subscribers, &c.

The Society of Harmonists, formed in London in 1794, were glee singers of a superior class. The earliest programme, or book of words, is dated 1798, when they gave a Ladies' Concert on 22 March of that year at " The New London [Tavern]," Cheapside ; they gave another at the same place on 29 March, 1802. There are two books of words of glees, &c., performed by the Har- monists, published in 1798, and presented to them by George Fryer. At each of these Ladies' Concerts, and in the book of words, the first item is ' The Harmonists' Glee,' commencing,

Sober lay and mirthful Glee, Harmony, belong to thee !

It was written for the society by Samuel Birch, while the music was composed by Stevens for three voices and chorus. This Samuel Birch was Alderman, dramatist, and pastrycook, and his shop is still standing in Cornhill. The* composer was Richard John Samuel Stevens, organist of the Temple Church and the Charterhouse, Professor of Music at Gresham College, and a great glee composer (see Grove's 'Dictionary of Music '). One of the books of words has a MS. note showing that it was a presentation copy from Stevens to H. Bangley. The glee was No. 397 of the
 * Cyclopedia of Music ' published in 1856.

One of the six stewards at the first Ladies' Concert was a Mr. Birch ; at the second concert Mr. Birch was again a steward, another being Mr. Fryer, whom I assume to be the George Fryer who appears on the book of words" published in 1798 as donor to the Harmonists ; but beyond this I have no information.

The collection mentioned by XYLOGRAPHER as printed in 1813 is entirely different from the preceding ones. The title-page is the same, with the exception of the date, but the poetry is not the same. A. RHODES.

BACON FAMILY OF WILTSHIRE (11 S. iv. 189). Possibly Hoare's 'Wiltshire,' V. ii. 45, or ' Visitatio Comitatus WiltoniaB, 1623,' printed by Sir T. Phillipps, may give a clue. A. R. BAYLEY.

' PILGRIM'S PROGRESS,' SECOND EDITION* 1678 (11 S. iv. 25). I am sorry that I tran- scribed the extract wrongly. The " not " in 1. 5 from foot of col. 1 should be omitted.

N. W. HILL.

L ANGLE Y HILL (11 S. iv. 169). He was probably identical with Langley Hill, attor- ney-at-law and Clerk of the Grocers' Com- pany, who, according to The London Evening Post, No. 2850, for 11 February, 1746, had married, " a few Days since," Miss Con- stantia Melmoth, with 10,000/., at Audley Chapel, in the parish of St. George, Hanover Square. DANIEL HIPWELL.

" THYMALOS " : " MOUSE OF THE MOUN- TAINS " (11 S. iv. 189). According to Liddell and Scott, 0i>/xaAAos was an unknown fish; they give a reference to ^Elian, ' N. A.,' 14,22. '

" Mouse of the mountain " is given in ' N.E.D.' as the marmot, with a quotation* of 1593 which mentions its oil as an ointment.

W. C. B.

Thymallus or thumallos was a genus of salmonoid fishes, the graylings. The name- was given to this fish by Ausonius, from the fancied resemblance of its odour to that of the water-thyme upon which it was supposed to feed. TOM JONES.

[MR. A. R. BAYLEY and MR. R. VAUGHAN GOWER- also thanked for replies.]

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The University of Cambridge. Vol. III. From the Election of Buckingham to the Chancellorship in 1626 to the Decline of the Platonist Movement. By James Bass Mullinger. (Cambridge Uni- versity Press.)

MORE than a quarter of a century, the Preface explains, has elapsed since the second volume of this work appeared ; but the delay is amply justified. Mr. Mullinger has in the interval beeni a frequent contributor to the ' D.N.B.,' and has- gathered from his work on that great collection of biographies and the researches of other careful scholars especially in various histories ol Colleges a mastery of detail which puts his Cambridge book beyond cavil. The result is a history admirable alike for its judgment and research, supported by abundant annotation and a full index.