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NOTES AND QUERIES. [ii s. iv. OCT. u, 1911.

Hungarian hero, at Bad Kissingen ; and a few years ago I saw some bottles of a similar kind of water labelled " Lord Roberts," from a spring in Transdanubian Hungary.

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JOHN OWEN OF HEMEL HEMPSTEAD (11 S. iv. 9). I enclose copies of the entries of his marriage and that of his daughter, and of the birth of his children, from the Friends' Registers for Hertfordshire.

From the minute books of the Monthly Meeting of Hempstead, Watford, and Albans, it appears that John Owen was a pro- minent member of the Society of Friends in that part of Hertfordshire. He was Clerk of the Monthly Meeting from 1706 until 1737, when he removed to London.

A record is also preserved in this Library of the case of John Owen, schoolmaster at " Hempsted in Hartfordshire," when he appeared before a " spiritual court " at Welwin, t 4th of 8th month, 1705, " concerning teaching school."

In the London register there is record of the death of a John Owen, aged 63, in 1743 ; also of Sarah, wife of John, aged 61, 1739, and of John, son of John, aged 74, 1740.

We have no means of definitely connecting this John Owen with the Hertfordshire one, but it appears probable that they are the same. NORMAN PENNEY.

Friends' Reference Library, E.G.

[We have forwarded the register extracts to the querist.]

" HlC LOCUS ODIT, AMAT," &C. (11 S. ill.

66, 131 ; iv. 279). " Boves " at the last refer- ence was a lapsus calami for " manu " ; and " versus correlative " should be " versus correlative" EDWARD BENSLY.

" TERRAPIN " : A PROPOSED ETYMOLOGY (11 S. iv. 106). Having just got a sight of the latest section of the letter T in the 'N.E.D.,' I am glad to say that my con- jecture as to the derivation of this name from terre-plein, the sloping surface of a rampart, seems to be well justified. Under the verbal form of that word I find, " Terre-plein (corruptly terrapin), v. obsolete : rare : to furnish with a terre-plein," which is followed by a quotation from the ' Fort St. George Records,' 1672 : " Whither the Curtains of the Christian Town to bee strengthened and Terrapined."

This proves that terrapin had been evolved from the French or Spanish word at Madras at least ; and if the term existed in Asia, it was probably already known in Europe and America as well. N. W. HILL.

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An** Illustrated Historical and Topographical Account of the Urban District of Enfield. By Cuthbert Wilfrid Whitaker, Capt. (Bell & Sons.)

STUDENTS of topography should welcome Capt, Whitaker's endeavour to preserve for future generations a description of the parish of Enfield, which has many interesting historical and literary reminiscences, and which, as he points out, has already lost its characteristic features of a pleasant country town and become a London suburb.

Personally we should have preferred the author to deal somewhat more at length with the earlier historical and antiquarian aspect of his subject, but his desire seems rather to have been to furnish full details of the parish as it is at the present day, and, dealing with a place where the old land- marks are being ruthlessly effaced by the builder, this portion of the book will no doubt prove valuable.

The author divides his work into four portions, of which the first is devoted to a short general introduction, followed by a sketch giving details of the earlier topographical and antiquarian history of the parish, its manors, &c., and showing its evolution from prehistoric times down to the present.

In Part III. the author takes the reader through the various portions of the district, pointing out its features as they exist at present ; and this is followed by Part IV., ' Biographical Sketches,' in which short details are recorded of numerous literary and other persons who lived in or were associated with the parish, and the catholic nature of which may be gathered from the fact that it ranges from King Alfred to Walter Pater (1839-94). To many readers, at any rate to lovers of Charles Lamb, the most interesting portion of the book will probably be the compre- hensive account of Charles and Mary Lamb during their residence at Enfield, contributed by Mr. H. Dugdale Sykes, and extending to upwards of 30 pages.

Finally, there is an appendix giving full particulars of Local Government, Poor Law,, and other matters, statistics of population, &c., and a bibliography, as the author says, " for reference if required, or for avoidance by those who consider statistics tiresome and unnecessary." Although undoubtedly dry reading, these statis- tics should prove useful to present residents, and of value to future workers in a like field.

The work, which is a handsome volume of 400 pages, is well furnished with maps, plans, and upwards of 100 illustrations. There is also a

somprehensive table of contents and a good

ndex.

The Fortnightly of this month is more than usually strong in literary articles. We would draw attention to ' Mary Shelley's Suitors,' who- ncluded John Howard Payne, the author of Home, Sweet Home,' and Washington Irving. John Trelawny appears to the writer of the article,