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should be very grateful. ' The London Catalogue' also mentions 'St. Aubyn's Poems,' published about the same time, and probably by the same author. Particu- lars of the latter would also be desirable. Please reply direct. F. S. SNELL.

The Ferns, Burroughs, Hendon, N.W.

LIMBURGER CHEESE AND COFFIN. Refer- ence wanted to the book which contains a short story (probably American) about a man who travelled in a railway van with the guard and a coffin. A disagreeable odour arising, it is' thought to emanate from the coffin, but at the end of .the journey it is discovered" that it comes from a Limburger cheese. A. SUTHERLAND.

[We think, by Mark Twain.]

GENEALOGICAL COLLECTIONS. A short time ago a relation said that my genealogical notes might be very interesting to me, but not to the rest of the family, and that after my day all would be destroyed except those relating to our own family. I must say I do not like the idea of my work being de- stroyed. The Society of Genealogists of London to which I belong was partly formed for preserving notes made by different individuals. Their notes are kept on cards 3 by 5 inches and also on clergyman's essay paper (about 8 by 6 inches). The latter slips are put into large envelopes, with the name of the family to which the notes refer written outside. These envelopes are put into an envelope-shaped case made of card- board and canvas measuring about 10 by 8 inches. On these cases are marked alpha- betical divisions.

I use 10 by 8 slips, and keep them in Stanley files ; the latter I keep in a vertical filing drawer between guide-cards, j The files are not quite satisfactory, as ' occasionally the slips are torn out by users who are not sufficiently careful, especially when the file is very crowded.

I thought of presenting my notes on local families to the local library, but wish to hand them over in the form most useful to the public, and least troublesome to the librarians. It struck me that something after the style of the Kalamazoo would suit, only it would have to be much cheaper.

I have tried to keep portraits and topo- graphical prints, &c., with my MS. notes, but at last I have come to the conclusion that this will not do on account of the various sizes.

I hope some readers of ' N. & Q.' will help me. Please reply direct. C. W. R. H.

8, Eden Terrace, Stanwix, Carlisle.

JOHN RUSTAT. Besides being Chaplain to Charles II., Rustat was Master of St. John's Hospital, Bath. Can any one tell me what other preferment he held or where he died ? C. W. SHICKLE.

St. John's Hospital, Bath.

HERALDIC VISITATIONS. A friend of mine possesses a sixteenth- century MS. book containing copies of (1) Wm. Harvey's Visitation of the North Parts, made in 1552, described in Gutch's ' Collectanea Curiosa,' vol. ii. p. 253, and (2) Leonard Dalton's Visitation of the North Parts, begun at Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1557. He has some thought of publishing these two little-known Visitations, but, before doing so, would like to know whether any other MS. of either Visitation exists outside of Heralds' College, and, if so, whether opportunity would be given for comparison of it with his own. The vellum cover of the book containing the Visitations is marked " N " outside ; and the vellum cover of another MS. book containing a copy, dated 1593, of Wm. Harvey's Visita- tion of Norfolk, made in 1555, is marked "M" on the outside. Both books are apparently parts of the library of some Herald. It is desired to know whether other books of the same series are extant, marked with any of the remaining letters of the alphabet. RICH. WELFORD.

Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

" O FOR THE LIFE OF A SOLDIER ! "

When I was a child in the fifties, my nurse, who had lived in a military officer's f amity some few years before coming to ours, was fond of singing this song to us. I imagine it to be an old military ballad, and I should be glad to know its date, and to possess a copy of the words. The tune I can well recall, but the first verse is the only one I can quote :

When I was a youngster

Gossips would say,

When he grows older

He '11 be a soldier,

Battles and toys

He '11 throw them away.

O for the life of a soldier !

D. K. T.

" BURSELL." What is the meaning of this word ? Katharine S tutting, widow, was fined twopence for not repairing her " bursell." This entry occurs among the Scotton records. As I have not myself seen any of the Scotton papers, I have no means of telling its date. F. H.