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 NOTES AND QUERIES.

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career of a young spendthrift, showing him first in his university days, afterwards as the leading object of the ring men's attention on the rails of the Royal Enclosure at Ascot, and, finally, on the point of taking his own life. ' The Race for Wealth,' also a series of five paintings, illustrates the ups and downs of a bogus-company promoter, the chagrin of his ruined victims, his trial at the Old Bailey, and his final tramp with other convicts in the quadrangle of old Millbank Prison. It took Frith the best part of two years to paint, and the enormous pains he took to be exact in every detail forms one of the most interesting chapters in his own ' Autobiography,' published by Bentley in 1887. Even Baron Huddleston donned his judicial robes and sat for the portrait of the judge. This set was never m the Academy, but was exhibited at the King Street Galleries in 1880, where thou- sands of people paid the necessary shilling (which included a descriptive pamphlet by Tom Taylor, which I should like to get) to view it. I have discovered that it was purchased by Agnews for 400?. at a sale at Christie's in 1896. They tell me they sub- sequently resold the pictures to a Conti- nental dealer, but have no knowledge where they now are. Can any of the readers of ' N. & Q.' say ?

Frith's other chief masterpieces, ' The Derby Day ' and ' The Railway Station,' are respectively in the Tate Gallery and in the King's collection. The first named, which drew such a mob at the Academy, has been exhibited all over the world.

WlLLOUGHBY MAYCOCK.

SAINTS' GARDEN. I have heard of a garden so called, situated, I believe, in Cheshire, where blossoms grow that are named after the holy men and women in the Calendar.

Any information respecting this garden and its contents is desired.

M. L. D.

Berchtesgaden, Bavaria.

' ZORIADA ; OB, VILLAGE ANNALS.' Is the author of this novel, published in London in 1786, known ? A copy of it, marked "T. Marcer's Circulating Library in Andover," has recently been presented to the Bodleian Library by Mr. E. S. Dodgson, who also furnished several interesting details con- cerning it to a Cornish paper of recent date. From these I gather that the B.M. autho- rities were anxious to secure this particular copy, since they possess only an incomplete replica, and that a French version, issued in

1787. Mr. Dodgson, although he dots not say why, supposes the writer " to have been a lady." The scene of the story is laid near Plymouth ; French is quoted freely ; clas- sical literature is referred to, as also are Dryden, Hobbes, Milton, Pope, and " Shak- spear " ; some curious expressions, such as- " mahap," and " trepan " for " entrap," are used ; and the devil is termed " Old Scratch." The Bodleian is to be congratulated on having stolen a march on the B.M. in the possession of this odd specimen of eighteenth- century literature. J. B. McGovERN. St Stephen's Rectory, C.-on-M., Manchester.

ARCHIBALD ERSKINE. I should feel obliged if some one could favour me with the date of Archibald Erskine mentioned in this- inscription : " Ex dono Archibaldi Areskini Armigeri Londini." Please reply direct.

W. BAYNE.

Training College, Dundee.

GARDINER FAMILY. I have a coat of arms before me of the Gardiners : the coat is. Az., between a chevron erm. three griffins' heads erased or. I find this coat registered in Berry and Edmondson' as that of the Gardiners of Oxfordshire in 1578. Can any one tell me in what part of the county the Gardiners lived or where their home was ? TRIN. COLL. GAME.

HAYDON'S JOURNALS. Dr. Knapp, in his ' Life of Borrow,' refers to the painter Haydon's unpublished Journals, " kindly placed at my disposition by his grand- daughter." Can any reader tell me where these Journals now are ? Haydon's bio- graphy by Tom Taylor I know, and also the ' Correspondence and Table Talk.'

CLEMENT SHORTER.

COVER SURNAME. Can any corre- spondent tell me the derivation of the sur- name Gover ? Was it originally a variant of Gower ? R. VAUGHAN GOWER.

Ferndale Lodge, Tunbridge Wells.

CROMWELL AND VANE. At a certain period in the lives of these men their mutual affection was eo great that they had pet names for each other. Cromwell wa* " Brother Fountain," and Vane " Brother Heron." Has any explanation or suggestion as to these names ever been given ? I should be grateful for information on the point. I see that Carlyle speaks of a village of Cromwell or Crumwell, and remarks, " Well of Crmii, whatever that may be.' r Can " Fountain " have any connexion with