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AMERSHAM RECTORS. I should feel greatly obliged for full biographical details of the following Amersham rectors :

Thomas Crawley, rector 1660-78.

Josias Smith, S.T.B., rector 1678-1702.

Humphrey Drake, A.M., rector 1702-21. He was the second son of Montague Drake, Esq., of Shardeloes, by Mary, dau. and heir of Sir J. Garrard, Bart., of Lamer, Herts. He was buried at Amersham, 18 Nov., 1721.

Benjamin Robertshaw, A.M., rector 1728- 1744. He was instituted to the vicarage of Penn, Bucks, 2 June, 1716, but quitted it for Amersham in 1728.

Robert Shippen, D.D., rector 1744-6. His name is inscribed on the tenor bell of this church.

John Eaton, A.M., rector 1746-53.

L. H. CHAMBERS.

CLERGY BURIED AT AMERSHAM. Bio- graphical information is also asked for concerning the under-mentioned clergy, some of whom were curates in this parish :

Rev. Matthew Stalker, formerly curate of the parishes of Chenies, Chesham Bois, and the Lee, and for many years Master of the Grammar School in this town and chaplain to the Union ; he died 22 August, 1852, aged 80 years.

Rev. Richard Thorne, A.M., curate of Amersham, died 22 July, 1822, aged 56.

Rev. Richard Pearson, A.M., died 20 March, 1791, aged 46 years. This person is said to have committed suicide in a house near the Town Hall, Amersham.

Rev. John Eaton, LL.D., rector of St. Paul s, Deptford, and of Fairstead, Essex, died 19 Sept., 1806, aged 55 years.

L. H. CHAMBERS.

Amersham.

GERMAN " ROMANS DE CAPE ET D'EPEE." Can any of your readers tell me the names of a few German authors of whatever is the equivalent for " Romans de cape et d'epee " (cloak-and sword novels) ? I do not mean translations, but German originals ; and I do not mean " Ritterromane : ' (romances of chivalry), nor " Rauberromane " (robber novels), nor precisely " Historischeromane " (historical novels). I think " Duellromane " or '' Fechterromane : ' would express what I want. At all events, the type in French is A. Dumas's ' Les Trois Mousquetaires,' and in English, say, Harrison Ainsworth's ' The Admirable Crichton.' Perhaps DR. KRUEGER will oblige. ALECK ABRAHAMS.

STATUE OF GEORGE III., BERKELEY SQUARE. The following paragraph is taken from The Northampton Mercury of 11 Jan., 1812:

" The equestrian statue of the King in Berkeley Square has within the last year been gradually giving way, till more lately it has been retained in its position by various Supports and Props ; but it has been found impossible to sustain it any longer, and workmen have been employed to take down the statue. This circumstance, associating itself with the actual state of our beloved Sovereign, has become the topic of con- versation in the Neighbourhood."

The statue was erected at the cost of the Princess Amelia, and was the work of Joseph Wilton, R.A. It represented the King in Roman costume. What eventually became of the statue ? I presume the above extract fixes the date of its removal.

JOHN T. PAGE.

Long Itchington, Warwickshire.

AUTHOR WANTED. Could you or a kind correspondent give me the name of the author of a poem called ' The Still Hour ' ? The first stanza is as follows : Beside my dead I knelt in prayer,

And felt a presence as I prayed ; And it was Jesus standing there :

He smiled, " Be not afraid." " Lord, Thou hast conquered death, I know;

Restore again to life," I said,

" This one who died an hour ago."

He smiled, " She is not dead."

The second stanza ends in " She does not sleep " ; the third in " She is not gone."'

H. C. G. BRANDT. Clinton, N.Y.

AUTHOR OF SONG WANTED. I wish to find out who was the author of a song which has as refrain, at the end of each verse, the words,

My own Araminta, say no.

ELEANOR D. LONGMAN. 18, Thurloe Square, S.W.

BOOK-PLATE : OWNER WANTED. On an ex-libris woodcut, probably Italian, is represented a dog, at whose side is the word " Apathes." There are also the following inscriptions : " Arnica Veritas." " Sustine t Abstine." " E bello doppo il morire vivere anchora." Can any reader give me a clue to the owner of it probably circa 1610 ? J. MULLER.

NOTTINGHAM AS A SURNAME. Nottingham as a surname occurs not infrequently in our lier local records, but not, I believe, during the last two centuries or more. Some
 * ime since I was informed that it existed