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"FLEET ' ' : NEW Us EOF THE WORD. This word has hitherto been used only in reference to ships ; but I have lately received a circular, in which the proprietors of a motor garage " notify their numerous cus- tomers and the general public that they are now running a fleet of up-to-date Landau- lettes and Limousine cars." Surely the word " fleet " is out of place in such con- nexion. A. N. Q.

of the use of this word is to be found in the recently published volume entitled ' Letters of George Borrow to the British and Foreign Bible Society.' The word was, how- ever, used not by Borrow, but by the Rev. Joseph Jowett, the Editorial Superintendent of the Society from 1833 to 1848. It occurs in a letter to Borrow dated 31 Dec., 1834, in which the writer says :
 * ' HONORIFIC ABILITUDINITY." An instance

" The passion for honoriflcabilitudinity is a vice of the Asiatic languages, which a Scripture translator, above all others, ought to beware of countenancing." George Sorrow's 'Letters to the Bible Society,' p. 72.

The only quotation in ' H.E.D.' is one which speaks of the word as the longest in the English language. It is also mentioned as occurring in various dictionaries.

JOHN T. KEMP. [See 11 S. iv. 487, 538].

EARLY WOMEN DOCTORS. (See ante, p. 65.) Readers interested in this subject should refer to ' N. & Q.,' 16 Jan., 1909, which contains a record, dated 1665, of "a Gentlewoman Surgeon of sound judg- -ment and good repute " (10 S. xi. 42).

S. D. C.

."L'HERBE D'OR." (See 11 S. iv. 502.) I gather from Rolland's ' Flore Populaire,' t. ii. p. 213, that this is Helianthemum vulgare, which is glossed in Britten and Holland's ' Dictionary of English Plant - Names ' rock rose, sol-flower, sun daisy, sunflower, sun rose. From one of his authorities Rolland furnishes the additional name of hedge hyssop. ST. SWITHIN.

JOHN BRADY. It may be noted, as an addition to the account of himinthe'D.N.B.,' vi. 191, that he died 5 December, 1814, in his 49th year, and was buried in St. Mary's Churchyard, Newington, Surrey. He is described in the' register of burials as of Lambeth. Anna Maria Brady, his widow (died 1 February, 1816, aged 51 years), and Anna Maria Brady, their daughter, of St. John's, Westminster, who died 9 February, 1817, aged 20 years, were buried in the

' mental Inscriptions in the Old Churchyard ! of St. Mary, Newington, Surrey,' part i., j 1880, p. 12). DANIEL HIPWELL.
 * same place (R. Hovenden, ' The Monu-

WE must request correspondents desiring in- formation on family matters of only privat-e interest to affix their names and addresses to their queries, in order that answers may be sent to them direct.

THE COUNTESS OF CRAVEN, MARGRAVINE OF ANSPACH, AND PRINCESS BERKELEY. In collaboration with Mr. Lewis Melville I am preparing as complete a biography of this remarkable woman as circumstances will admit of. A great many unpublished letters and other interesting materials have fallen into our hands, and we should welcome the communication of other MSS. throwing light on the Margravine's career in England, or at Anspach, Triesdorf, and Naples. The Margravine lies buried in the British cemetery at Naples, where a monument bears her name (1828) as well as those of Sir William Gell (1836) and the Hon. Richard Keppel j Craven (1851).

A further inscription states that, the monu- ment having become ruinous, it was repaired in 1897 by Henry Chandos-Pole Gell of Hopton. Derbyshire, and Philip Lytteltoii Gell of Balliol College, Oxford. There is an elaborate monument by Canova of the Margrave of Anspach, who died at Benham in January, 1806, in Speen Church, Newbury. but it has been moved from its old position in the Craven aisle to the lower story of the tower. An Englishman, presumably a kins- man, lately visited the Naples cemetery in search of the Margravine's grave, but could not find it. He may be glad to know that Mrs. Hutton of Naples has recently seen it and copied the inscription. It has also been i photographed by Signer Giacomo. I should i also welcome information as to the connexion of the Margrave of Anspach with British sport between 1792 and 1806.

A. M. BROADLEY. The Knapp, Bradpole, Dorset.

THE ST.ALBANS GHOST. Asmall pamphlet of some sixteen pages, entitled " The Story of the St. Albans Ghost ; or. the Apparition of Mother Haggy. Collected from the best manuscripts. London, printed in the year 1712," has fallen into my hands. It seems to be a political squib directed against the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough, but there are characters portrayed therein, the originals