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I want to know if these gentlemen were connected with the family of Sir Philip Francis. A. W. BLUNDELL.

25, Magdala Street, Liverpool.

GRIERSON FAMTLY. Jane Grierson, sister to Sir William Grierson, is said to have married in 1735 Alexander Gordon, merchant, Wandsworth, and son '*: Robert Gordon, wine merchant, Bordeaux. Lieut. -Col. Fer- gusson (' The Laird of Lag,' p. 233) prints a letter to Sir William from Patrick Gordon, Bordeaux, 15 Feb., 1735. What is known of this marriage ? J. M. BULLOCH.

123, Pall Mall, S.W.

EDITIONS OF GIBBON'S ' HISTORY.' Gibbon says (Memoir E, Murray's edition, p. 311): "The bookseller's property was twice invaded by the pyrates of Dublin.' What other edition was there besides Hall- head's ? Lowndes mentions a Dublin edi- tion, 1789, 5 vols., 8vo. Is this the complete ' History,' or only the latter half of Hall- head's ?

The B.M. Catalogue attributes the 1789 anonymous abridgment of Gibbon's ' His- tory' to J. Adams; but the ' D.N.B.,' Lowndes, Graesse, &c., attribute it to the Rev. Charles Hereford. Which is right ? Can it be that " J. Adams " was the nom de guerre by which the anonymous and reverend abridger was known to his publishers, in his (at that time) very unorthodox enterprise of popularizing Gibbon ?

Was the Italian translation, Lausanne (=Florence ?), 3 vols., 8vo, 1779, ever com- pleted ? Was it printed at Florence ?

H. M. BEATTY. 32, Elers Road, West Baling, W.

ST. PUBLIUS. Is there any record of him, after his expedition against the Saracens, till he was made Bishop of Malta ? When was he canonized ? F. L. S.

ENGLISH EDITION OF CASANOVA'S ' ME- MOIBES.' I have examined recently the English translation of Casanova's ' Memoires,' privately printed in 12 vols., 8vo, London, in 1894. Neatly bound in vellum, and well printed on good paper, it is a very elegant edition de luxe. A dozen years ago copies were bought and sold for five or ten pounds, but the price is now considerably higher. It purports to be a translation of a French edition published by Brockhaus in 1826, which edition is alleged, in the trans- lator's preface, to have become exceedingly rare. Many of the misspellings of English names to be found in the Gamier and

Rozez editions are corrected in this trans- lation. For example, I notice that my conjecture regarding Casanova's ride with the two younger Hanoverians is correct, since " Barnet " is printed instead of "Bame" (cf. ante, p. 124^. I understand that these volumes were published by the firm of H. S. Nichols. Can any one tell me who was the translator ? He seems to have done his work admirably.

HORACE BLEACKLEY.

AUTHOR WANTED. What is the source of the following lines, found on stained -glass windows in the churches of Honington and Burmington, Worcestershire, and Tain, Scot- land ?

Efflgiem Christi dura transis promts honora Non tamen effigiem sed quern designat adora.

J. FOSTER. [See PROF. BESSLY'S reply at 11 S. ivr. 436.]

ELIZABETH POLACK : ELIZABETH HELME. Elizabeth Polack was the authoress of a play ' St. Clair of the Isles ; or, The Outlaws of Barra.' 1840. A novel with a similar title, by Elizabeth Helme, was published by F. Warne, 1867. Miss Polack was also the authoress of ' Esther the Royal Jewess ' and ' Woman's Revenge.' I should be obliged for any biographical details of either of the ladies. ISRAEL SOLOMONS.

HUXLEY ON THE WORD " SPIRIT." I find the following quotation from Prof- Huxley in an old notebook of mine : " We use the same word for the soul of man and for a glass of gin." Will some reader kindly tell me in which of Huxley's writings this allusion to the word spirit is to be found ?

W. S.

ARCHDEACON PALEY'S SISTER. -- Had Archdeacon Paley a sister who married into a family named Winder of North Lan- cashire ? A. W. BLUNDELL.

25, Magdala Street, Liverpool.

' PRAISE INDEED ! " Will somebody fill in for me the name in the following saying,

" Praise from Sir " and give me

its origin ?

My "recollection is that the name was " Hubert Howard," that it referred to an Elizabethan warrior, and that it meant " That is praise indeed ! " But I may be quite wrong, and, anyway, I have no idea whence it comes, or who Sir Hubert Howard was. G. S. M.

I The sentiment comes from Thomas Morton's 'Cure for the Heartache,' Act V. sc. ii. : "Appro- bation from Sir Hubert Stanley is praise indeed ! J