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entering the middle aisle is a group consisting of a lady, a mr,n, and a lad, with a dog trotting sedately between them. There is no date

on the engraving, which is by Pack.

but the costumes suggest Queen Anne or the first George. WM. NORMAN.

When visiting Stockton Church in this county a short time ago, I observed the following notice respecting dogs displayed in a conspicuous position : " It is not wrong to have man's best companion in a place of worship." JOHN T. PAGE.

Long Itchington, Warwickshire.

THE TOP-HAT IN SCULPTURE (11 S. v. 14(5, 233). The statue of Alfred de Musset placed some years ago at Neuilly, just out- side the Porte Maillot (Paris), represents the poet in the outdoor costume of his epoch, holding a silk hat in one hand. Per- sonally I infinitely prefer this " dandy Musset " to the huge and cumbersome group outside the Comedie Francaise, or the enormous composition in relief on the Cours-la-Reine. Musset is perhaps the only individual certainly the only poet who has three statues in Paris.

ANGLO-PARISIAN.

The most remarkable effort in this line which I have noticed is the large equestrian statue of Mr. Sawbridge, in front of the principal entrance to Olantigh Towers, near Wye, Kent. I fancy he was a Lord Mayor, and, seated on a prancing steed, he is holding an Early Victorian top-hat about 1 8 inches in front of his brow ; a tight frock-coat com- pletes the tout ensemble. TERTIUS.

ISAAC NEWTON AND HIS NAMESAKE (US. iv. 108). The connexion between Sir Isaac Newton and his London namesake cannot be established. At all events, Sir Isaac himself failed to make it out. In the Appendix to Brewster's ' Life of Newton,' 1831, p. 357, it is stated

" that Sir Isaac Newton could not trace his pedigree with any certainty beyond his grandfather, and that there were two different traditions in his family : one which referred his descent to John Newton of Westby [Lincolnshire], and the other to a gentleman of East Lothian who accompanied King James VI. to England."

Sir Isaac appears to have credited the first account in 1705, when he drew out for himself a traditional pedigree ; but some twenty years afterwards he seems to have "discovered the incorrectness of his first opinions, or at least was disposed to attach more importance to the other tradition respecting his descent " from the Newtons of Newton in East Lothian. SCOTUS.

NORWEGIAN LEGEND (11 S. v. 188). A celebrated Danish poem, ' Sulamith and Solomon,' founded on the Song of Solomon, may perhaps be the poem alluded to. It was published in 1839 as the first part of ' The Ring of Solomon,' a dramatic poem by the prominent Danish poet Ingemann, but the subject deals in no way with any Norwegian legend about the origin of the Milky Way. Perhaps some modern render- ing of one of the tales of Northern mythology has been confused with this modern Danish work based on a Biblical subject, both having probably at one time or other appeared in an English translation in some magazine. W. R. PRIOR.

OMAR KHAYYAM BIBLIOGRAPHY (11 S. iv. 328, 358, 497). The ' Rubaiyat ' of Omar Khayyam was printed with the cyclostyle by W. H. Holyoak, Leicester, bearing various dates from about 1885 to 1899. I shall be grateful if librarians and others possessing copies will oblige me with particulars as to date, size, number of pages, and colour of paper ; also particulars concerning the cyclostyle - printed pamphlet written by G. J. Holyoake in reference to this edition of the ' Rubaiyat.' A. G. POTTER.

126, Adelaide Road, Hampstead, N.W.

DE RUYTER : TROMP (11 S. v. 149). Between De Ruyter and the Tromps there existed no family relationship. The only Tromp who could within the dates have been De Ruyter's father-in-law was the great admiral Maerten Harperszoon, born in Brielle 1597, and killed in the battle of Ter Heyde in 1653. He was married three times.

1. To Dina de Vries, by whom he had three sons

(a) The celebrated Admiral Cornelis Tromp, political antagonist of De Ruyter, born 1629, d. 1690; m. Margaretha Raep- horst ; no children.

(b) Harper Tromp, m. Magdalena van Adrichem, by whom he had six daughters and three sons.

(c) Johan Tromp, m. : (I.) Maertjen Kievit one daughter ; (II.) Anna Kievit one daughter and one son.

2. To Alith van Arckenboudt, by whom he had three children : (a) Alida, m. Johan Nic Kievit. (b) Margaretha, died unmarried, (c) Maerten, died an infant.

3. To Cornelia Teding van Berckhout, by whom he had (a) Johanna Maria, m. Cornelis Gans. (b) Adrian Tromp, died a bachelor, (c) Maerten, died an infant.