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ATJTHOBS OF QUOTATIONS WANTED. Can any of your readers tell me the author of the following quotation, which appears at the end of Henderson's ' Stonewall Jackson ' ?

E'en as he trod that day to God

So walked he from his birth In simpleness, and gentleness and honour

And clean mirth.

J. BEACH WHITMORE.

Who wrote a poem in which a dancing dervish describes his view of things in general ? It ends, as far as I can recollect with the words

As I whirl and whirl.

H. W. G. ,

CURIOUS ENTRY IN REGISTER. Among the burials recorded in the register of Hillesden, Bucks, I find the following very curious entry. Can any of your readers throw any light upon it ? I can only imagine that it must have been some village idiot.

1599. Halfepenny Fiarthing buried, August 17.

R. USSHER.

' Loss AND GAIN ' : ' FROM OXFORD TO ROME.' From the ' Advertisement to the Sixth Edition ' of ' Loss and Gain ' it appears that this work was in the nature of an answer to ' ; a tale directed against the Oxford converts to the Catholic Faith," which was sent to Newman in the summer of 1847. This tale would appear to be ' From Oxford to Rome,' which, accord- ing to the B.M. Catalogue, was written by Miss Furlong Elizabeth Shipton Harris. Who was she ? JOHN B. WAINE WRIGHT.

SPOONS AS A PLEDGE OF OWNERSHIP. In March, 1473, Richard Cach of Cuckfield made a grant of all his goods and chattels, debts due to him, &c., to Thomas Hoo, John Onstey alias Holcombe, and Richard Tannere of Lyndfield, " whom he put in possession thereof by six silver spoons " (Anc. Deeds in Public Record Office, C.3361). I should be glad to know how this operated. Was there, any special virtue in the giving of spoons, or were they merely part of the goods and chattels given as a pledge that the remainder should follow ? In what light may this grant be taken ? Was it anything in the nature of compounding with creditors ? In' the previous December Richard Cach(e) had made a grant of all j his lands, &c., both within and without the town of Cuckfield (ibid.. C. 1053).

LEO C.

" THE LADY OF CLISSON." What is the i best authority to consult for some account of the adventurous career of this person (the mother of the celebrated Oliver de Clisson, High Constable of France) ? Her first husband was beheaded by King Philip ; she then joined " the heroic Countess of Montfort " at Hennebon, and carried on hostilities against the French. Jeanne had an interest in the shipping dues at Bordeaux. She subsequently married the English King's lieutenant in Brittany (the victor of Mauron), and according to Rymer's ' Foedera ' she died before 1359. Did she have issue by her second marriage ? and did she die in this country or abroad ? R. B.

Upton.

THE STONES OF LONDON. It may prove of interest to know from what quarries the more notable stone buildings and monu- ments of London have been drawn. As a slight contribution to the subject I beg to place the following on record, hoping that others with better opportunities will con- tinue the list.

The Albert Memorial. Partly built from granite from the quarries of Earl Annesley, Castle Wellan, co. Down.

The Sarcophagus of the Duke of Wellington. -Made fromporphyritir rock quarried at Luxulyan in Cornwall.

J. H. R.

SHAKESPEARE OF WALTHAM - IN - THE - WOLD. Is anything known of William Shakespeare, husbandman, of Waltham-in- the-Wold, co. Leicester, whose name ap- pears, in conjunction with a William Stoke, in a deed dated 1553, referring to land in Leicestershire ? CATONA.

' PAN.' A periodical with this title was issued in London in September, 1880. and lasted till June, 1881, or later. There appears to be no record of it at the British Museum. If any reader possesses copies, I shall be very grateful if he will communicate with me.

STUART MASON. 6, Molyneux House, Molyneux Street, W.

MUNGO CAMPBELL : EDITION OF ' TRIAL ' WANTED. Perhaps some of your readers could direct me to an edition of the ' Trial (1770) of Mungo Campbell, Exciseman, for the Murder of the Earl of Eglinton.' The edition wanted is one said to have a portrait of Campbell. I have seen several editions, but none with a print. R. M. HOGG,