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14 also told me that when, in 1832, she and Mr. Knill, her husband, landed from Russia in London, they drove direct to St. Paul's to see the monument to John Howard. Because of this singular service of Howard to the Notmans and the Knills, one of my own sons, now in Colombo, bears the name of Howard, and one of my grandsons, now in Canada, bears the name of John Howard.

(11 S. vi. 131, 175, 455, 513).— interesting notes re above appeared by a coincidence at the same time as the query about the Harveys of Whittington, Staffordshire. Ursula Harvey, who married Thomas Pretty at Whittington, 18 Sept., 1673, was daughter of Nicholas, not William, Harvey. Also, Harvey Combe, son of Edmund Combe and Katherine Pretty his wife, was baptized, not at Andover, but at St. Clement Danes, Strand, 27 Sept., 1716. He was buried at Andover 2 Aug., 1787. The connexion between the St. Johns and the Prettys may have been through the Combes, as Edmund Combe's great-uncle, Sir Francis Topp, had a son, Sir John, the last baronet (see Burke's 'Extinct Baronetage'), who married Barbara, daughter of Sir Walter St. John, Bart.

(11 S. vi. 386).—Interesting instances of the transition and disappearance of the long s are in Bewick's works.

'The Quadrupeds.'—In the first four editions, printed by S. Hodgson at The Newcastle Chronicle office, and dated 1790, 1791, 1792, and 1800 the long s is used throughout each volume. In the subsequent editions, printed by Edward Walker at The Newcastle Courant office, and dated 1807, 1811, 1820, and 1824, the short s is used throughout.

'The Birds,' Vol. I.—In the first two editions, printed by Hodson, both dated 1797 (although the second was not issued until 1798), the 1804 demy 8vo, and the royal 8vo edition, also dated 1804—but not published until 1814 or 1815 (see 11 S. vi. 281)—both printed by Walker, the long s is used throughout. In the 1809 edition the long s is used in the Preface, Introduction, Explanation of Technical Terms, and Contents, and the short s in the body of the work. In the 1816 and subsequent editions the short s is used throughout.

'The Birds,' Vol. II.—In the first edition, printed by Walker, and dated 1804, the short s is used in the "Advertisement," or preface (which is printed in italics, and dated "Newcastle upon Tyne, July 3, 1804"), and the long s in the remainder of the volume. In the second edition, dated 1805 (royal 8vo), the Preface (dated "Newcastle upon Tyne December, 1805") is a new one printed in roman letters, and the long s is used throughout the volume. In the 1809 edition the long s is used in the Preface and Introduction, and the short s in the body of the work. In the 1816 and subsequent editions the short s is used throughout.

'The Fables of Æsop and Others.'—The short s is used throughout the two editions, printed by Walker, dated 1818 and 1823.

(11 S. vi. 449).—The 'Biographical Dictionary of Living Authors,' 1816, includes 'The Midnight Bell,' 3 vols., 12mo, amongst the works of George Walker (1772-1847), a London bookseller; as no date of publication is given, but that of a preceding work is 1813, it would seem to be 1814 or 1815. The 'Dictionary of National Biography' attributes to George Walker "The Midnight Bell, London, 1824." Under heading as above in the British Museum Catalogue the work in English does not appear, but there is "La Cloche de Minuit. Traduit de l'anglais [1799?]," with cross-reference to 'Cloche,' and at the latter heading a MS. alteration of "G. Walker" to Francis Lathom. Search under the last-mentioned name resulted in finding "The Midnight Bell, a German story, founded on incidents in real life. In 3 vols. By Francis Lathom," second edition, A. K. Newman & Co., Leadenhall Street, 1825; and also in the discovery that, as one of many works, there is ascribed to Francis Lathom (1777-1832) in the 'Dictionary of National Biography' "The Midnight Bell, 3 vols., London, 1798; another edition, 1800." The authorship of the novel appears, therefore, to be in dispute, and the circumstance of its attribution in the 'Dictionary of National Biography' to two different writers is curious, as it appears hardly probable that separate novels bearing the same title would be brought out within a few years of each other.

George Walker is said by Halkett and Laing to have published "The Haunted Castle, a Norman Romance, 2 vols., 1794," which is also credited to him in the 'Bibl.