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was seated at Whittington at the time of publication. Shaw blazons the Plot coat incorrectly ; the crescent is gu., not azure, on the map.

S. A. GRUNDY NEWMAN, F. S.A.Scot. Walsall.

LORD GRIMTHORPE'S LIST OF CHURCHES (11 S. vi. 449). A list setting forth the sizes of English churches will be found between pp. 348-52 of his amusing work 'A Book about Building.' In this Dorchester, Oxfordshire, is the 119th. ST. SWITHIN.

'GAMMER GTJRTON ' (11 S. vi. 368). See the bibliography in ' The Cambridge History of English Literature,' vi. 478. Modern editions are : J. M. Manly, ' Speci- mens of Pre-Shakesperean Drama ' (Ginn & Co.). vol. ii. ; C. M. Gayley, 'Represen- tative English Comedies ' (Macmillan) ; J. S. Farmer, ' Tudor Facsimile Texts ' (T. C. & E. C. Jack). L. R. M. STRACHAN.

Heidelberg.

SEALS OF THOMAS, FIRST MARQUIS OF DORSET (11 S. vi. 330). The first legend I should decipher: " Thomas Grey, Marquis of Dorset, husband of Cicely Harington Bon- vile " (daughter of Lord Bonville and Harring- ton) ; the second : " Sir Thomas Grey, Marquis of Dorset, son of Elizabeth Wid- vile " (daughter of Richard Widvile, Earl of Rivers). The latter lady is, of course, Elizabeth Woodville, consort of Edward IV. See ' Burke's Peerage,' s.v. ' Stamford,' pp. 1494-5. N. W. HILL.

San Francisco.

HOGARTH'S ' RAKE'S PROGRESS ' : ' THE BLACK JOKE ' (11 S. vi. 189, 311). Another and nearly contemporary reference to this song is in Smollett, ' Roderick Random,' chap. liii. The Captain, during the coach ride to Bath, is boasting of his valour at Dettingen :

" So saying, he whistled one part, and hummed another, of the Black Joke ; then, addressing himself to the lawyer, went on thus," &c.

I very much hope the words will be forth- coming. PERCEVAL LUCAS.

PRICE OF TOBACCO IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY (11 S. vi. 268, 336, 413, 477). In the diary of Sir Humphry Mildmay of Danbury, Essex, running from 1633 to 1666, there is an entry of " Tobacco Is. an ounce." And in the account - book of Grace, Lady Mildmay, wife of Sir Anthony Mildmay of Apethorpe, Northamptonshire, there is an entry in July, 1598, of 5s. for tobacco pipes. H. A. ST. J. M.

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Whitaker's Almanack, 1913. (W hi taker & Sons.) Whitaker 1 s Peerage, 1913. (Same publishers.) The International Whitaker, 1913. (Same pxib- lishers. )

HEARTY New Year greetings to the two old friends, and a cordial welcome to the new one, for the three will be on our writing-table ready for reference all through the year.

The pages of the ' Almanack ' grow with the years ; that for 1912 contained 856, while the total of this is 1,052. This increase has been partly occasioned by articles dealing with the Insurance Act, economic questions connected with public and private wealth, Labour unrest in the world, Labour conciliation in the British Domin- ions, and the Rates of London. The ' Almanack ' courts suggestions, and " the universal demand for the restoration of the tables dealing with the devolution of Intestates' Estates will be found to have been met in the present issue." The obituary includes Robert Barr, novelist, and joint- foimder of The Idler ; Bigelow, American author ; General Booth, founder of the Salvation Army ; Alfred Tennyson Dickens, son of the novelist ; Principal Fairbairn ; the Emperor of Japan ; Labouchere, founder of Truth ; Andrew Lang ; Lister, discoverer of the antiseptic treatment ; Justin McCarthy, author of ' History of our Own Times ' ; General Nogi, Japanese commander, who committed suicide as an act of devotion to his late Emperor ; Prof. Skeat ; Mrs. Arthur Stannard (" John Strange Winter ") ; and Stead, editor of The Review of Reviews. The largest amount recorded for probate is the will of Archi- bald Coats, head of the Paisley firm, 1,365, 132J.

' Whitaker's Peerage ' states that new honours have increased by seventeen the number of pages in this its seventeenth annual issue. At the suggestion of a correspondent, the latest rules issued by the Lord Chamberlain as to the wearing of orders, medals, &c., at public entertainments have been incorporated in the Introduction, and should be found useful ; and it is noted that the expected issue of the Official Roll of Baronets from the Home Office has not taken place, though "it is hoped that this will not be much longer delayed by the necessity of awaiting the final decision of the Privy Council in the few doubtful cases which still remain." Under ' Native Indian and North African Names and Titles ' an explana- tion is given of the titles of native Indian Knights, and several authorities on this complicated question are quoted.

' The International Whitaker ' is an entirely new book. This " Commercial Handbook for all Nations " should find favour ; the plan is excellent, and the vast amount of information contained in its five hundred pages has evidently been gathered with great labour and care ; but the editor in his Preface says that " there is no finality in the scope or arrangement of the book as it now appears," and welcomes suggestions and criticisms. We venture to think that ' The International Whitaker' will prove as big a success as our older friends. There is a ' Bio- graphical Note ' and a speaking likeness of the founder of the ' Almanack.'