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NOTES AND QUERIES. [11 s. vii. MAR. 22, 1913.

THE ' LONDON,' ' BRITISH,' AND ' ENGLISH ' CATALOGUES (11 S. vii. 127, 196). I am afraid I cannot clear up MB. ANDERSON'S original query, but I must question some statements made at the latter reference about Clavell and his Catalogue. The title given as that of Clavell's is that of the Catalogue of William London, the famous bookseller of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

The Term Catalogues, commencing with Michaelmas Term, 1668, ran to 1709. They were reprinted with notes and indexes by Prof. Arber, and this reprint has been recently remaindered.

Clavell's first Catalogue of all books since the Fire was issued in 1673. A second edition appeared in 1675, a third in 1680, and a fourth in 1693.

The third edition, 1680, can be seen in this library, together with the original numbers of the Term Catalogues for 1680 (Mich.) to 1682 (Trin.); and Prof. Arber's reprint can also be consulted. R. A. PEDDIE.

St. Bride Foundation, Bride Lane, E.G.

FAITH-HEALING AT ST. ALBANS (11 S. vii. 170). That diseased arms or legs, or even the whole body, might be. and were, got through the well-known openings at the sides of shrines is clearly shown in a repre- sentation of the shrine of St. Edward the Confessor, from a MS. in the Public Library, Cambridge, Ee, 3, 59, fo. 65, reproduced in Rock, * Church of our Fathers.' 1852. iii. parti. 418. J. T. F.

Durham. [MR. A. R. BAYLEY also thanked for reply.]

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION WANTED : J. ERSKINE, STEWARD 1803 (11 S. vii. 168). Perhaps John E., s. Henry of Marylebone, Middlesex, baronet ; Christ Church, matric. 30 June, 1781, aged 17; B.A. 1785, M.A. 1788, B. and D.C.L. 1802; barrister-at-law, Lincoln's Inn, 1788 ; filazer of the Court of Common Pleas, and Commissary -General of the Forces in Portugal ; died 10 Feb., 1817. See Foster's ' Peerage,' ' Rosslyn ' ; and ' Alumni West.,' 413. A. R. BAYLEY.

MICHAEL DAHL THE ELDER (11 S. vii. 168). This artist was born in Sweden, and seems to have painted his early pictures there, viz., the pictures of the Kings Charles XI. and XII. to be found at Windsor Castle and i# the National Museum in Stockholm. Informa- tion as to his marriage may. therefore, possibly be found in Swedish archives, or in books dealing with the history of Swedish art. W. R. PRIOR.

HART LOGAN, M.P. (11 S. vii. 170). Robert Hart Logan married, in 1818, Nancy, daughter of Robert Service, a London merchant. He was a Deputy Lieutenant of Suffolk and High Sheriff of it 1828 ; he unsuccessfully contested West Suffolk, 22 Jan., 1825, but sat as M.P. for it 7 Aug., 1837, to his death in Pall Mall, London, 13 April, 1838, at the age of 66. He lived at Kentwell Hall, Suffolk.

FREDERIC BOASE.

According to McCalmont's ' Parliamentary Poll Book,' 1879, Hart Logan unsuccessfully contested West Suffolk in the Conservative interest in January, 1835, but was returned at the head of the poll in August, 1837. A by-election was held in May, 1838, in con- sequence of his death. W. B. H. [G. F. R. B. also thanked for reply.]

NOVELS IN ' NORTHANGER ABBEY 5 (11 S.

vi. 449 ; vii. 14, 97). A few days ago, looking over some playbills of the Sans Pareil Theatre for the year 1815, I came across a play called ' The Necromancer.' It was by Miss Scott. RALPH THOMAS.

MECHANICAL PIANO BEFORE 1868 (11 S. vii. 7). Alexander Debain took out an English patent for his mechanical piano on 29 August 1846 (No. 11,359). He received a medal for his piano at the Great Exhi- bition, 1851. See 'Reports of the Juries,' p. 333, and * Illustrated Catalogue,' vol. iii ,. France, No. 1172. R, B. P.

OCTAGONAL MEETING-HOUSES (US. vii. 27, 72, 173). No one has mentioned the well- known Octagon Chapel at Norwich, in which John Wesley preached on one occasion, stating in his diary that Dr. Taylor's Octagon Chapel was the handsomest Dis- senting place of Worship in the kingdom.

E. GILLSON.

DOMINUS ROGER CAPELLO (US. vii. 169). As " dominus " means a Master of Arts, or a clerk in Holy Orders, and as what look like surnames Would in 1375 be almost in- variably local descriptions, it is fairly certain that " Dns Roger Capello " was " Roger of the Chapel, Clerk in Holy Orders," and his holding the vicarage and glebe. W. T.

" MAD AS A HATTER " : " LIKE A HATTER ". (11 S. vii. 149). In Lady Verney's 'Bucks Biographies' (pp. 140-41) it is stated that the original mad hatter was Robert Crab of Chesham (d. 1680). Particulars of his life are given : the only reference is to th& ' D.N.B.' A. MORLEY DAVIES.