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MISPBINT [?]. In The Law Times of 29 March, vol. cxxxiv. p. 527, col. 2, is a note concerning the appointment of Mr. I. O'Brien to the office of Lord Chancellor of Ireland. It contains the following cryptic sentence : " He became a successful prac- titioner at Nisi Prius, and rarely died soft." Either this contains some remarkable cha- racteristic which should be speedily ex- plained, or if, as seems likely, it is a misprint, it is one which should be noted for all time.

W. H. QUARRELL.

EABLY ENGLISH PBINTED BOOKS. I recently acquired for the Typographical Library of the St. Bride Foundation a copy of the interesting pamphlet entitled * A List of Early English Printers and Books.' It is a double-columned index of 32 pages, without title-page. The heading is as above, followed by a note to the effect that " the References in Parentheses are to Herbert's edition of ' Ames ' ; the others to Dr. Dibdin's ' Typographical Antiquities.' '

Pioceedingto examine it, I Was interested to find that it was identical with a work reprinted by the Bibliographical Society in 1899 under the title :

" An Index to Dibdin's Edition of the Typo- graphical Antiquities first compiled by Joseph Ames, with some references to the intermediate edition by William Herbert. Printed from a copy in the Library of Sion College." The Preface to this reprint, written by Mr, A. W. Pollard, states that the copy of the original in the Library of Sion College is, " as far as is known," the only copy in existence.

Two curious points occur in connexion with the reprint of this Work. The first is that a copy had been in the posses- sion of the British Museum since 1891, and the second that nowhere in the reprint is the correct title of the original given. I have seen the Sion College copy, and it is identical with the copies in the British Museum and in this Library, and there appears to be no reason why the original title should not have been given.

The Work is not altogether unknown, as it is quoted by Chevallier in his * Repertorium ' under the heading ' Angleterre Imprimerie,' and ascribed to S. R. Maitland. I cannot help thinking that this is quite possible, and that it formed part of the great scheme Maitland attempted to carry out, of regis- tering all the early printed books in church and school libraries throughout the country. In a letter dated 22 April, 1847, which is in this Library, Maitland speaks of having issued 12,000 circulars to officiating ministers

alone since the previous February, and having received nearly 2,000 replies.

The date of the original Work must be about the forties of the last century. T. C. Savill of 107, St. Martin's Lane, who printed it, was in business about that time. It would be interesting to know if any one can throw any further light on the matter.

R. A. PEDDIE.

Typographical Library, St. Bride Foundation.

WILLIAM HONE. The following is from The Illustrated London News of (23 Jan., 1864 :

" We are gratified to learn from a correspondent that the widow of William Hone, of whom fre- quent mention is made, is still living at Stoke Newington, at the age of eighty-two, a fine, intelli- gent old lady."

W, McB. AND F. MARCHAM.

SYDNEY SMITH AND L.C.C. TABLETS. One learns from Mr. Stuart Reid's interesting biography of the famous Canon of St. Paul's that as his fortunes rose he changed his London residences : 8, Doughty Street, and 56, Green Street, were, however, the most important the former as marking his association with the Foundling Hospital, and the latter being the home where the last fourteen years of his life were spent sur- rounded by the celebrities of the Early Victorian period. At one of these places a tablet to his memory might well be affixed by the L.C.C. M. L. R. BRESLAR.

WE must request correspondents desiring in- formation on family matters of only private interest to affix their names and addresses to their queries, in order that answers may be sent to them direct.

RTJGHCOMBE, WILTS. In the time of Henry III. Thos. West, Knt., gained per- mission to make a castle of his manor of Rughcombe, Wilts. Can any one tell me where Rughcombe was exactly ? The place is not mentioned in Lewis's * Topographical Dictionary,' or in any gazetteer to which I have referred.

IVY C. WOODS, Librarian -Secretary, Society of Genealogists.

227. Strand. W.C.

INCUMBENTS OF SALEHURST, SUSSEX.

Information is desired concerning John

Calvert, A.M. (1728-31), and William Clarke,

M.A. (1743-8). Replies may be sent direct.

LEONARD J. HODSON.

Robertsbridge, Sussex.