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NOTES AND QUERIES.

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the holiness of the place because of its being sur- rounded by ninety-nine peaks and as many valleys. Therefore he became desirous of founding a sanc- tuary in it. Finding both his host and hostess loth to grant him a necessary area, he craved their indulgence to let him as much land as his wand could shade if planted in their presence. This proposal being accepted and put into execution, the wand instantly covered with its shade all the tract belonging to them. So they were obliged to give it over to him, and retired to a mountain twenty [Japanese] miles away, where, it is said, they are occasionally seen even nowadays." Kume, 'Banji Banzaburo,' Zeitschrift fur Japanische Voiles- und Landeskunde, Tokyo, 5 Marz, 1914, S. 22.

KUMAGUSU MIX AK AT A.

Tanabe, Kii, Japan.

JAMES MORGAN (US. viii. 389, 471 ; ix. 15). There appears to be no authority for the statement in Burke's ' Gentry ' that J. Morgan was of an old Carmarthenshire i'amily, and inherited the Welsh property from his maternal uncle Erasmus Lewis of Abercothi. That work incorrectly names Morgan's wife as Mary Parry, and adds that she was sister to Catherine, wife of the fourth Duke of Bolton. Mrs. Morgan's name was Catherine, and the Duke of Bolton's wife (who died 23 April, 1744) was her aunt. Since MRS. COPE in her reply has referred to one of James Morgan's sons, it may be as well to state clearly the names of all his children.

1. Charles, born 1738, living in Oct., 1752 ; died in his father's lifetime before 1754.

2. George, born 13 Oct., 1739; of Oriel College, Oxford ; barrister-at-law, Lincoln's Inn, 1767; inherited Abercothi and other property in Carmarthenshire (under the will of Erasmus Lewis) at the death of his father, Sept., 1771 ; was High Sheriff, co. Carmarthen, 1792 ; acquired Biddlesden Park, Bucks, 1791, by purchase from Lady Fermanagh ; married 1792 Frances, daughteV of William Mabbot of Bulmarsh, Berks, by

a daughter of Courthope of Whiligh,

Sussex ; and died 10 June, 1819, leaving issue six sons.

3. Rev. James Morgan, D.D., bapt. at St. Andrew's, Holborn, 18 Jan., 1741 ; inherited Oakfield, Berks, from his mother ; was of Oriel College, Oxon ; D.D., 1785 ; Prebendary of Gloucester, 1803 ; married 10 Oct., 1771, Mary Ann, dau. of William Thoyts of Carshalton by Jane, dau. of C. May of Basingstoke ; and died 2 June, 1810, leaving issue

(i. ) Francis of Oakfield ; of Oriel Coll., Oxon, 1794,a*. 17; B.A., 1800.

(ii.) James.

(iii.) Rev. Henry Charles ; of B.N. Coll., Oxon, 1809, ast. 18 ; M.A., 1816 ; Vicar of

Goodrich, co. Hereford, 1830, until his death, 29 July 1875.

4. William, bapt. St. Andrew's, Holborn, 21 July, 1742 ; living in 1743 ; died in his father's lifetime.

5. John, bapt. 29 Jan., 1744 ; student of

Lincoln's Inn, 1 770 ; married dau. and

coheir of Lawes.

6. Catherine, bapt. 1 Dec., 1745.

7. Catherine Emma, bapt. 21 Jan., 1748 ; living in Aug., 1751 (see will of her great- uncle Capt. William Parry, P.C.C. 56 Searle).

8. Mary Elizabeth, bapt. 21 Jan., 1750.

9. Chardin, bapt. 25 Aug., 1751, living in 1776.

In his will dated 19 June, 1771, James Morgan mentions only (besides his second wife Hannah) four children George James, John, and Chardin ; he also mentions estates in cos. Berks, Carmarthen, Glamor- gan, and Gloucester. The will was proved 26 Sept., 1771 (P.C.C. 382 Trevor). The situation of the estates might give a clue to his parentage. It appears from a deposition of the year 1741 that James Morgan of Lin- coln's Inn was then aged 41, so the baptism at St. Anne's, Soho, quoted at viii. 471, can- not refer to him. G. R. B.

THE TAYLOR SISTERS (11 S. ix. 225, 297, 317). Much confusion has arisen from my grandfather's strong objection to women be- coming authors, hence all the early books written by my aunts Ann and Jane Taylor were anonymous, and, when the copyrights ex- pired, various erratic editions were published with regrettable alterations in the text, and entirely incongruous illustrations, drawn for the most part by persons who had no real knowledge of the history of costume, the clothing being fifty or sixty years in advance of the poetry.

The worst instances are, perhaps, ' City Scenes ' and ' Original Poems.' Art had sunk to its lowest depths in the early Vic- torian period, and was only revived to some degree of accuracy by the Pre-Raphaelites.

" Little Ann " afterwards Mrs. Gilbert wrote ' The True Story,' ' Little Ann and her Mother,' and doubtless held this dialogue in Cavendish Square then the westernmost part of fashionable London with her own mother, Arm Taylor, herself the author of various novels which went some of them through numerous editions.

I have in my possession most of these early editions, in later years initialed by my aunt Ann Taylor "A. & J.," thus giving the authorship.