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NOTES AND QUERIES. [ii s. ix. JUNE 13,

they are written, and in their coarse humour whereas they contain none of the distin guishing characteristics of Webster's manner nor trace of his vocabulary. The remaining scenes require some special notice.

Act II. So. IV. This is undoubtedly in the main Webster's. Apart from the style note the words "gratulate" and " sur bated " (p. 39) ; the latter an instance oJ Webster's partiality for rare, pedantic words (cf. " diversivolent " in ' The White Devil ' ; " torved," " concionate," &c., in ' Appius and Virginia' ). Compare also Anna's speech (p. 43),

. . . .though your kinsman be absent I am here the worst part of him, with Lodovico's answer to Giovanni, 'The White Devil,' V. ii. :

Thy uncle, which is part of thee, enjoined us to 't.

(ii. 138).

Possibly Rowley had a hand in the dia- logue with the Nurse (p. 38) ; and the coarse oath at the end of the scene I suspect to be his not at all likely to be Webster's.

Act IV. Sc. I. (the scene in "The Three Tuns" tavern.) The shares of the two partners are here difficult to distinguish with any certainty, but Franckford's principal speech (p. 60) reads like Webster. Prob- ably both worked together on the interview between Compass and Pettifog. There is a reference to two cant words for a courtesan used in Middleton and Rowley's ' A Fair Quarrel': "A tweak or a bronstrops, I learnt that name in a play " (p. 64), which seems to point to Rowley ; but the allusion to clerks sharing fees with counsellors (p. 63) is Webster's. The Counsellor's and Wood- roff's speeches (p. 65) seem to be Webster's; Compass's speech (p. 66), Rowley's ; the vile joke (p. 67), certainly Rowley's. This is followed immediately by Raymond's speech (" 'Tis counsel worth a fee," &c.), which is Webster's. One would naturally expect to find evidences of Webster's hand in this scene, dealing as it does with law and lawyers. His plays afford abundant evi- dence of a close acquaintance with law and legal procedure certainly a closer acquaint- ance than Shakespeare's, though, even so, not a knowledge of so intimate a kind as would appear to be beyond the reach of an intelligent layman. That the law had a special attraction for him is apparent from the fact that a trial scene in open court forms a conspicuous feature of three of the four plays attributed to his sole authorship. Act IV. Sc. III. Webster's share in this (if any) very slight. Possibly he was re- sponsible for the " sententious " couplet

(p. 77), and the speech of Compass's wife (p. 79).

Act V. Sc. II. The versification points to Webster's authorship of the first part of this scene, and this is confirmed by minor verbal indications. No trace of Rowley until Compass and the gallants, &c., make their appearance. From this point (the three concluding pages) Rowley took control, and brought the underplot (and play) to a conclusion, his work receiving some trivial alterations by Webster, an indication of which may be seen in " the fatal monologist " of the concluding page.

H. DUGDALE SYKES.

STATUES AND MEMORIALS IN THE BRITISH ISLES.

(See 10 S. xi. 441 ; xii. 51, 114, 181, 401 ; 11 S. i. 282 ; ii. 42, 381 ; iii. 22, 222, 421 ; iv. 181, 361 ; v. 62, 143, 481 ; vi. 4, 284, 343; vii. 64, 144, 175,263, 343,442; viii. 4, 82, 183, 285, 382, 444 ; ix. 65, 164, 384.)

RELIGIOUS LEADERS, &c. (continued.) DR. JAMES MARTINEAU.

Aviemore, Inverness-shire. On the road to Loch an Eilan a column has been placed to the memory of Dr. Martineau. It was unveiled by Lady Mary Grant on 21 June, 1913. The column is constructed of Elgin sandstone, and is erected in the centre of a triangle of grass. The central panel of the pedestal is inscribed :

" James Martineaxi, LL.D., D.C.L., S.T.D., Litt.D., Principal of Manchester College. Many years resident at The Polchar."

Then follows a quotation from his book ' Endeavours after the Christian Life.' Another tablet contains the following :

" The carvers of Rothiemurchus, taught for tineau, have, in gratitude and affection, adorned
 * wenty-five years by Gertrude and Edith Mar-
 * his memorial."

A third tablet records the good work of Dr. Martineau' s daughters for the people of lie district.

Miss Gertrude Martineau, the sole sur- vivor, was present at the unveiling.

REV. THOS. CHARLES.

Bala, North Wales. A white marble statue of the Rev. Thos. Charles, to whose suggestion and initiative the British and

foreign Bible Society owes its existence, is placed in front of the Calvinistic Methodist

Chapel. It was unveiled by Mrs. Edwards,