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 x.A PB n, 29, 1922.1 NOTES AND QUERIES. 329 Wick, near Bath and Bristol, where they stayed for nine years. In 1867 they returned to Norfolk, settling at Old Catton, near Norwich, where Anna died in April, 1878. The life of Anna Sewell contains few outward events but these migrations and the writing and publication of her book ' Black Beauty.' In her early childhood she sprained both her ankles so severely that she remained permanently an invalid, her crippled state made her dependent on carriage exercise, and she became extraordinarily skilful in driving, managing her horse largely by talking to it. She was highly gifted in many ways, and her mother's most trusted critic. In conversation together the two always used the Quaker "thee." Like her mother, Anna was deeply religious according to the mid- Victorian Evangelical school of piety. Isaac and Mary Sewell had something of a struggle in tjieir early married days, Isaac having been unsuc- cessful in business. Their circumstances were eased when he was appointed manager of the London and County Joint Stock Bank at Brighton. Mrs. Sewell's Life and Letters by Mrs. Bayly were published in 1889 (Xisbet), and the book con- tains a portrait of Anna.] ROCHE SANADOIRE. In Baedeker's ' Southern France ' it is stated that the summit was once the hold of a body of English adventurers dislodged in 1386. Louis Brehier, in ' L'Auvergne,' mentions " Fescalade de la Roche -Sanadoire par le due de Bourbon en 1385," and states that " il a fourni a Froissart un de ses recits les plus pittoresques." Where can I find an account of this event ? I cannot find any reference to it in Froissart. C. S. C. F. W. H. MYERS : DATE OF BIRTH. In A. H. Miles's ' Poets and Poetry of the Nine- teenth Century,' vii. 61 (the volume called ' Robert Bridges and Contemporary Poets,' 1906), it is said that F. W. H. Myers was born on Feb. 6, 1843. Sir Oliver Lodge, in his book ' Christopher ' (1918, p. 108), gives a transcript of the tablet in Keswick Church, which says, " Born at Keswick, February 8th, 1843." Which is right ? L. R. M. STRACHAN. Birmingham University. VILLIERS FAMILY. The eleventh Earl of Westmorland married Jane (his second wife), daughter of Dr. R. H. Saunders. They had three children. Montague Villiers vas A their youngest son. I should be obliged for information as to whether Montague Villiers married, and, if so, whom ? whether he had any children, if so, their names ? and whom those (eventual) children eventually married ? Research at Somerset House and the British Museum Library without result, ELIZA GARDNKR. CHARLES D. GORDON. In 1907 Charles D. Gordon translated Fritz Mauthner's ' Aristotle ' for Heinemann. Was this the Rev. Charles Dickens Gordon, once private secretary to Lord Milner ? The publishers cannot now identify him. J. M. BTJLLOCH. 37, Bedford Square, W.C.I. ACTING ENGINEER. This designation is frequently applied to individuals taking part in various expeditions and wars in North America and elsewhere in the latter part of the eighteenth century. They do not appear to have been on the (Engineer) Establishment, and were often officers belonging to various Regiments of Foot, How were they appointed or paid for their services, and could civilians occupy the position ? H. A. PITMAN. 65, Cambridge Terrace, Hyde Park, W.2. THE THREE -VOLUME NOVEL, ITS RISE AND DECLINE. Could any reader tell me where I can find any information on this subject ? I have searched many literary histories and can find nothing but casual and unhelpful references. GEOFFREY STEPHENS. Central Public Library, Woolwich. OSCAR WILDE'S ' SALOME.' Seeing a query by Mr. Stuart Mason has prompted me to ask him if he be correct in stating in his ' Bibliography of Oscar Wilde ' that the 1907 edition of ' Salome ' bears the imprint " Wm. Clowes and Sons, Ltd., Printers, London," at the foot of the last page of text ? My copy has no such imprint, nor has a copy sold this month at Messrs. Hodgson's. W. A. HUTCHISON. " PROBABILITY is THE GUIDE OF LIFE." Mr. J. H. Freese, in notes on pp. 47-48 of his translation of the ' Octavius ' of Minucius Felix (S.P.C.K.), writes : Arcesilas (about 315-240 B.C.), Greek philo- sopher, founder of the so-called Middle Academy ... is said to have taught that we can know nothing, not even the fact that we know nothing. Probability is the utmost that can be attained, and this is sufficient as a practical rule of life." Carneados (214.-J.29 B.C.), Greek philosopher, founder of thfe so-called New Academy. Like Arcesilas, he denied the possibility of knowledge and admitted probability, of which he dis- tinguished three degrees. Did either of these say in so many words that probability is the guide or rule of life, and, if so, what were the precise words