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!: S. X. JAN. 14, NOTES AND QUERIES. 33 Emral, of the Pulestons; Giler. of the Prices; and Marie of the

I should a so be glad of the titles of any works giving an account of Giler, Denbighshire, beyond the article in The Antiquary of December, 1883, by the Rev. T. Morgan Owen, M.A., rector of Pentre Voelas. Any information Would be gratefully received.

—Since I last wrote you I became fascinated with the idea of annotating the book, so I bought a second-hand copy of the small octavo complete edition published by Richard Bentley in 1860. I think it is the second edition. I cut it up, interleaved it and rebound it in three volumes according to the three series. During this Christmas I have amused myself by finding chapter and verse for nearly one thousand references, but not all.

The following, whilst they baffle me, may be known to some readers of 'N. & Q.'

Will any lover of 'Ingoldsby' help me with the following as a commencement?—

'Ghost.' (p. 64) What was the "British Forum" and where did it stand?

'Old Woman Clothed in Grey.' (p. 388) Who was "Dullman," Cardinal Wiseman's publisher?—Who were Jemmy Wood (p. 392), Jem Bland (p. 395), Jacobus de Chusa (p. 397), and John Wright (p. 401)?

'Spectre of Tappington.' (p. 13) Was Horsley Curties a real person?—(p. 27) What was a "Bridgewater Prize"?

'Penance.' (p. 293 note) Who were the "foreigneering Bishop" who frequented the Garrick Club, and Mr. Muntz (p. 295)?

'Aunt Fanny.' (p. 317) What is the joke about the Lord Mayor's coal and a slate? What Lord Mayor was a coal-merchant in the thirties?

'Black Mousquetaire.' (p. 229) Who were Stickney the Great and General Widdicombe?—(p. 226 note) Pennalosa?—(p. 239 note) "Tompions, I presume"? Why Farquhar?—(p. 240) Squire Hayne?

'Wedding Day.' (p. 438) Who were Mr. Taylor of Lombard Street and (p. 435 note) Baron Duberly?

'Rupert the Fearless.' (p. 247) Who were Mr. Myers and (p. 249) Howard and Gibbs?

' Leech of Folkestone.' (p. 94) Who was De Ville?

'Misadventures at Margate.' (p. 324) Who was Mr. Withair?

'Smuggler's Leap.' (p. 329) I remember Nock's name as Gunmaker. When and where did he live?—(p. 328) Was Mr. Day a real person?

'Babes in the Wood.' (p. 346) Who was Cotton?

'Dead Drummer.' (p. 348) Who were Charles Wetherall and (p. 350) Poole?

'Row in Omnibus (Box).' (p. 358) When did this occur? What was Doldrum's real name?

'St. Aloys.' (p. 381) Who was Jones of the Strand and what was his "Pyrogeneion"?

'Lord of Toulouse.' (p. 420) Does Morel's still exist?

'Blasphemer's Warning.' (p. 442) Who was Honest John Capgrave, and (p. 459) where can I find the legend of Curina?

'Hermann.' (p. 513) Who is Sir John Nicholl?

'My Letters.' (p. 525) Where was Pearsal's?

'Hand of Glory.' (p. 29) Who was petit Albert and (p. 30) what was a Double-Joe?

'Patty Morgan.' (p. 39) Who was Griffith ap Conan?

'Cynotaph.' (p. 74) Who was Sydney Taylor?

'Witches' Frolic.' (p. 109) Cummers?

'Bagman's Dog.' (p. 212) Libs?

'Nell Cook.' (p. 309) Old Tom Wright? Whose are the two shields on the frontispiece?

Who were "the rival editors" of Shakespeare mentioned in the note on page vi. of the Preface to the second edition?

I shall be glad if anyone will write to me direct and shall be happy to reciprocate, now that my references are all written out.

—Recently I bought an icon of our Lord, holding a book. Within the halo on the left-hand side of the head is an Omega, and above it a T with the stem half as long as it ought to be. Above the top of the head is what appears to be an O (Omicron?), and on the right of the head a letter that somewhat resembles a capital Eta. The ornamental line that is parallel with the frame is broken at the bottom of the icon to admit of the inscription in Slavonic of "Where is the Almighty?" The thumb and first finger and two of the other fingers are curiously twisted.