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 12 S.X. JAN. 14, 1922.1 NOTES AND QUERIES. 39 of laying out a corpse with two candles at j the head and one at the foot, three lights | being, therefore, supposed to be unlucky. As regards smoking, it was a popular super- 1 stition during the Boer War, 1899-1902, j and no doubt earlier examples than this could be obtained. F. M. M. I fancy that most superstitions are | connected with ideas concerning the con- tinuance or transmission of life. A match which has afforded vitality to set two cigarettes going may be supposed to be enfeebled when called into requisition for j a third and to be symbolic of the decadence j of the man who receives its service. 1 1 do not suppose that soldiers have thought this out, but the idea that flame is life seems to have become inherent, and the j dislike to the expiring match inherent. In most things " three for luck " is looked for ; but if you want life and good fortune have nothing to do with expiring flames. I hope I have not said this before in ' N. & Q.,' but I have said so much there in the course of time that it is not as easy to remember as it is to forget. ST. S WITHIN. EDWARD LAMPLUGH (12 S. ix. 491, 533). I -Faulkner (' Kensington,' p. 355) records the baptism on Jan. 17, 1692, of " Mary, j d. of Thomas Lamplugh, clerk, son of j the Archbiship of York deceased at his! house in the Square." On Aug. 23, 1703, administration to the j goods of Thomas Lamplugh, late of | Kensington, S.T.D. was granted to Mary I the widow (P.C.C.). On March 1, 1719/20, a further grant de bonis non issued to Edward Lamplugh I (P.C.C.). Foster, ' Al. Oxon.,' states that Thomas Lamplugh, the Archbishop's son, I became rector of St. Andrew-Undershaft in 1701, and the ' Novum Repertorium ' ; states that the rector of this name died in j July, 1703, without, however, identifying him as the son of the archbishop. It seems clear, putting all the evidence ! together, that Edward was the grandson j of the archbishop, and that Burke, ' L.G.,' is wrong in calling the archbishop's son's wife j Margaret. J. B. WHITMORE. MOLESWORTH (12 S. ix. 491). As James; Molesw'orth who was elected into College in 1733 is stated in Phillimore's ' Alumni Westmonasterienses ' to be the son of Walter Molesworth of Westminster, it seems j probable that the James and George Molesworth inquired for are James and St. George Molesworth, sons of the Hon. (Hamilton) Walter Molesworth of Walton- on-Thames and St. Margaret's, West- minster, who were admitted to Lincoln's Inn in 1736 and 1749 respectively. Both died before their father, who died in 1773. There was a Bt.-Col. James Molesworth, Lt.-Col. 2nd Foot, who died Lt. -Governor of Cork, Feb. 28, 1765, who might well be the James inquired for. The probability of the identification is increased by the fact that the fourth and fifth viscounts, first cousins of James and St. George, were also at Westminster. J. B. WHITMORE. AUTHOR OF POEM WANTED (12 S. ix. 529). The poem ' Harry ' was written by Mrs. Fanny (Wheeler) Hart, wife of the Rev. Dudley Hart, rector of Stretford. She also wrote ' Freda : a Novel,' ' Mrs. Jerningham's Journal ' (in verse), ' Try and you will,' ' The Runaway,' and several others. ARCHIBALD SPARKE. on Ancient Tales from Many Lands : A Collection of Folk Stories. By R. M. Fleming. (London: Benn Brothers, 10s. Qd. net.) IP we consider this merely as a collection of stories told for their own sake, it deserves nothing but praise. Obviously the writer has practised the art of story -telling with much thought and with success. Crisp and clear with every bit of colour, light, humour, grotesque form or inci- dent, and hint of character set out to full yet not disproportionate advantage these narratives might be given as models to teachers. Where pathos or tragedy appears the success, given the limits of the work, is hardly less complete, and to every other merit is added that of an easy un- affected diction which draws no attention to itself. The stories are taken from all over the world, and range from the rude folk-lore of West Africa or Polynesia to well-known Greek legends, and even to an account of Hammurabi, which hardly belongs to the category of "ancient tales." A little more work would have made the book first rate for its purpose ; as it is we suspect it will only half fulfil this. It is meant for children, and for teachers who have made no special study of mythology. We gather from the Appendix that it forms part of a plan for the teaching of history and geography. But in view of its being used for more than amusement the tales should have been classified ; their sources should have been indicated, and those which belong to important cycles of myth, forming part of the religious be- liefs of ancient civilized peoples such as the story of Rama or which belong to the irain literary tradition of Western Europe such as the story of lo (incorrectly set out here) should not have been placed side by side with crude savage myths the importance and interest of which are great but of a different kind.