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FOREIGN GRAVES OF BRITISH AUTHORS (128. ii. 172). G. P. R. James (whose works are dealt with ante, p. 167) was British Consul at Venice at the time of his death (June 9, 1860), and was buried in the Protestant cemetery in that city. In 1896 his remains, -with those of other British subjects, were removed to the new cemetery on the island -of San Michele. From an account of the removal (based on the British Vice-Consul's Report) given in The Times of March 19, 1896, I extract the following :

" The Vice-Consul had not heard from any one in England on the subject, but he had the remains reverently exhumed and reburied in a sunny piece of freehold land in the new cemetery. The memorial-stone was also removed. The epitaph runs thus : ' His merits as a writer are known wherever the English language is, and as a man they rest in the hearts of many.' Owing to long exposure the letters would now require to be recut and refilled with lead, the iron railing to be repainted, and some flowers planted on the grave in order to put it in complete order."

I shall be glad if any of your readers can furnish a complete opy of the inscription, And also say if the suggestions made by the Vice-Consul as to the renovation of the memorial-stone, &c., were carried out.

John Richard Green, the historian, died at Mentone, March 7, 1883, and was buried in the cemetery there. The inscription over his grave was given at 7 S. vii. 105.

Letitia Elizabeth Landon=" L. E. L." (Mrs. M'Lean), died at Cape Coast Castle, Oct. 15, 1838. She is buried in the Castle Yard. The Latin inscription there placed to .her memory appears at 7 S. vi. 86.

Louise de la Ramee = " Ouida," died at "Viareggio, Italy, Jan. 25, 1908. She is buried in the English cemetery' at Bagni di Lucca. Her relatives and admirers erected -a monument over her grave in the following year, consisting of a Gothic sarcophagus on which is the recumbent figure of the novelist. A photo-reproduction of the memorial appeared in The Sphere of Oct. 9, 1909, and on the side visible is inscribed :

In memory

of Louise de la Ratnee

" Ouida "

writer of incomparable novels. (See also US. iv. 183.)

Oscar Wilde died in Paris, Nov. 30, 1900, and is buried in Pere Lachaise Cemetery. A remarkable memorial was placed over his grave and unveiled on Nov. 4, 1913.

Edward Whymper died at Chamonix in September, 1911, and was buried there. A copy of the inscription over his grave is desired.

Dr. Philip Doddridge, the hymn-writer, died at Lisbon, Oct. 26, 1751, and is buried in the English Cemetery, where also repose the remains of Henry Fielding (see 7 S. viii. 8, 112, 177).

Robert Louis Stevenson died of apoplexy at his home in the island of Samoa, Dec. 3, 1894. By his own desire he was buried at the summit of Mount Apia. It took forty men with knives and axes to cut a road through to the top, and the site of his grave is thus described by Mr. Lloyd Osbourne, who chose and prepared it :

Nothing more bold or picturesque could be imagined. It is a narrow ledge no wider than a room and flat as a table ; the mountain descends precipitously on both sides ; the vast ocean in front and the white beaches on which the surf is breaking everlastingly ; mountains on either side adrift with mist."

JOHN T. PAGE.

Long Itchington, Warwickshire.

The following is a list of some British authors who were buried abroad :

Buried in

Paris.

Samoa.

Damascus.

Staglieno Cemetery, Genoa.

Rome.

Trichinopoly, India.

Lemnos.

Rome.

Lido Cemetery, Venice.

Avignon. John Addington Symonds Rome. Edward J. Trelawny. . Rome.

The following certainly died abroad, but I am not sure as to whether they were also interred abroad :

Died.

Brussels.

Mentone.

Nice.

Cape Coast Castle.

Trieste.

At sea.

Cannes.

France.

Tegernsee, Bavaria.

Florence.

ARCHIBALD SPARKE.

These names may be added to the list : Frances Trollope, Theodosia Trollope, and Hugh James Rose, at Florence ; Dr. Dionysius Lardner, at Naples ; John Richard Green and Meadows Tavlor at Mentone.

G. S. PARRY.

Bishop Heber (Calcutta), L. E. L. (Cape Coast Castle), Robert Louis Stevenson (Samoa), Henry Fielding (Lisbon).

WM. H. PEET.

Oscar Wilde Robt. L. Stevenson Henry Thomas Buckle Charles Cowden Clarke

Augustus Wm. Hare Reginald Heber Rupert Brooke William Howitt G. P. R. James John Stuart Mill

Richard Middleton John Richard Green Julia Kavanagh Letitia E. Landon Charles J. Lever Matthew G. Lewis Sir H. G. S. Maine Sir John Suckling Lord Acton Charles F. Leland