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botanist Matthiolus stating that the fruit was esteemed by the Turks as a specific against broken wind in horse*. The Turkish name for the tree is atkastait, meaning horse- chest nut. It differs, therefore, in sense from the same prefix in " horse-radish," "horse-mushroom," &c., meaning "coarse, large." HERBERT MAXWELL.

Monreith.

" JOBEY" OF ETON (12 S. ii. 248). The thanks of old Etonians are due to PROF. RICHARD H. THORNTON for his references to certain letters in The Times of Jan. 13, 14, 15, 1916.

On looking them up I have found that certain dates should be added. The death of Alfred Knock, known to Etonians as " Jobey," was announced in a three-to-four- line paragraph in The Times of Dec. 22, 1915, p. 7, col. 6. Following this there were letters concerning Jobey, or rather several Jobeys, in The Times of Jan. 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 19. The last letter, written by the author of the first, is preceded by a short editorial article headed ' Jobey as a Type.'

ROBERT PIERPOINT.

THE REV. DAVID DURELL, D.D., PRE- BENDARY OF CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL (12 S. ii. 250). Was apparently born in 1729 ; son of Thomas of isle of Jersey, arm., " and seems to have been descended from Dean (John) Durel, the controversial divine, who rendered the Common Prayer Book into Latin and French " (D. Macleane's ' History of Pembroke College,' Oxford, 1897, p. 387). He died Oct. 16, 1775, apparently unmarried. A. R. BAYLEY.

ROME AND Moscow (12 S. ii. 149, 198). The question of the burning of Moscow has often been discussed, and will probably never be settled. Dr. Holland Rose, in his ' Life of Napoleon,' contents himself with pointing out the contradictory nature of the evidence available, but does not come to any conclusion on the subject. Mr. Hereford George, in his ' Napoleon's Invasion of Russia,' examines the matter at some length, and after discussing the evidence, &c., sums up as follows :

"On the face of the undoubted facts there is no adequate evidence that the burning of Moscow was deliberate, though there is, of course, no evidence that it was not. The case against Count Ro-top- chin rests mainly on the fact that his contem- poraries believed it, chiefly on his own avowal, and refused to believe his subsequent denial." Op. cit.. p. 221.

I am afraid we must leave it at that.

T. F. D.

W. ROBINSON, LL.D., F.8.A., 1777-1848 (12 S. ii. 209). His library was sold in part by Puttick & Simpson, Sept. 20, 1848; ard original manuscripts and interesting, valu- able, and important collections made by Robinson were dispersed by the same auctioneers on June 12, 1857.

Sir F. Madden's collections were sold l;y Sothebys, June 29, 1867, and (MSS.) Aug. 7, 1873. ' A. L. HUMPHREYS.

SIR JOHN MAYNARD, 1592-1658 (12 S. ii. 172, 238). I am disposed to think that the references given by MR. BAYLEY in his reply are not, correct, and it is possible that he has confused two Sir John Maynards. The Sir John Maynard about whom in- formation was sought by the EDITOR OF ' THE BRADFORD ANTIQUARY ' is not the Maynard whose portrait is in the National Portrait Gallery. Nor are the references to the ' D.N.B.' and to Selby's Genealogist correct as referring to Sir John Maynard, 1592-1658. A. L. HUMPHREYS.

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THE DICK WHITTINGTON : CLOTH FAIR (12 S. ii. 248). I am sorry to hear that the Dick Whittington public-house is being pulled down, though it had got into a sad state of dilapidation. It appeared to date from the first half of the seventeenth century. Its claim, however, to be *' the oldest licensed house in London " was altogether apocryphal, if meant to imply that it had been licensed for a long time. In the Grace Collection at the Print-Room of the British Museum, portfolio xxvi., there are two sketches showing it as a shop. I have often seen them, and believe that they are those numbered 92 and 95, and described respec- tively as ' Old House (a Butcher's) in Cloth Fair ' and ' Old House (Hairdresser's) in Ditto, Drawing by Shepherd, 1850.' A water-colour of it by me is in the London Museum, now closed. PHILIP NORMAN.

" GREAT-COUSIN" (12 S. ii. 228). This most probably merely means " great-nephew " or " great-niece." In old wills nephews and nieces are freq\iently styled cousins. It would seem that the practice still continues in the North of England. G. S. PARRY.

" L'HOMME SENSUEL MOYEN " (12 S. ii. 148). 1 have been anxiously awaiting an answer to O. G.'s query as to the origin < f this well-known phrase. I have al\va> - understood that it occurred first in Flaubert , but I cannot lay my hand on the reference. DE V. PAYEN-PAYNE.