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GRACE DARLING. The Illustrated Lon- don News for June 3 and June 10, 1865, records that Grace Darling and her father saved nine lives from the wreck of the Forfar- shire, in 1838. The ' D.N.B.' gives the number saved as five. ' Haydn's Dictionary of Dates ' gives the number saved as fifteen (ed. 1873). Which of these statements is correct ? W. L. KING.

Paddock Wood. Kent.

[MR. FREDERIC BOASE, at 10 S. ix. 285, gives the text of the inscription on the silver medal pre- sented to Grace Darling by the Glasgow Humane Society, where the number of persons saved is said to have been nine.l

JOHN CARPENTER. At 9 S. xi. 261 it is stated that Anne, widow of James A^eitch, married John Carpenter, and that their son John was educated at Westminster School, became an officer in the King's Dragoon Guards, and married Theresa, daughter of George Fieschi Heneage. I should be glad to learn when John Carpenter, jun., was born, when he obtained his commission in the Dragoon Guards, and when he died.

G. F. R. B.

"HOLME LEE": J. MORGAN. 1. Who was the novelist who bore the pen-name "Holme Lee" ? A few particulars will oblige.

2. Where was J. Morgan, author of ' Phoenix Britannicus,' 1732, &c., born, and what was his profession ?

ANETTRIN WILLIAMS.

[I. "Holme Lee" was the pseudonym of Miss Harriet Parr, who died Feb. 18, 1900. She is in- cluded in the First Supplement to the ' D.N.B.']

JOHN BRADSHAW'S LIBRARY. John Brad- shaw (the president of the court which sentenced Charles I. to death) in a codicil to his will dated March 23, 1653,

'bequeaths all his law books and such divinity, history, and books as shee [his wife the executrix] shall judge tit for him, to his nephew Harry Bradshaw."

The library thus bequeathed continued at Marple, and was augmented by later genera- tions of the Bradshaws. It was then sold to a Mr. Edwards of Halifax. It was subse- quently offered for sale by Messrs. Edwards of Pall Mall, being joined in one catalogue with the libraries of N. Wilson, Esq., and two deceased antiquaries ; and the entire collec- tion, according to a writer in The Gentleman's Magazine, vol. Ixxxvi. part i., is described as being more splendid and truly valuable than any which had been previously presented to the curious, and such as " astonished not only

the opulent purchasers, but the most ex- perienced and intelligent booksellers of the metropolis " (see Ormerod's ' History of Cheshire,' vol. hi., under heading ' Marple '). Can any reader of ' N. & Q.' give any in- formation respecting this library ? Is it still in existence, and if so who possesses it ?

A. HULME.

Willow Grove, Marple.

BOOKS WANTED. I should be glad to be informed whether any reference library in the United Kingdom contains the following works :

1. Ranghiasci - Brancaleone. " Metnorie isto- riche della citta di Nepi e de' suoi dintorni." Todi, 1845-7.

2. ' Revue des questions heraldiques, 5 e annee, 1902-3; or article excerpted therefrom upon the family and arms of Pope Urban IV., by Vte. de Poli.

Apparently the British Museum possesses neither of the above. SICILE.

PRONUNCIATION OF " MARGARINE." A word much in evidence now owing to war economies is " margarine." How should it be pronounced ? Grocers and housewives of all degrees with one accord make the g soft as in " marge " ; it seems to me it should be hard as in " Margaret." But, like the current mispronunciation of " cinema," the former manner of speech, even if it is erroneous, has probably become so firmly established that it is hopeless to attempt the other. Who invented the word ?

PENRY LEWIS.

[The ' N.E.D.' says that " margarine " is a forma- tion from the " margaric acid " of Chevreul. The hard g is the correct sound. The history of the word is supplied by the quotations in the Dic- tionary.]

THE USE OF THE DEFINITE ARTICLE WITH NAMES OF SHIPS. What is the rule in speaking of the ships of the Royal Navy ? I was rather disturbed, in reading the Admiral's dispatch on the 'Jutland Battle, to find that in no case did he speak of ships with the definite article prefixed. The effect, to my mind, was as if the authorities were endeavouring to describe a great naval battle in the language which a provincial reporter might use in describing a local regatta. I find, however, that a century ago Lord Exmouth, in his instructions for the disposition of the Fleet in their attack upon Algiers, dated Aug. 6, 1816, sometimes uses the article and sometimes not : " The Superb, Impregnable following " ; " the rear-ship, the Albion " ; " the Leander will keep nearly abreast the Superb " ; " Hebrus