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priest was the chief functionary on the o?casion, preaching an excellent sermon before the unkindled pyre, in which he informed the faithful that the fire was in honour of St. Peter, patron of fishermen. There was no allusion to its heathen origin in connexion with midsummer.

According to my memory, German folk- lorists have recorded numerous instances of fires being lighted near cornfields, or of burning torches being carried round them, so such observances are not limited to Western Europe. B. L. R. C.

GERMAN AND AUSTRIAN PRINCES KILLED IN THE WAR. The ' Almanach de Gotha ' for 1916 gives the following names of princes who have been killed in battle. For one reason or another, some of those who fell in 1914 are still included. Among these are Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Lippe, Count Ernest of Lippe, Prince Nicolas of Radziwill, Prince Henri XL VI. of Reuss, Prince Fried- rich of Saxe-Meiningen, and Count Ottocar of Seyn-et- Wittgenstein.

In 1915 there fell the following; and it is worth noticing how few belonging to the greater houses had been killed up to the time the ' Almanach' was issued, all except one appearing in the second and third sec- tions of the book : Prince Henri Aloyse Marie Joseph of Liechtenstein ^at Warsaw, Aug. 16) ; Prince Louis Godefroi of Auer- sperg (in Poland, Aug. 6); Count Adolphe of Trauttmansdorff-Weinsberg (at Krasnick, Aug. 14) ; Count Adolphe Kraft Louis of Erbach-Furstenau (in Russia, Aug. 13) ; Prince Alexander of Hohenlohe-Schilling- fiirst, brother of the reigning prince (at Zywaczo,in Galicia,Mar. 9); Count Georges Marie Joseph of Waldbourg (May 30) ; and Count Sigwart Bolko Philippe of Eulenberg- Hertefeld (at Jaslo, Galicia, June 2).

These are the names that I have happened to remark, though the list may not be quite exhaustive. A. FRANCIS STEUART.

[See also the list at 11 S. xii. 217.]

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MAGIC DRUM. An old magic drum from Swedish Lapland was recently found in the cellar of a castle in Ostergotland, Sweden. It is a very long time since such a rare ethno- graphical object was brought before the public. All the genuine drums of this kind hitherto known are kept in museums, where they are safe from the private curiosity- hunter. The drum which has now been found is in the possession of Mr. Math. Lehman of Stockholm. E. B.

WE must request correspondents desiring in- formation on family matters of only private interestr to affix their names and addresses to their queries in order that answers may be sent to them direct.

FORRESTER, SIMPSON, DICKSON, " ANDERSON. I should be most grateful to any reader who could supply me with genealogical details of the ancestry of :

1. Nell Forrester. She claimed descent from the Lords Forrester of Corstorphine,. who built Corstorphine Church in 1385 A.D- She married about 1774, at Cramond, James Simpson or Simson, who was born c. 1746-9,. and died April 27, 1819. I understand that either Simpson or his father had been factor, or something of that sort, to Sir Williarm Foulis of Ravelston, Bart.

2. James Simpson or Simson. There is a tradition that Simpson was a descendant of the Simson family, which was noted for the number of its clergymen. He married, as his- second wife,

3. Isabella Dickson, at Colinton, Nov. 26,- 1790. She was, I believe, either sister or cousin to Samuel Dickson, a builder and contractor. He built a very large portion, of the new town of Edinburgh, and died in, 1793, aged 44 years. He married Agnes Baillie, a daughter of Thomas Baillie, who,. I understand, was connected with the- Baillies of Lamington. I should be glad if these connexions could be established.

4. John Anderson, married Helen Simp- son, July 23, 1824. She was the second daughter of James Simpson by his wife Isabella Dickson. She was bom Sept. 24, 1795, and died at Bantaskine, Falkirk, in 1863. John Anderson was a boot- and shoe- maker, and had a shop at 8 or 9 Young Street,. Edinburgh. His father, Christian name un- known, was a shepherd in or near Hadding- ton, and lived to be 87 years of age. The latter's father also lived at or near Hadding- ton. He was 90 when he died. It is said that the father or grandfather of John Anderson married, as his second wife r the illegitimate daughter or the daughter of the- illegitimate son, Charles of George Seton... fifth and last Earl of Winton. If the exact connexion between the Andersons and the Setons could also be established I should be grateful.

I should be glad if your correspondents would communicate with me direct, suppos- ing the replies are not considered of suffi- cient genealogical importance to warrant publication. JAMES S. ANDERSON.

Jesmond, 18 Culverden Down, Tunbridge Wells.-