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fund should be created), in aid of unsuccessful or impecunious Yiddish writers. Should the net receipts exceed that amount in any given year, then 10 per cent must be remitted to the fund, of which, it would seem, these gifts are intended to form the future nucleus.

Par. 8 refers to his son's grave in Copen- hagen.

In par. 9 he advises his heirs, executors, and assigns to endeavour by every means possible to retain all the copyrights of his various works. He does not, however, bind them down to carry out this part of the will, but grants them permission to sell outright, for a large sum down, all or part of the documentary rights at their disposal. The Literary Fund's interest is not overlooked.

In par. 10 he enjoins upon his children, " as his last wish and request, to take every care of their mother, to make her life pleasant, to heal her broken heart, not to weep for him, but rather

to remember him with joy, and. what is most important, to live in peace among themselves, not to bear any grudge against one another, to assisi each other in times of distress, to remember the family, and to have pity on the poor, and under favourable conditions to pay off his debts, if there should be any."

And he concludes this excellent address to his children in true Hebraic fashion :

" Children I bear my Jewish name to sustain which I laboured very hard with honour, and our God who is in Heaven will help you. Amen."

The full text of this will is printed in The Jewish Exponent of Philadelphia for May 19, where also a short and interesting outline of Rabinowitz's life will be found. Some of his merriest tales would well repay transla- tion into English, but this would need to be undertaken by a person of fine discretion, judgment, and taste, who would be able to eliminate some of the crudities that mar the flavour of the wine.

SL L. R. BRESLAR.

AN ENGLISH ARMY LIST OF 1740. (See ante, pp. 3, 43.)

THE other regiment is " General Wade's Regiment of Horse," formed in 1685. In 1740 the officers were :

General Wade's Regiment of Horse.

Dates of their present commissions.

19 Mar. 1716-7. 3 April 1733.

ditto.

14 Feb. 1728-9. 10 April 1733.

22 May 1735. 21 Feb. 1734-5. 24 April 1728. 10 April 1733. 21 Feb. 1734-5.

5 July 1735. 13 Aug. 1736.

23 June 1730.

8 Feb. 1730-1. 10 April 1733.

21 Feb. 1734-5.

22 May 1735. 13 Aug. 1736.

The regiment is now the " 3rd (Prince of Wales's) Dragoon Guards."

1) He commanded the regiment from 1717 to 1748, and was promoted to the rank of Field- Marshal in 1743 (' D.N.B.').

(2) Third son of John, 2nd Lord Bellenden. Father of 4th Duke of Roxburghe.

(3) Second son of Horatio, 1st Viscount Townshend.

4) " Rushie" in MS. interleaf. Possibly should be " Ruishe." (5) Fourth son of Charles, 4th Baron Cornwallis.

Colonel. . . . Lieutenant Colonel Mayor. . ..

Captains

Captain Lieutenant

Lieutenants

Cornets

George Wade (1)

William Bellenden (2)

William Wade.. /"Roger Townshend (3). -J Michael Armstrong ^Rushia Hassel (4)

John Ball

William Fitz-Thomas. .

Nathaniel Burrough. . i George Jefferys I De La vail Harrison. . ^Richard Cornwallis (5)

Ralph Pennyman

Septimus Robinson

Lucy Weston. . _ Francis Ashbey j Isaac Merrill. . ' Robert Lawson

There follow (pp. 8 to 11) eight regiments of Dragoons, each with the same establishment of officers as the two preceding regiments.

The word "dragoon" (French dragon) originally meant a musket or carbine. Later it was applied to musketeers, mounted and armed with a dragoon. Dragoons were, in fact, -a spacies of mounted infantry, serving sometimes on foot and sometimes on horseback.