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PRONUNCIATION OF " EA " (12 S. ii. 530? iii . 5 8, 7 7 ). In the rime for these vowels Co wley seems to allow himself some freedom. The opening scene of ' Love's Riddle ' contains a song of twelve lines, wherein occur the couplets following :

The merry Waves dance up and down, and play, Sport is granted to the Sea.

If all the Elements, the Earth, the Sea, Air, and Fire, so merry be.

In ' The Mistress ' ( ' Bathing in the River ') he writes :

Tell her, her Beauties and her Youth, like Thee, Hastfe] without stop to a devouring Sea. Elsewhere he rimes " sea " with " thee " and with " luxury." Ben Jonson has :

There, there is Virtue's seate

Tis onely she can make you great. Apparently, not many words in present current use have " ea " with the sound of long a. Does a final r affect the sound e.g., "bear," "tear," "wear" ? K. S.

See also the last article in ' The Cambridge History of English Literature,' recently concluded, viz., vol. xiv. chap. xv. pp. 434-64, ' Changes, in the Language since Shakespeare's Time,' by W. Murison, with its corresponding bibliography.

A. R. BAYLEY.

BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE VICTORIA CROSS (12 S. iii. 49). The following may be added to the list given by MR. MENMTJIR :

1. ' Victoria Cross in Afghanistan.' By W. J. Elliott. (Dean.) 1882.

2. ' Victoria Cross in Zululand and South Africa.' By W. J. Elliott. (Dean.) 1882.

3. ' Victoria Cross.' By M. Gerard. (Nelson.) 1891.

4. ' Heroes of our Day : recent winners of the Victoria Cross.' By W. Richards. (Virtue.) 1891. Another edition, 1892.

5. ' For Valour.' By J. E. Muddock. A new edition was published in 1897.

6. ' Britain's Roll of Glory ; or, the Victoria Cross, its Heroes and their Valour. From personal accounts, official records, and regimental tradition.' By D. H. Parry. (Cassell.) 1895. Revised edition, 1898. New and enlarged edi- tion, 1913.

7. ' Stories of the Victoria Cross and the Humane Society.' By F. Mundell. (Sunday School Union.) 1903.

8. ' Sons of Valour. A complete record of the Victoria Cross heroes from its institution to the present date.' By Kate Stanway. (Drane.) 1907.

,'ROLAND AUSTIN. Gloucester.

The following might have been added to the list given at the above reference : ' Britain's Roll of Glory ; or, The Victoria Cross : its Heroes and their Valour,' by D. H. Parry (Cassell & Co.). This book was first published in 1895, and a new and revised edition was issued in 1899. In addition to chapters dealing with the principal exploits for which the V.C. has been awarded, it contains a reprint of the Royal Warrants and an alphabetical list of all the recipients, their ranks and regiments, and a brief statement of the particular acts of bravery for which they received the Cross. LEONARD J. HODSON.

Robertsbridge, Sussex.

I send two additional items :

1. By D. H. Parry, author of ' The Death or Gldry Boys : the Story of the 17th Lancers,' &c. :

' The V.C. : its Heroes and their Valour. From personal accounts, official records, and regimental tradition.' (London, New York, Toronto, and Melbourne, Cassell & Co., Ltd.) 1913. Demy 8vo, pp. xvi, 520. With eight illustrations by Stanley L. Wood. New and enlarged edition.

There is a note on p. iv : " This work was first published in 1895 under the title of ' Britain's Roll of Glory.' " The first para- graph of the Preface says : " Since the first publication of this book, in 1895, four editions have been called for." I have not seen the earlier editions.

2. By Kate Stanway :

' Sons of Valour. A complete record of the Victoria Cross heroes from it [sic] institution to the present date.' (London, Henry J. Drane.) n.d. [1904]. Demy 16mo, pp. ii, 142.

The latest award mentioned in this book is dated July 6, 1904.

J. H. LESLIE.

WHITE HART SILVER, DORSET (12 S. iii. 30). Miss CRAIG asks whether the " White Hart Silver " (" a fine imposed by Henry III. on Dorset ") is still paid into the Ex- chequer as it was in his day, and for any information with regard to it.

I am afraid that I cannot give her any information as to the payment of this money into the Treasury at the present day, though that might be definitely ascertained on inquiry at the proper quarters ; but, inasmuch as the whole story is rather of a legendary nature, I should certainly assume that it is not.

In the first place I do not think that Miss CRAIG will find that the amercement was imposed upon Dorset as a county, but only upon particular individuals and their