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NOTES AND QUERIES. [12 s. in. MARCH 24, 1917.

TEMPLE FAMILY. Can any reader of ' N. & Q.' give information as to the maiden name of the wife of William Temple, son of Rev. Thomas Temple, D.D. ? He married in 1655 a certain Elizabeth, described in family records as "a fine and learned gentlewoman."

The maiden name of William Temple's mother is also wanted. Thomas Temple, D.D., married " Anne, of a Reading family," but it is not clear whether she was William's mother, or whether Thomas Temple was married twice. In any case Anne's sur- name is missing. (These Temples were " of the Coughton line.")

(Miss) G. E. CLABKE.

5 The Yoakleys, Park Street, Stoke Newington, N.

AUTHORS WANTED. The real names of - the authors of the following pseudonymously issued novels are wanted :

Marmaduke, Emperor of Europe. By " X." Durrant & Co. Chelmsford, 1895.

The Merchant of Venice. By " A Popular Novelist." Greening, 1913.

The Odd Farmhouse. By " The Odd Farm- wife." Macmillan, 1913.

A Derelict Empire. By " Mark Time." Black- wood, 1912.

Count Tleki. By " Eca." Warne, 1869.

James. By " W. Dane Bank." Sidgwick & Jackson, 1914.

Who wrote ' Sir Anthony and the Ewe Lamb,' published anonymously by Harper in 1903 ? ARCHIBALD SPABKE.

AUTHOB OF QUOTATION WANTED. " Life isn't all beer and skittles."

JKANNETTE E. WATEBMAN. Pittsfield, Mass, U.S.A.

[C. S. Calverley has the affirmative form of this- In his ' Contentment ' he says :

Life is with such all beer and skittles ;

They are not difficult to please About their victuals.

' Cassell's Book of Quotations,' by Gurney Benham.]

POBTBAITS WANTED. 1. George Gawler, 1796-1869 ('D.N.B.'), Governor of South Australia. Is there a portrait in any of the contemporary illustrated papers ?

2. F. D. Kirwan, author of the preface and illustrative notes to " Transactions of the Parisian Sanhedrim .... London, 1807." I shall be obliged for the dates of his birth and death, and a few biographical details. Does a portrait exist ? What are his Christian names ?

3. Dr. Edward Robinson, author of ' Biblical Researches in Palestine,' 1841. I should be glad to have a few biographical

details, and to know whether a portrait exists.

4. John Hadley Swain, theological writer at the latter end of the eighteenth century. Does a portrait exist ? What are the dates of his birth and death ?

5. Moses Wall translated and published the English version of ' Spes Israelis,' by Menasseh Ben Israel, in 1652, with ' Dis- courses upon the point of the Conversion of the Jewes.' Is anything known of this writer ? I should like to ascertain whether a portrait exists, and the dates of his birth and death.

6. Roger Williams, 1604(?)-83, ' D.N.B.,' colonist and pioneer of religious liberty. Does a portrait exist, in this country or America ?

7. James Young, English Vice-Consul at Jerusalem. I shall be obliged for the dates of his birth and death, and a few biographical details. Does a portrait exist ?

ISBAEL SOLOMONS.

LlBBABY OF THE LATE WlLLIAM WATKIN EDWARD WYNNE, OF PENIABTH, MEBIONETH- SHIBE. Mr. Wynne, who died in 1880, had a fine library of Welsh MSS. and local history. Can any one inform me who owns this library at the present day, or whether it was dispersed after his death ?

T. J.

Cambridge.

ALEXANDEB SMITH ON POE. Alexander Smith, writing of Poe, said he was " the most incorrigible blackguard of genius that has appeared in either hemisphere." That was about 1850. The Edinburgh Review about 1865 described him as a " blackguard of mark." Can any reader give me the references ? R. M. HOGG.

Irvine.

OLD WOOD CABVING : INSCBIPTION. I have in my possession an old davenport, which, in its present form, I believe dates from the early part of the last century. At any rate, it was in my father's possession when I was a child, now some seventy years ago. It is made up of old oak panels, carved in alto-rilievo, of apparently different ages. The most remarkable of them is the back panel, which is the largest, and I imagine the oldest. It contains a number of figures. There are clouds at the top, from the centre of which emerges a crowned head which I presume represents God the Father. On each side are angels. The principal figure is a knight with plumed helm, attended by a number of men in mediaeval armour, some