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multiply " the mass, and coal-balls made according to his directions were not so offensive as " seacole " fires " in smell, nor yet in soil," but were fit "for a ladie's chamber." He published a pamphlet on the subject in 1603. L. L. K.

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

STAFFORDSHIRE M.P.s. Can any reader of ' N. & Q.' supply me with the date of death of any of the following M.P.s ?

Hon. John Grey, co. Stafford, 1689-98.

Edwin Skrymsher, Stafford, 1681.

Rowland Okeover, Stafford, 1685-7.

John Pershall, Stafford, 1761-2.

William Nevill Hart, Stafford, 1770-74.

Daniel Watson, Lichfield, 1660.

John Levett, Lichfield, 1701-2.

John Cotes, Lichfield, 1708-15.

I think the last-named was a son-in-law of Earl Ferrers and died in 1756.

ALFRED B. BEAVEN.

Leamington.

SPIRALS. In 1795 C. Hutton, LL.D., F.R.S., stated that there were more than two hundred types of spirals. I am familiar with the equations and properties of the more common spirals dealt with in the regular textbooks, but I should appreciate brief notes from mathematical readers con- cerning thejless common spirals, with their history, equations, practical applications, any curious characteristic features, together with a set of values for plotting their graphs. Information, which may be sent direct, will be gratefully acknowledged. H. P. F.

19 Robert Street, Regent's Park, N.W.

PLOUGHING SNOW INTO THE LAND. 1~ there any ground for the belief that snow ploughed into land will be the means o propagating a crop of thistles ?

A. E. OUGHTRED.

Castle Eden.

INDIAN MOUNDS, U.S.A. Is anything definitely known as to the origin and purpose of the <, Indian mounds fjwhich exist near Portsmouth, Ohio; Quincy, Illinois; and elsewhere in the United States of America ? The largest in the vicinity of the first-named place covers a considerable tract of land and is in the form of a serpent.

J. LANDFEAR LUCAS.

GUNNERS' HANDBOOKS. In a pamphlet published by William Clowes & Sons, in 1872, there are notices of their publications, as follow :

' Artilleryman's Pocket Companion.' By Col. Shaw.

' Gunners' Pocket Book.' By Capt. Bridges,

LVA.

In another pamphlet by the same firm, in 1875, is announced :

' Gunners' Aid to Instruction.' Compiled in a handy form for the use of Volunteer Gunners, ?y Capt. and Adjutant Fred Page, B.A. Sixth housand.

Information, for bibliographical purposes, about these books is asked for.

J. H. LESLIE, Major R.A. (Retired List).

AUTHORS WANTED. 1. Who wrote

Nor spring nor summer beauty hath the grace, That I have seen in an autumnal face ?

2. I think the following referring to actors are Crabbe's. Where do they occur ?

^ad, happy race, soon raised and soon depressed, Your days all spent in jeopardy and jest ; Poor without prudence, with afflictions vain, Not warned by poverty, not enriched by gain, Whom Justice, pitying, chides from place to place,

A wandering careless, wretched race.

GILBERT FARQUHAR.

FRANCIS BALDWIN, 1 564. In a recent cata- logue I find " Responsio ad Calvinum et Bezaon, pro Francisco Balduino, Coloniae, 1564." Who was he ? OUTIS.

FREDERICK, DUKE OF YORK. In The Sunday Times of the 14th inst., under the heading ' Ninety Years Ago,' is reprinted the following : " It is not generally known that the Duke of York left two natural sons, who are now grown up." Is anything known of these gentlemen what names they bore whether they married and had descendants, &c. ? F. B.

RICHARD ^LAMBERT JONES. Particulars about this author of a privately issued volume of ' Reminiscences ' in the course of the sixties will oblige.

ANEURIN WILLIAMS.

FRANCES ELIZABETH ANNE, COUNTESS WALDEGRAVE. What was the date of her fourth marriage ? The notice of her in the ' D.N.B.' says : " On 20 Jan., 1863, she married Chiphester Samuel Parkinson For- tescue (afterwards Lord Carlingford)." The notice of Chichester Fortescue in the First Supplement of the ' D.N.B.' gives the date