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STEVENSON'S 'THE WRONG Box.' I shall be grateful to any students of that delight- ful book who will solve the following diffi- culties for me.

(a) Chap. viii. " What is life," passionately exclaimed the French philosopher, " without the pleasures of disguise ? " What French philo- sopher, and where ? Or is it a mere hoax of the author's ?

(6) Chap. x. " ....a heavy body, where (slightly altering the expressions of the song) no heavy body should have been." What song ? Please give " chapter and verse " reference.

(c) Chap. iy. " It has been remarked by some judicious thinker (possibly J. F. Smith) that Providence despises to employ no instrument, however humble." Who is or was J. ; F. Smith? Or is this Stevenson's fun ?

(d) Chap. ix. " You'll ask me to help you out of the muddle. I know I'm emissary of Provi- dence, but not that kind ! You get out of it yourself, like JEsop and the other fellow." What story of vEsop is alluded to ? It must be observed, of course, that the speaker is fuddled.

(e) Chap. vii. " What the Governor of South Carolina said to the Governor of North Carolina," &c. " Chapter and verse " references for this story.

What is the meaning of the following ?

1. "Here he was, ab agenda, at seventy-three " (chap. i.).

2. " Obliterated voyagers " (chap. ii.).

3. " Like an ungrateful clock " (chap. xi. near the beginning).

4. " So advertised a storehouse " (chap. xi.). Can this be meant for " self-advertising," " un- mistakable " ?

6. " The three-letter E was broken " (chap. xiv.).

6. Chap. xiii. " But then Michael has accom- plices that Scotchman and the whole gang." Whom does Morris mean ? He cannot mean the "capable Scot" of chap. i. Michael's only accomplice that I can find is his faithful house- keeper the Scotchwoman Teena.

7. Chap. xv. " I owe you one pound ten : don't you rouse the British Lion." How does John owe Morris this sum ?

H. K. ST. J. S.

Ashfield, Bedford.

SALAMANCA DOCTOB. Who was this ? I shall be glad of some particulars of him. THOS. RATCLIFFE. Worksop.

BEACONSFIELD'S NOVELS : KEYS WANTED. Can any one help me to keys of the characters in Lord Beaconsfield's novels in ' Henrietta Temple,' ' Venetia,' ' Conings- by,' and ' Tancred ' if possible ? Such keys appeared, I think, in The Graphic some years ago. LINDISFARNE.

[Keys to ' Endymion ' were printed at 6 S. ii. 484 ; iii. 10, 31, 95 (the first was reprinted at

JAMES EDWARD WARD of New York, founder of the Ward line of steamers, came from King's or Queen's County, Ireland. He had a sister Catherine and a nephew Michael Ward. I should be grateful for particulars concerning this family.

E. C. FlNLAY.

BERN ARD= PAYNE. William Bernard of Clogristie, co. Carlo w, gent., married Caro- line Payne, widow, Feb. 7, 1764, in Carlow. I should be glad to ascertain particulars of their birth and burial, and the names of their children ; also the Christian name of Mrs. Payne's first husband.

E. C. FlNLAY. 1453 Hyde Street, San Francisco.

NEALE AND BUTTON FAMILIES OF CHEAM. Is anything known of the families of Neale and Button of Cheam, Surrey ? The following inscription is from a black marble tomb in the churchyard :

" Here lyes ye bodyes of Christiana, the wife of Henry Neale of Cheame, who was buried ye 29th of March, 1664, and ye said Henry Neale, who was buried ye 2Cth of August, 1676. Also their daughter Eliza Button, who was murdered ye 13th of July, 1687, by her neighbour, in- deavering to make peace between him and his wife, aged 63 years ; also Deleval Button her son, who departed this life. . . .1680."

Any information will be gratefully re- ceived. LEONARD C. PRICE.

Essex Lodge, Ewell, Surrey.

WARD FAMILY OF NORWICH. In the ' History of the City and County of Norwich ' (1768), p. 347, occurs the following :

" In the night of Bee. 26, 1766, a sudden and terrible fire broke out at the dwelling-house of Mr. Ward, a butcher in Ber Street, which in a very short space of time entirely consumed the same, together with Mr. Ward's wife, mother, two children, a grandchild, and a maidservant ; Mr. Ward himself and two sons narrowly escaping."

The entry in the parish register at St. John Sepulchre, Norwich, concerning the above, reads : " 1766. Buried in the year of our Lord 1766

Susannah Ward, married

woman, aged 52 .. . . Becember 28

Elizabeth Tooley, married woman, aged 70

Bartho: Ward, single man, aged 13

Ann Ward, infant

Lucy Nixon, infant

Ann Garrold, single woman, aged 17 These six were all burnt, and the remains buried in one coffin."

The record of the burial of George Ward, at the age of 63, is to be found in St. John Sepulchre under Feb. 3, 1775 ; and