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"BURNT CHAMPAGNE" (12 S. iv. 217). I can only make vague alternative sug- gestions to explain this. It may have been mulled champagne (still wine, not sparkling champagne) or something like " cram- pampuli," which is made from burnt rum, as I saw it prepared and consumed it in Vienna many years ago. Lump sugar is placed in a teacup : a good dose of rum is poured on the sugar and set alight. When the flame has died away, the tea is poured into the cup, with or without milk or with lemon juice. Of course, champagne brandy can only be used not wina, which could no more be set on fire than the Thames.

L. L. K.

Burnt brandy (fin champagne), un- doubtedly ! May I give a recipe ?

In a kettle filled two-thirds with water put an apple, gouged out with a spoon, i.i., no knife must touch it ; a handful of muscatels, and four teaspoonfuls of sugar, which must not be stirred/ Boil. Add one- third" of brandy (or rum) to taste. Again boil. Take off the lid of the kettle, set alight the spirit, and replace the lid. Just reboil, and then serve. F. LAMBARDE. B.E.F., France.

"Burnt wine" is scalded or fire-heated. I did not know that champagne was ever so maltreated. ST. S WITHIN.

HERALDIC : CAPTOR AND HIS CAPTIVE'S ARMS (12 S. iv. 188). R. S. B.'s scepticism is quite justified. No case of the applica-

tion of this " principle

has been noted. D. L. G.

SHIELD DIVIDED QUARTERLY (12 S. iv. 188). There seems to be no way of distinguishing the two cases. Quarterly shields with a charge in each quarter are very rare in pre-Tudor heraldry.

D. L. G.

" BOLD INFIDELITY ! TURN PALE AND DIE" (12 S. iv. 102, 172). Perhaps the querist, owing to a large number of answers received privately, may be his own replier for the benefit of others. Three persons have been given as author : S. T. Coleridge, the Rev. T. S. Grimshaw, and the Rev. Robert Robinson. Coleridge is out of it, as he was born (1772) after it occurs as an epitaph. Grimshaw' s dates are wanting ; while Robinson died in 1790. I have ob- tained copies of the epitaph from dated gravestones in the following churchyards or

cutta (1787) ; Bunhill Fields (1798) ; Allen- dale, Northumberland (1807) ; Crambe, Yorks (1836) ; and Ispytty Cynfyn, Mont- gomery (1848). I have also copies from gravestones at Brasted (Kent), Huntingdon (St. Ives), Ripon Cathedral, and Townstall by Dartmouth ; but I know not the dates. Can any reader supply the above missing dates, or give names of other places where the epitaph occurs and their dates ? When was the Rev. T. S. Grimshaw born, and when did he die ? J. W. FAWCETT.

Consett, co. Durham.

fMr. E. B. Suffling in his ' Epitaphia ' says on p. 194 that Mr. Grimshaw's children died between 1813 and 1818, while he was Vicar of Biddenham,. Beds. Hia claim is therefore disproved..,

WILLIAM STOKES (12 S. iv. 134). The grave of Wm. Stokes is in Hammersmith Cemetery. It is situated about halfway up the main road through the cemetery from Hammersmith, on the left-hand side. Un- fortunately, his name is not recorded on the memorial which marks the spot ; but he was interred on Sept. 7, 1911, aged 75, When Mrs. Stokes died her husband erected a tombstone to her memory. It contains the following inscription in black lettering on a green paper ground, covered with glass :

In memory of Amelia Mary Stokes, The highly gifted, sympathetic, and beloved wife of

William Stokes. Bom 3rd April, 1830. Married 12th April, 1864-

Died 28th February, 1900. Mnemonical Acrostic Epitaph. A smile, through me, lights up the gloomy face, Hy mission mirthfulness, which all may trace, Encouragement to hope, to strive, succeed, , Lived in my life, for all who help might need- I found the world delightful, wondrous, fair, And thought of Heaven, and joy made perfect

there.

My memory methodized, matured my mind, Association's aid for memory find, Repeat not vainly ret on mental sight, You'll gain in power you'll secure delight.

Shall past successes in your memory die ? Think of good work determined to outvie ; Oft let remembrance stimulate your brain, Kindle kind thought, and make a loss a gain, End needless grief no more have weeping eyes, Say, sadness go enough we know deep sighs !

William Stokes.

The private grave of William Stokes, Hammer- smith, W. Late of the Boyal Colosseum, the Boyal Polytechnic Institution, &c.

I remember hearing Prof. Stokes lecture at the Polytechnic Institution some time in the sixties, and I once possessed a book of his entitled ' Stokes on Memory.' I am informed that he used to lecture every day

cemeteries : Hauxton, Cambs (1770) ; Cal- | on memory at the old Polytechnic in Regent