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first marriage settlement was signed at Middleton Lodge, the residence of her first husband's cousin Major George Hartley, who was co-trustee with her brother Dr. James Wright. She was declared by the Prince of Wales to be the most beautiful woman of his acquaintance, and died July 9, 1844. o. Abigail Wright, bapt. at Thurnscoe March 28, 1775, married John Warde of Hooton Pagnell, co. York, of the family of Warde of Tanshelf, Pontefract, and d.s.p. prior to June 18, 1857. 4. Emma Wright, topt. at Thurnscoe Feb. 8, 1781, and died unmarried. 5. Anne Wright, bapt. there Aug. 4, 1783, and died unmarried Feb. 21, 1850.

The armorial bearings of the family, as described on the book-plate label of Dr. James Wright (1819), are: Shield, "Or, a iesse compony az. and arg. betw. three eagles' heads erased ppr." Crest, " A unicorn passant reguard. ppr." The writer has seen this label, and respectfully points out an error on p. 72 of vol. v. of ' Visitation of England and Wales,' by the late Dr. Howard, Maltravers Herald, and Mr. Crisp, where the Wright coat is said to contain griffins' heads. MILES K. STAPYLTON.

CASTLEHILL (12 S. iv. 244). This place is in the vicinity of Inverness, and long ago was the mansion or home of the Cuthberts of Castlehill, a family once of much local importance. I do not know of any published history of the Cuthberts. G.

GRAMMATICAL MNEMONIC JINGLE (12 S. iv. 242). The first infant school was estab- lished at New Lanark in 1816, the second at Westminster in 1818. The first master of both was James Buchanan. Though not a teacher by profession, he had an instinctive understanding of young children, and his ingenuity compensated for his inexperience. In 1839 he settled in Cape Colony so as to be near his children. ' Sir John Buchanan, a judge of the Supreme Court of the Union of South Africa, is his grandson. Miss Buchanan, the judge's sister, says :

" Mr. Buchanan had a flute which h3 played with considerable skill. To the music of his flute he taught the children to march round the room .... Added to Buchanan's gift of music was the ability to rhyme. This he used to good purpose, often setting his own rhymes to simple, popular tunes. Some of the teachers who followed plagiarized his rhymes : others, more or less unsuccessfully, attempted to imitate them."

Among the specimens of her grandfather's rhymes given by Miss Buchanan are the lines on the parts of speech. (For further

information see Salmon and Hindshaw's Infant Schools ' and an article by Mr. Charles Higham in The New-Church Magazine for May and June, 1915.)

The earliest date to which I have been able to trace the lines is 1829, when they appeared in the fourth edition of Wilderspin's ' Infant Education.' This is probably their first appearance if Buchanan wrote them, and their appearance in t the book of his disciple Wilderspin confirms the presumption that he did write them.

At 9 S. xii. 504 MB. EVEBARD COLEMAN quoted the lines from an American newspaper, but they were doubtless a reimportation. ^Searching Milton & Bradley's stores in New York for novel kindergarten devices, I found one which I thought would be a useful addition to our own. When I described it to the lecturer on kindergarten at a Brooklyn college she said : " Yes ; I found that in England, and induced Milton & Bradley to place it on the American market.")

At 10 S. i. 337 the lines are said to have been written by a librarian at Cape Town. This rather strengthens than weakens the ascription of them to Buchanan, for he lived for some years near Cape Town, and one of his sons was the editor of The Cape Town Journal. DAVID SALMON.

Swansea.

JOHN DWEBBYHOTJSE, CLOCKMAKEB (12 S. iv. 243). This surname is to be found in Bardsley's ' Dictionary of Surnames,' and is derived by him from " dye-hcaise," through the local " dwyer-house." Weekley, in his recently published book ' Surnames,' derives it from " dwarf -house." It is found in the south-west of Lancashire : and though Bardsley states that it is also a Yorkshire name, he gives no instances. So far I have not found it in any Yorkshire document.

My earliest Lancashire note is dated Aug. 10, 1433, when John More of Lyverpoll, esq., granted to Ric. Dwerehowse of Hale- wood, yeoman (and others), messuages, &c. in Liverpool (' Moore MSS.,' Lanes, and Cheshire Record Society). In the Final Concords published by the same Society, Richard Dweryhowse occurs on Aug. 22, 1529, as a plaintiff in regard to land in Preston, Penwortham, and Walton [le Dale]. In the calendar of the Lancashire wills at Chester, published by the same Society, we find Henry Dwarrihouse of Halewood, 1623 ; William Dwarrihouse of Liverpool, yeoman, inventory 1640 ; William Dwarryhouse of West Derby, gentleman, 1647 ; James Dwerribouse of Garston, husbandman, 1734 ;