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" GLAS." Can any reader explain the expression " Glas " which occurs in the title of an article in the Kilkenny Archaeo- logical Society's Transactions for 1858, viz., by Daniel MacCarthy (Glas) ? Is it a designation of a branch of the tuntlia of MacCarthies ? J. JACKSON, Lieut.
 * Life and Letters of Florence MacCarthy,'

SHELDON CHAD WICK. I have a book by this author entitled ' Poems,' published by David Bogue, Fleet Street, London, 1856 (printed by Hugh Barclay, Winchester). I desire any information as to this author, particularly as to birthplace, and dates of birth and death. RUSSELL MARKLAND.

Ingersley, Links Gate, St. Annes-on-the-Sea.

RICHARD I. IN CAPTIVITY. In ' The Crusade of Richard I.,' edited by T. A. Archer ("English History from Contem- porary Writers Series "), the authority of Ausbert is quoted for the statement that Richard was captured near Vienna, and imprisoned in the castle of Tyernstein, near the Danube. Another authority says he -was shipwrecked, but managed to land in the island of Corfu. According to a French account, Aquilfe was his landing - place. About half a mile from Ragusa there is an island called Lacroma, on which there is a monastery. According to tradition, Richard is believed to have landed on this island and to have built the monastery presumably after his return to England.

It would be interesting to know if it is established where he actually landed, where he was impiisoned, and who were his com- panions in prison. G. V. MARTYN.

Royal Dublin Society.

PANTON STREET PUPPET SHOW : FLOCKTON.

-Apparently this entertainment enjoyed considerable popularity between 1750 and 1780, but its precise duration and history seem unknown. Some folio playbills issued from this Punch's playhouse are to be met with, but their allusions and lines make them more political squibs than programmes. No doubt it is mentioned by many contem- porary writers, but the only reference I have iound occurs in ' A Monstrous Good Lounge,' 1777, p. 5 :

The pigmy tribes of Panton Street, Those hardy blades, those hearts of oak, Obedient to a tyrant's yoke ; Who, void themselves of sense or motion,

Poor souls ! are quite at his devotion

The muse and Flockton thus we prove Their poets and their puppets move.

I shall be glad to have any other allusions to this puppet show. ALECK ABRAHAMS.

REV. SIR ROBERT PEAT was Knight of the Order of St. Stanislaus, Prior of the Sove- reign Order of St. John of Jerusalem, and chaplain of the Orange Lodge of England. When and where did he live, and what more is known of him ? J. SMITH.

SHAKESPEARE AND BURNS. Has any one noticed the Scottish poet's study of Shake- speare's verses ? Compare these lines from Burns' s lover's plaint ' To Mary in Heaven ' :

Lingering star with lessening ray. Dial. . . .with a lingering stay. ' Lucrece,' 328.

[Star that] usherest in the day.

Star that ushers in the even. Sonnet cxxxii.

[Thy image] from my soul was torn. From thy cheeks my image thou hast torn.

' Lucrece,' 1762.

Seest thou thy lover lowly laid ?

And like a lowly lover down. ' Venus and

Adonis,' 350.

Can I forget the hallowed grove .... The fragrant birch, and hawthorn hoar. . ., The flowers sprang .... The birds sang. . ..

A pleasant shade Which a grove of myrtles made,

.... birds did sing, Trees did grow, and plants did spring.

' Passionate Pilgrim,' xxi.

Ayr gurgling kissed his pebbled shore. As the waves make towards the pebbled shore.

Sonnet Ix.

Till too, too soon the glowing west.

Doth too, too oft betake him to retire. ' Lucrece,'

174.

Proclaimed the speed of winged day. In winged speed. Sonnet li.

Eternity will not efface Those records dear.

With lasting memory to eternity. . ..

Thy record never can be missed. Sonnet cxxii.

My memory. . . .broods with miser care.

As 'twixt a miser and his wealth. Sonnet Ixxv.

I trust some critic will explain whether we must accept these verbal agreements as mere accidents. D. W. Y.

[Mr. J. Logic Robertson in his edition of Burns (Oxford University Press, 1896) has this note on ' To Mary in Heaven ' : " Much of the imagery and sentiment of this song will be found in Blair's ' Grave,' a poem well known to Burns. .But there seems also to be a recollection of a little-known Ode by Thomson ' Tell me,

thou soul of her I love.' "