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Kean, Mrs. Abington, Harriet Mellon, and Mrs. Siddons ; Parliamentary orators by Chatham, Burke, and Grattan ; while there are also portraits of Bunyan and Robert Bloomfield, the author of ' The Farmer's Boy.'

MESSRS. SIMMONS & WATERS of Leamington Spa forward their Eighteenth Annual Clearance Catalogue. Under Art and Architecture we note 16 vols. of The Art Journal, 1855-70 (21. 2s.); Blore's ' English Monuments,' 30 plates, 1825 (6s.) ; Jewitt's ' Glossary of Terms used in Architecture,' 3 vols., 1,700 illustrations, 1850 (11. 10s.) ; and 8 vols. of The Magazine of Art, 1888-95 (11. 12s.). Under Biography is Evans's ' Catalogue of Engraved Portraits,' describing nearly 20,000, 1830 (15s.). Two noteworthy eighteenth-century novels, both first editions, are Henry Brooke's ' Fool of Quality,' 5 vols. (7s. Qd.), and Graves's ' Spiritual Quixote,' a satire on the Methodists, 3 vols. (7s. 6d.). Another eighteenth- century work is often quoted in ' N. & Q,.' Chamberlain's ' Present State of Great Britain and Ireland,' 2nd ed., 1711 (3s. Qd.). Under Shakespeariana is a collection of 139 plates, half morocco, 1793 (31. 10s.).

MR. J. THOMSON of Portobello, Edinburgh, devotes sections of his Spring Catalogue to Aberdeen, Edinburgh, and Glasgow, and another to Family History, the last-named including Rogers 's accounts of Knox and Sir Walter Scott (3s. 6d. each). A set of Blackicood's Magazine. 1817-87, 142 vols. hair calf, is 9L 10s. Mr/Fisher Unwin contributed to ' N. & Q.' in 1909 a biblio- graphy of the Millers of Haddington and Dunbar, who were pion/n^p o f cheap literature in Scotland ; and Mr. Thomson offers a copy of Mr. W. J. Couper's volume on the subject (1914) for half-a- cro wn.

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JOHN THOMAS PAGE.

IT is with great regret that we have to record the death of Mr. J. T. Page, which occurred on March 16, at the Elms, Long Itchington, Warwick- shire.

Born in 1855, the eldest son of William Page of West Had don, he was educated at Guisborough Grammar School and by his uncle at Long Buckley. From his father he gained a thorough knowledge of shorthand, and he did a great deal of reporting for The Northamptonshire Mercury.

On coming to London Mr. Page secured the appointment of private secretary to Dr. Barnardo, with whom he travelled considerably. For twenty years he was the well-known cashier of the Barnardo Homes, but from these exacting duties he retired in 1909. A few years later he built himself a house at Long Itchington, and resumed his work for the press, taking also an active interest in local affairs.

From a very early age he was attracted by local history and London topography, and he was an exceptionally prolific contributor to the pages of ' N. & Q.' for nearly thirty years.

His interests were extremely diversified. He was a capable Dickensian, but his enthusiasm for new identifications of characters and London allusions was always tempered by caution. He

studied and wrote of London past and passing from voluminous notes and a mass of excerpts and cuttings gathered and systematically arranged years prior to their use. For example, in 1901,. while residing at West Haddon, he contributed notes on ' East London Antiquities ' to The East London Advertiser, obviously using data gathered during his long association with the district. Probably his most useful undertaking was the list of ' Statues and Memorials in the British Isles,* in which he was assisted by many readers of these pages. It began at 10 S. xi. 44 i, was continued throughout the Eleventh Series, and is still unfinished.

Lacking the use of a large library, Mr. Page secured some of its advantages by methodical indexing and preservation of press cuttings ; but with the exception of autograph letters he had no specific hobby or pursuit. His collection of nearly 4,000 autograph letters, in 17 albums, has been presented to the Northampton Public Library by his widow, in fulfilment of a wish he had expressed. As a friend or acquaintance he was endeared to a very large circle ; and when future generations explore the rich mines- of research preserved in the pages of ' N. & Q.' the name of J. T. Page will be recognized as that of a valuable and painstaking contributor on a number of useful topics. ' A. A.

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WE cannot undertake to answer queries privately, but we will forward advance proofs of answers received if a shilling is sent with the query; nor can we advise correspondents as to the value of old books and other objects or as to the means of disposing of them.

J. R. H. and B. P. S. Forwarded.

J. W. F. Sent direct to Dr. Venn.

J. R. H. ("Wangle"). Discussed at length at 11 S. xi. 65, 115, 135, 178, 216, 258,330.

J. LANDFEAR LUCAS (Pimlico). For the origin of this place-name see the discussion in the Tenth Series, vols. iii., x., xi.

E.G. FINLAY, San Francisco ('Baratariana'). The reference to Lord Annaly occurs in a key to 4 Baratariana ' printed at 2 S. viii. 211 (Sept. 10, 1859).

COL. J. H. RIVETT-CARNAC (' Waynflete'). Miss Christabel Coleridge's two-volume novel * Wayn- flete ' was published in 1893 by Messrs. Innes & Co. at a guinea. A review of it appeared in The: Athenceum for Nov. 4 of that year.