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NOTES AND QUERIES. [12 s. v. JUNE, 1919.

As regards MR. FAWCETT'S question as to the possibility of compiling a list of works on epitaphs, see 6 S. x. 34, 35, where MR. W. G. B. PAGE writes as " the -compiler of the' Bibliography of Epitaphs,' " -and refers to 6 S. ix. 86, 493. Was this Bibliography ever published in its complete 'form ? F. J. HYTCH.

The following are in order of date :

Select Epitaphs. By W. Toldervy. 2 vols. 1755.

Select and Remarkable Epitaphs. By J. Hackett. 2 vols. 1757-

A New Select Collection of Epitaphs. By T. Webb. 2 vols. (1775.)

Illustrium Virorum Elogia Sepulchralia. By E. Popham. 1778.

Epitaphs and Monumental Inscriptions, His- torical, Biographical, Literary, and Miscellaneous. By Dr. Johnson. 2 vols. 1806.

Church Yard Gleanings and Epigrammatic ^Scraps. By W. Pulley n. 181-

Moral and Interesting Epitaphs. By Wm. Henney of Hammersmith. 1819.

A Collection of Epitaphs and Monumental In- scriptions. By Silvester Tissington. 517 pages. 1857.. i

Epitaphs, Collected from the Cemeteries of "Great Britain. By Joseph Barlow Robinson. 1859.

Gleanings in Graveyards. By H. E. Norfolk. 1866.

Bunhill Fields Burial-Ground : Proceedings in -reference to its Preservation. 1867. (Gives the inscriptions on the tombs.)

Epitaphs ["&c.] in Greyfriars Church-yard, Edin- burgh. By James Brown. 1867.

Ancient and Modern Metrical Epitaphs. Edited % the Rev. John Booth. 1868.

Curious Epitaphs, with Biographical, Genealo- gical and Historical Notes. By W. Andrews. (1883.)

Gleanings from God's Acre, being a Collection of Epitaphs. By John Potter Briscoe. 1883.

W. B. H..

CHURCHES USED FOR THE ELECTION or "MUNICIPAL OFFICERS (US. xii. 360, 404, 430, 470, 511 ; 12 S. i. 38, 437 ; v. 127). I am greatly obliged to MR. SELF WEEKS for the information given at the last reference, which corroborates my contention (11 S. xii. 470) that the evidence of such use of church buildings, so far as adduced, is -confined to the East of England, with the single exception of Lancashire. May I therefore beg to be allowed to take advan- tage of the present recrudescence of tjae subject to ask that particular attention may be given to the question whether the assertion made by the late Dr. Cox in nis ' English Parish Chmch ' can be sup- ported by any evidence ? The statement, namely, that such elections used to take place in the churches respectively of Totnes and Plymouth. ,

With regard to the case of Totnes, I know that the best local authorities have disputed

the meaning of the document, the words of which seem to have given rise to the state- ment. As to Plymouth, while old in- habitants, like myself, can remember the time when the " Ctuardians " of the poor were annually elected by " scratching," as it was contemptuously called, in both the " old " churches of the town, yet these were not, and have never been reckoned in any sense as, municipal officers, like the mayor and aldermen of the borough.

W. S. B. H.

JOHN MIERS, THE PROFILIST (12 S. iv. 45, 141). In view of the numerous inquiries and replies which have appeared in ' N. & Q.' from time to time respecting this artist in piofile, it would appear desir- able to draw attention to the article recently contributed by Mr. G. D. Limib, F.S.A., with the above heading for title, to the ' Miscellanea,' vol. xxiv., of the Thoresby Society. Mr. Lumb's paper contains with- out doubt the fullest account of Miers's life and work, his family and connexions. Profiles of the artist and others are attached. A list of profiles identified as the work of Miers or his firm, with the names of the present owners, and in many cases with the purchase price, is not the least in- teresting feature of this valuable contribu- tion. J. H. LETHBRIDGE MEW.

NEW SHAKSPERE SOCIETY'S PUBLICATIONS (12 S. iv. 77, 143, 170, 338). Many thanks to CAPT. JAGGARD for reference to his ' Shake speare Bibliography ' for a list of these publications ; but even this list is not quite complete, as I have Part 14 of Series I (Transactions, 1887-92, Part 4, 1904), and though this is mentioned in the numbers given in the record on p. 231, it is not given on p. 228. Neither is No. 14 of Series VI (Robert Laneham's Letter) mentioned in the detailed list or record.

ARCHIBALD SPARKE.

FRENCH REVOLUTION : " EAT CAKE " (12 S. iv. 272: v. 53). I think that the letter from Lady Dillon to the editor of The Daily Mail, which appeared in that paper on Nov. 14, 1916, gives a very good explanation of what Marie Antoinette really meant, if she did use the words attributed to her. I have read I know not where that the question was asked by the Dauphin.

Lady Dillon states that Marie Antoinette did not know how the poor lived, and that she wanted to know why the peasants did not eat the caisses which contained the