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of course, in the costume of that period. It is really beautiful as well as curious. It was brought to America by my grandfather, Samuel Doggett, on one of his trips to England and Scotland in 1831 and. 1837, together with many other interesting articles. Accompanying it is a curious little book (5 in. by 4 in.), with the following title :

" Sketches of the works for the tunnel under the Thames from Rotherhithe to Wapping. Published by Messrs. Harvey and Barton, 55 Graceohurch Street ; and C. Tilt, St. Bride's Avenue, 86 Fleet Street. Printed by the Philanthropic Society, St. George's Fields, 1829.

It contains engravings and folding sketches and maps, and cost 2s. 6d. I have also a large single sheet descriptive of the tunnel, dated March, 1841, and another small single sheet dated 1827, both illustrated with woodcuts. I would be pleased to furnish further information if desired.

WILLIAM F. CRAFTS. 69 Cypress Street, Brookline, Massachusetts.

An account of the proposed tunnel in 1798 from Gravesend to Tilbury is given in R. P. Cruden's ' History of Gravesend,' pp. 456-65. It contains the detailed estimates of Dodd, the originator, as to the cost of the tunnel, gives the names of the committee formed, particulars of the Act of Parliament obtained, and an account of the experiments and the cause of the failure of the concern. Clarke's criticisms are also alluded to. The last report made to the proprietors was presented at a meeting on March 3, 1803, and the last annual election of the committee took place in 1806. G. H. W.

CAPT. B. GRANT (12 S. v. 238). In the index of ' The Waterloo Roll Call,' by Charles Dalton, 1890, there is no mention of B. Grant. (The index of ' The Roll Call ' concerns officers only.) Nor does he appear in the indexes of the Army Lists of 1811 and 1816. However, in that of 1834, p. 260, there is Bernard Grant, ensign in the 71st (Highland) Regiment date of commission, Dec. 28, 1832. His name bears the mark of the Waterloo Medal. In the 1842 List, p. 278, he appears, with the said mark, as quarter-master of the 82nd Regiment, date of commission Aug. 28, 1835 ; the date of his ensign's commission in the army as above.

From the above it may, I think, be assumed that at the battle of Waterloo he was in the ranks. J. H. Stocqueler, in his ' Military Encyclopaedia,' 1853, writes : " The quartermaster is almost invariably pro- lioted from the ranks, having risen through the various non-commissioned grades to the

rank of quartermaster-serjeant or serjeant- major." There are nine Grants in the index of * The Waterloo Roll Call,' of whom none has a Christian name with the initial B. Of these Sir Colquhoun Grant, Staff, lieut.- colonel, 15th Light Dragoons, and Capt. Wm. Alex. Grant, 71st Regiment, are marked " Wounded," and Capt. Wm. Charles Grant, 92nd Regiment, " Killed." Also, p. 226 of the ' Roll Call,' in the short list of ' Non- commissioned Officers at Waterloo who afterwards receh r ed Commissions,' is Charles Grant, 23rd Regiment, " severely wounded at Quatre Bras whilst serving in the ranks, Was Acting Quarter-Master to the Grenadiei Guards in Canada in 1838-39. Appointed Quarter-Master to the 23rd Welsh Fusiliers, July 5, 1844. Retired on half pay with rank of captain in 1854," &c.

If this Charles Grant was a private (all the others in the list are non-commissioned officers) it is strange that Bernard Grant, who must have been either a non-com- missioned officer or a private, is omitted, Whether Quarter-Master Bernard Grant re- tired with rank of captain I do not know. ROBERT PIERPOINT.

REFERENCES TO WORKS WANTED (12 S, v. 265). See J. A. Fabricius, ' Bibliotheca Latina mediae et infimse aetatis,' torn, iii.j p. 203, col. 1, under ' Henricus de Hassia, senior.' It is stated here that his ' Quses- tiones XXXIII. de Contractibus et de ordjne Censuum ' were printed in the appendix tc Gerson's ' Opera ' at Cologne in 1484.

On page 49, col. 2, of the same section oi the ' Bibliotheca,' in the article on Gerson the Cologne volume referred to above is said to have been published four yean earlier than the three volume edition o: Gerson's Works that appeared in 1488, anc to be as it were a fourth volume to it although containing nothing of Gerson's but writings of other learned men who wrot< about the same time and on similar topics Five names are mentioned, among then being Henricus de Hassia and Henricus d Hoita, the second subject of MR. O'BRIEN'! query.

In the ' Beihefte zum Centralblatt fii Bibliothekswesen,' vol. i, Leipzig, 1888-9 is an article by F. W. E. Roth on th< Bibliography of Henricus Hembuch d Hassia dictus de Langenstein. (How th< cataloguer must execrate mediaeval authors ! According to this the ' Tractatus de con tractibus ' beginning " In sudore vultus tu I vesceris pane tuo " is printed in Gerson' ' Opera,' Cologne, 1483, and is found ij