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2. Forms and examples, with translations -of old historical and legal documents, such ,s ' Inquisitions Post Mortem,' writs of all kinds, wills, testaments, and Probate and Administration Acts and sentences, fines, deeds, records of the various Courts of Law,

-examples from the Close, Patent and other Rolls, Manor Court Rolls, &c.

3. Law dictionaries or lexicons giving ex- planations of the terms and words used in old legal documents and cases, such as '" Offi. dni. contra . . . . " Will any one kindly give me the meaning of this last term which reads : " Office of the Judge against. ..." ? I find it in Ecclesiastical Court Act Books.

G. E. SMYTH. Xorthfield House, Henlow, Beds.

PHARMACEUTICAL BOOK-PLATES. I shall fee greatly obliged by any descriptions that
 * may be forthcoming of book-plates of

pharmacists, especially English ones. Dr. Eugene Olivier, in his brochure on ' Les Ex-Libris de Medecins et de Pharrnaciens d'Autrefois/ devotes only a single page to pharmacists ; he mentions only five or six rspecimens (all French), and reproduces only two. I have in a search through chemists' trade journals and such works as Lord de 'Tabley's ' Guide,' Mr. W. J. Hardy's ' Book- Plates,' and Mr. Egerton Castle's ' English Book-Platee,' found only three or four un- doubted pharmacists' plates : there are two or three specimens of foreign ones, but, I think, no English, in the Journal of the Ex- Libris Society, nor has a somewhat cursory -search in the British Museum Print Room yielded much result. M. Olivier says the .more modest pharmaciens use trade-cards for book-plates, and I have seen a few specimens of these. Doctors' book-plates of a more or less pharmaceutical character are fairly common, but modern English pharmacists do not seem to indulge in this " harmless vanity." C. C. B.

WILLIAM ROBERT GROSSMITH, " THE JUVENILE ACTOR." In 1827 there appeared at Reading (as a second edition) a 24-page pamphlet entited " The Life and theatrical excursions of William Robert Grossmith, the juvenile actor, not yet 9 years of age." He was the eldest son of William Grossmith, looking-glass and picture-frame manufac- turer, Minster Street, Reading, was born in 1818 and made his debut, as a Jew and a country bumpkin, at the Coburg Theatre in April, 1824. The pamphlet is embellished with a steel engraving of the " young Hoscius," drawn by W. Waite, Abingdon

He was, I believe, the brother of George Grossmith the first (1820-80). When did he stop acting ? J. M. BULLOCH.

37 Bedford Square, W.C.I.

BELT-BUCKLE PLATE AND MOTTO. I have a brass circular belt-buckle plate. It is 2i in. in diameter. In the centre are three cannons, similar in design to those which were borne on the arms of the late Honorable Board of Ordnance. They are surrounded by a garter, in which is inscribed Auspicio Regis et Senatus Anylice. It is possibly connected with the Artillery regiments of the late East India Company. Is the motto known, and in what connexion ? Informa- tion is desired. J. H. LESLIE.

PORTRAITS OF GOVERNORS OF CEYLON. I should be glad to hear whether there are known to be in existence portraits of the following Governors of Ceylon, either oil paintings, in public or private possession, or engravings in books :

The Right Hon. Sir Robert Wilmot, Bart., G.C.B., Governor 1831-37.

The Right Hon. James Alexander Stewart Mackenzie, Governor, 1837-41.

Lieut. -General Sir Colin Campbell, K.C.B., Governor, 1841-47. PENRY LEWIS.

Havenhurst, Canford Cliffs, Dorset.

' THE TEMPLE OF THE MUSES.' Can any of your readers kindly tell me the name of the author and the date of publication of a book with the following title-page ?

" The Temple of the Muses or the Principal Histories of Fabulous Antiquity with explications and remarks which discover the true meaning of the several Fables with their foundations in history. Written principally for the instruction of youth."

The book was published by Thomas Astley in London, I believe about the year 1738. G. JAMES BERRY.

201 Whitehorse Road, Croydon.

RAYMOND. --I shall be glad to have any information as to the ancestry of Sir Jonathan Raymond of the City of London and Barton Court, Kintbury, Berks. It is supposed that he (who was born in 1630) was of a French Huguenot family who lost their property and came to England at or after the Revoca- tion of the Edict of Nantes. He entered the service of Philip Jemmett, a wealthy brewer and Alderman of the City of London and subsequently (on June 11, 1661) married his daughter ; admitted to the Brewers' Com- pany April 15, 1662, on the Livery Aug. 7, 1662 ; knighted at Whitehall Oct. '20; 1679, and in the same year Alderman and Sheriff