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"CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOLS." In the United States are quite a number of so- called Correspondence Schools, some of which are large and well established. They are private enterprises of a commerical character and operated for profit, but they have been the means of spreading useful and practical knowledge where it might not otherwise have penetrated. A directory of such " schools " is in course of preparation in connection with a general plan for the promotion of home-study. Are there manj similar concerns in Great Britain ?

EUGENE F. McPiKE. Chicago.

" GORDONIZED." " To coin a word," says Charles Xeufeld in his autobiography, ' A Prisoner of the Khaleefa,' 1895 (p. 159), Ibrahim Wad Adlan, the Amir Beit-el-Mal, " had been ' Gordonized ' : about the time of the anniversary of Gordon's death, Adlan met his death by order of the Kha- leefa." Has any one else used the word ? J. M. BULLOCH.

CHINESE GORDON'S HEIGHT. In his ' To- day and To-morrow' (1910), Lord Esher says that Gordon was " of small stature very small, like so many great men " (p. 163). What was his exact height ?

J. M. BULLOCH. 37 Bedford Squire, W.C.I.

MRS. E. B. MAWR. Any scrap of infor- mation relating to Mrs. Mawr, author of ' Analogous Proverbs in Ten Languages ' will be esteemed. Work appeared 1885.

ANEURIN WILLIAMS. Menai View, North Road, Carnarvon.

GRANDFATHER CLOCK : DATE WANTED. I am desirous of ascertaining the approxi- mate age of a grandfather clock ; possibly some reader of ' N. & Q.' can supply the information. The dial bears the inscrip- tion " J. L. Bath, Bath." The list of former clock-makers in Britten's ' Old Clocks and their Makers,' 1899 ed., contains only Thomas Bath, 4 Cripplegate 1740.

W. J. M.

ALTAR TABLES. Was there a certain size aimed at in constructing pre-Reformation altar tables ? Dimensions and descriptions of any early altar tables about 9 ft. by 5 by 6 in. thick, and information as to where these may be seen would be appreciated.

H. E. OUGHTRED.

Scagglethorpe, Malton.

LIEUTENANT DRUMMOND AND HIS ESCAPE Can any one kindly give any information as to the following, written in French and English under an engraving of a ship -wreck, with an inset portrait of Lieut. Drummond : " Lieut. Drummond (who commanded his ship and crew), had a miraculous escape by means of a bullock."

KATHLEEN M. PAYNTER.

43 Ashley Gardens, S.W.I.

JOHN BROWN, KING'S SERJEANT-AT-ARMS, A.D. 1354-84. Could any one give his arms and ancestry ? FRANCIS BROWN.

2 Capel Road, East Barnet, Herts.

" CORRY," OR " CORRIE-FISTER." This

is a very common word in Lowland Scotch, meaning a left-handed person often used in the abbreviated form of " corry." In curling if one of the rink throws his stones with his left hand the skip will see that another " hack " is cut in the ice for his benefit, explaining that one of his rink is a " corry." I have, however, failed to find the word in the ' N.E.D.,' or in Jamieson's 'Scottish Dictionary.' From what is it derived ? T. F. D.

TRIGG MINOR. Dr. Marshall in his book 'The Genealogists' Guide to Printed Pedi- grees ' (1903), refers the reader, desiring par- ticulars of the Read families, to the ' History of Trigg Minor,' by Maclean.

When was this book published, and where is Trigg Minor situated ?

Can any particulars be given regarding the Reads of Trigg Minor ? The family does not appear to be in existence now.

W. D. R.

[The work referred to is the ' Parochial and Family History of the Deanery of Trigg Minor in the County of Cornwall.' By John Maclean. Published, in parts, during the early seventies by Nichols.]

MRS. LUCY HUTCHINSON. Has anything been discovered as to the date of the death of Mrs. Lucy Hutchinson, wife of Col. John Hutchinson, Governor of Nottingham Castle during the Civil Wars of the seventeenth century ? And has anything come to light as to her life, after her husband's death ?

J. M. D.

NICHES IN CHURCHYARD CROSSES. At Great Malvern Priory is a churchyard cross having a niche sunk on one side of the shaft. Such niches or recesses are, I believe, some- what uncommon. What purpose were they intended to serve ? E. R.