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Chinese story, but he knew nothing more.

Could any reader kindly tell what the story is, or where the information could be found, if such is available.

ALEXB. THOMS.

7 Playfair Terrace, St. Andrews, Fife.

BIGNOLD : BTJNYON. I have heard it said that the Bignolds of Norwich were connected with the Bunyon family, into which married Bishops Colenso of Natal, and MacDougall of Sarawak. Any particulars would be welcomed.

F. GORDON ROE. 18 Stanford Road, Kensington Court, W.8.

RALEIGH. Sir John Cope of Canons Ashby, who died 1578, married Bridget Raleigh and had with other children, a daughter Elizabeth who married John Dryden, ancestor of the poet. Would some one kindly give me the ancestry of Bridget Raleigh ? A. BARTLETT.

1122 Ormond Street, Victoria, B.C., Canada.

THE "'UMBLE" COMMONS: " REVENUE " The Resolution on the statue of Joseph Chamberlain proposed by the Prime Minister, began with the words ;

" That an humble Address be presented to his Majesty (Daily Telegraph, Aug. 2)."

Do ' His Majesty's Commons ' still follow Uriah Heep's practice, as might be inferred from "an humble " ?

Sometime in the 'eighties, I heard a speech "oration" might fit the thing better by Sir William Harcourt ("Historicus "), in which that gentleman dropped the aspirate very decisively.

Is this still usual ?

And does any one maintain the habit instanced in the same oration of pro- nouncing "revenue" with the stress on the second syllable either in Parliament or in the Courts ? Q. V.

review of Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch's new book on this subject, your Reviewer refers to a " certain publication which Sir Arthur profited by mightily " What work is here referred to ? As a rule in such guides, one learns more of the books to read than how to read them, of subjects, rather than methods. I am at one with your Reviewer here. C. P. H.
 * THE ART OF READING ' In the recent

[The reference was to ' The Aims of Literary Study,' by Professor Corson.]

AUTHORS OP QUOTATIONS WANTED. May I ask aid from the wonderful contribu- tors of ' N. & Q.' who is the author of these lines ?-_

1. He whose dream has died Must perish or arise in nobler pride.

2. We are all weary; travellers

Along Life's dusty way ; If any man can play the pipes In God's name let him play.

KATE L. ROBERTS. New Jersey, U.S.A.

3. I should be glad if I could trace the author of the following lines through the medium of ' N. & Q.'

The things that have been, but shall be no more, The things that are, and shall hereafter be ; The things that might have been, and yet are not, The failing twilight of great joys departed ; The daybreak of great truths as yet unrisen, The intuition and the expectation, Of something which when come is not the same But only like the forecast of men's dreams The desire, the delay, the delight Sweeter for the de!ay Youth, Hope, Love Death And Disappointment which is also Death : These things make up the sum of human life.

LEXICON.

BLACK BOY, CHELMSFORD. (12 S. vii. 131.)

I HAVE two old prints of Chelmsford High Street printed in 1775, which may supply the information asked for at the above reference.

The print, or engraving, is intituled :

" Perspective view of Chelmsford in Essex, with the Judge's Procession on the day of Entrance, attended by the High Sheriff and his officers. Ogborne, pinxit. J. Ryland, sculp."

The view is looking up the High Street. On the right hand side is shown the road, with a sign on the wall leading to " Colchester and Harwich," and a stream or conduit is shown running down the main street and round the corner along this road. At the corner where this road leaves the main road, is an inn with a sign suspended over the main road showing a black boy. The picture also shows that part of the inn which fronted the road to Colchester. On the first floor is a large bow window, and between the top of this and the eaves is another sign with a black boy depicted on it.