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"LEARNED SWEDE.' of Johnson,' year

In Bos- 1754, we

JOHNSON'S cell's 'Life read :

" I shall send him [Mr. Wise] a Finnick Diction- ary, the only copy, perhaps, in England, which was presented me by a learned Swede."

Was this Swedenborg ?

ALBERT J. EDMUNDS.

CHESTER BAGOT. This name appears in an old account book belonging to West- minster School between 1785 and 1789. Oan any correspondent of ' N". & Q. ' identify this person ? G. F. R. B.

BOOKS ON EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY LIFE* Who were the authors of two scarce books which I have: 'Nocturnal Revels,' 2 vols., 1779 (it was translated into French), and 'The Fashionable Cypriad,' 2 vols., 1799 ?

The first book contains a good account of the Medmenham Abbey Society and their doings, written apparently by a member. Is there any extant list of the members ?

Does any one know of any other works dealing with King's Place, and the fast life of 1760-1800 ? J. H. HOGAN.

13A North Street, Hailsham.

LADY CATHERINE PAULET : SIR HENRY BERKELEY. Amongst the miniatures in th collection of His Grace the Duke of North- umberland are portraits of Lady Catherine Paulet and Sir Henry Berkeley. If any reader of 'N. & Q. ' can favour me with particulars about the originals of these portraits 1 shall feel greatly obliged.

J. J. FOSTER. Aid wick, Holland Road, Sutton, Surrey.

KENTISH BOROUGHS. Hasted 's 'History of Kent ' under Benenden states : "and as much as is in the borough of Crothall is in the Hundred of Cranbrook. " There was no village or town of Crothall in the county .so far as I can discover. What then was a " borough " in Kent ?

H. ATHILL-CRUTTWELL, M.D. New Place, Bagshot.

KIDALTON CROSS, ISLAY. Information is sought on sculptured Celtic crosses, espe- cially those at Kidalton in the island of Islay. Can any one say when they were erected and what is then- significance ?

J. C. M. F.

AUTHOR WANTED. Can any reader tell me the author and title of a poem of which every verse nds with the refrain : " Under the Judas Tree."

JOHN WARNER.

Central Library, Newport, Mon.

AUTHORS OF QUOTATIONS WANTED.

1. I will he obliged if any one can tell me where his quotation or epitaph comes from :

Lie heavy on him Earth for he, Laid many a heavy load on thee.

2. What is the author's name and where may be found the words of the old song beginning :

The last saraband has been danced in the Hall, The Guests have all gone and the watch dogs are

sleeping,

The light of the cresset has died on the wall And still a love watch with nay Lady I'm keeping.

JOHN LECKY.

[1. From the epitaph on Sir John Vanbrugh attributed to Abel Evans :

Under this stone, Reader, survey

Dead Sir John Vanbrugh 's house of clay :

Lie heavy on him, Earth ! for he

Laid many a heavy load on thee. Some further particulars will be found at 11 S. ix. 193.]

EARLY RAILWAY TRAVELLING.

(12 S. vii. 461.)

WHEN I first ? went from home to school at Wakefield, in 1844, we travelled from Hull by the line then called the "Hull and Selby." Before that time, we had watched the steam passing backwards and forwards on the further side of the Humber, much as we watched air-ships when they first came this way. Once, when my brother and I went to Wakefield, we travelled with our aunt in a first-class carriage called a Coupe, seated on the back only, and glazed in front. At other times, I think, we went "second." Boxes, &c., were conveyed on the tops of the carriages ; the porters slided them up and down on broad smooth boards kept at the stations. There were notice-boards to the effect that no gratuities were to be given to the company's servants. Once while we were at school we went for a day's excursion from Wakefield to York and back, in third-class carriages made of iron and painted drab. I am not sure whether they were provided with seats or not, certainly they were open at the top and happily we had a fine day for our trip. Excursion trains were soon after advertised with "all covered carriages." Some of these were a good] /[deal like our present horse-boxes. On some lines there were, for a short time, fourth class " carriages' 5