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-graduated in that faculty at Caen. He does not appear to have practised. For some years he was a private tutor at Leyden. On the foundation of the Athenaeum at Amster- dam he was appointed to a chair of Philo- sophy and History. He remained at Am- sterdam from 1631 till his death in 1648.

.The best edition of his ' Poemata ' is that in two vols., 12mo, Amsterdam, 1645. The latest account of his life is that in the ' Biographisch Woordenboek van Protes- tantsche Godgeleerden in Nederland,' now in course of publication. P. Hofman Peerl- kamp in his book on the Latin poets of the ^Netherlands gives a severe but not unjust criticism of Barlaeus's verse. The 1625 portrait mentioned by Mr. Moses clearly represents the subject of this answer. So, presumably, does Virtue's engraving. EDWARD BENSLY. Much Hadham. Herts.

Caspar van Baerle (Barlaeus) was born at Antwerp in 1584 ; pastor of the Reformed Church at Nieuwe Tonge in 1609, Professor of Logic at Leyden in 1617 ; Professor in Philosophy at Amsterdam in 1631 : died in 1648. A celebrated linguist. ' (L'CEuvre de Willem Jacobszoon Delff,' by D. Franken, Amsterdam, 1872.) J. C.

MR. SERJEANT BALLANTINE'S FEE (12 S. vii. 348, 436). Thanks to the great cour- tesy of correspondents to whom I feel most grateful, I have now the highest authority 'for definitely stating that the actual sum received by Mr. Serjeant Ballantine, for his defence of the Gaekwar of Baroda, was 12,030Z. 15.9. M. The Fee marked on the Brief was ten thousand guineas. In addi- tion there were " Clerk's Fee," "Conference Fee" and "necessary disbursements" ("travelling and hotel expenses"), the latter item amounting to one thousand pounds.

This absolutely settles the question once and for all.

FREDERICK CHARLES WHITE.

"THAT " AND " WHICH " (12 S. vii. 351. 416, 457). Dr. Abbott in 'How to Write Clearly 'JSeeley & Co., 1887) says "who," "which," &c., introduce a new fact about the antecedent, whereas "that " introduces some- thing without which the antecent is incom- plete or undefined. Thus, in the sentence it from the Guard that travelled with the ^tram," "Inspector" is complete in itself,
 * I heard it from the Inspector who heard

and "who " introduces a new fact about him ; " Guard " is incomplete, and. requires "that travelled with the tram " to com- plete the meaning. It is not, and cannot be maintained, that this rule, though observed in Elizabethan English, is observed by our best modern authors. Probably a general impression that "that " caniaot" be used to refer to persons, has assisted "who" in supplanting "that " as a relative. To the rule Dr. Abbott instances six exceptions :

1. When the antecedent is defined, e.g., by the possessive case, modern English uses who instead of that ;

2. That sounds ill, when, separated from its verb, and from its antecedents, it is emphasized by isolation ;

3. If the antecedent is qualified by that the relative must not be that ;

4. That cannot be proceeded by a preposi- tion ;

5. After pronominal adjectives us-ed for personal pronouns, modern English prefers who ;

6. After that used as a conjunction, there is sometimes a dislike to use that as a relative.

So useful, however, in Dr. Abbott's opinion is the rule that he "on mature consideration " is disposed to adopt that in exception (1) and in several of the other exceptions.

See also on this subject 'The King's English' (Clarendon Press, 1906) "Rela- tives," pp. 75-85. BARRULE.

GOLD BOWL GIFT OF GEORGE 1. (12 S. vii. 450). Your correspondent will find particulars of the gold cup, not gold bowl, given to the infant son of Mr. James Lamb of Rye in 'An Old Gate of England,' by A. G. Bradley, p. 64. PRESCOTT Row.

'PooR UNCLE NED' (12 S. vi. 287: vii. 373, 438). About fifty-five years ago I sang this song, when a child. I have an idea that it appeared in a book of ' Planta- tion Songs,' published in the sixties by a noted London music publisher. We used to sing it at Edinburgh University, when I was there in 1878. The second line of the chorus was : " Then down with the shovel and the hoe," not having the word "he-hey."

The second line of the first verse was also slightly different from that given by MR. BOBBINS ; the word "long " was repeated, " And he went dead long long ago."

HERBERT SOUTH AM ,