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 140 NOTES AND QUERIES. [12 S.IX.A. 13,1921. and the King- God not that Miss Harrison's argument is there weaker than elsewhere (she argues well, though her conclusions are sure to find opponents among other students of the subject), but because for some reason she has set it out a little scantily and perfunctorily. The last section of the book, which leads us up to her " philosophy of religion," so to call it, owes some good points to the psychology of the psycho-analysts and to the writings of a Russian philosopher, Soloviov. It presents its case clearly, and no religious differences of opinion can obscure the fact that the theory, in the end, makes for righteousness. Ann Button: A Life and Bibliography. By J. C. Whitebrook. THE earlier volumes of our present Series contain many references to the career and the publica- tions of this worthy but strange woman. One's understanding of a religious leader or movement remains superficial so long as it lacks some definite acquaintance with the disciples acted upon, and the student of English Dissent especially if Wesley and Whitefield particularly engage him will find some attention to Ann Dutton worth while. The psychologist whose interest lies somewhere near the borders of religious mania may also find his account here. Mr. Whitebrook is entitled to the gratitude of both, for he has collected all there is to collect about his subject, put it together in about a score of readable pages, and contrived, by his pleasant humour, to give Mrs. Ann Dutton such an amount of individuality and distinctness as gives her value in her place in the background of the picture to which she belongs. She seems to have been a pretty young woman, and for some years the happy and more or less ordinary wife of an ordi- nary man ; and as an old woman she is spoken of as ' ' singularly patient and well-living. " Her poeti- cal " Narration " ran into a sixth edition, and, judging of it from the specimens Mr. Whitebrook gives us, throws a mournful light on the literary quality of Supra-lapsarian Calvinism in those days. Fifty-three items compose the Biblio- graphy, which it must have been a laborious task to compile a work, however, sure to be appreciated by the curious. The pamphlet may be obtained from Messrs. A. W. Cannon and Co., 16, Market Place, Oxford Circus. W., for the sum of one shilling post free. bttuarp. WILLIAM JACKSON PIGOTT. WE are sorry to have to announce the death of our old and valued correspondent, William Jackson Pigott, only son of the late William and Mary Pigott, of Tincurry, Co. Tipperary, and for- merly of Dellbropk, Co. Dublin. He died on July 26 last, and is interred in Kilmegan Church- yard. He possessed a fund of out-of-the-way genealo- gical and biographical knowledge, and while he used our columns for his own researches, he also enjoyed supplying fellow- workers with informa- tion through them. We are sure that many of our correspondents feel some personal share in our regret upon hearing of his death. We have to thank Messrs. Bernaw and Bernaw for the following extract from The South African Motorist of last July. Some of our correspondents may be glad to have our founder and his well- known rhyme recalled to their minds in a some- what fresh connexion : " An 1826 edition [of ' Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton '] has been kindly shown us by Mr. Theo. Secretan, of Belgravia, Johannesburg, with whom (and with Mr. Claude Wright and the late Mr. E. A. Halliwell) we had happy fishing days on the Klip River, near Meyerton, as far back as 1904, 1905, and 1906. Mr. Secretan's copy is slightly larger (same publisher). It was a gift to him by his grandfather in the seventies, the old gentleman remarking that the book was worth 5 then. The grandfather's name was Mr. William J. Thorns, and a photograph of him appears as a book-plate on the inside cover. He was Deputy-Librarian of the House of Lords, and he indited four lines which in later years he added to the book-plate, with his photo : " If you would fain know more Of him whose photo here is : He coined the word ' Folk Lore,' And started Notes and Queries." JJottcetf to Comtfponlienfcl ALL communications intended for insertion in our columns should bear the name and address of the sender not necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. EDITORIAL communications should be addressed to " The Editor of * Notes and Queries ' " Adver- tisements and Business Letters to " The Pub- lishers" at the Office, Printing House Square, London, E.G. 4; corrected proofs to The Editor, ' N. & Q.,' Printing House Square, London, E.G. 4. 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