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 12 s. ix. SEPT. n, 1921.] NOTES AND QUERIES. 229 ' THE MONTHLY MISCELLANY,' I have in my possession an old periodical which appears to be a very early forerunner of ' N. & Q.' It is called ' The Monthly Mis- cellany ; or Memoirs for the Curious.' The first volume appeared in January, 1707, and was " printed for J. Morphew near Stationers -hall, London." On the back of the title page is a list of queries, after which comes the following footnote : - Such Gentlemen whose Inclinations leads them to give a Resolution of any of these En- quiries, or propose new ones themselves, are des'r'd to send their Letters to the Rainbow Coffee-house in Newgate-street, directed for Mr. Owen Smith, paying postage. At the end of the book is an " Advertise- ment," part of which may be worth re- cording. It runs as follows :- - Tho we have made several promises to amend the Errata's that have been committed in this first vol. yet we have not been able (by the absence of the Printer, and the want of time in the Person appointed to inspect the Press) to be so correct, as we could have wished to have been, tho' we hope no material faults have es- caped, but only such as false Numbers of the Pages, &c., which by another Method shall be carefully avoided in the subsequent vol. .. . Any Gentleman may have this first vol. sold for 6d. each, being 12 in number, for 5s. Stitcht, or Bound 6s. and 6d. which would otherwise have been 7s. 6d. . . . FREDERIC CROOKS. [The Monthly Miscellany is noted in ' The Times Tercentenary ^Handlist of Periodicals,' under date 1707. It is said to be by several hands and run from vol. i., Jan., 1707, to vol. iii., ., 1710.] WE must request correspondents desiring in- formation on family matters of only private interest to affix their names and addresses to their queries in order that answers may be sent to them direct. LOMBARD STREET : A FORTY YEARS' CONTRAST. The contrast represented by these two extracts at so short a distance of time is interesting: 1763. A friend of mine, who brought a Parisian from Dover in his own post-chaise, contrived to enter South wark after it was dark, that his friend might not perceive the nakedness of this quarter. The stranger was much pleased with the great number of shops full of merchandize, lighted up to the best advantage. He was astonished at the display of riches in Lombard Street and Cheapside. Smollett's ' Travels,' Letter 1. 1805. I have a vivid recollection of Lombard Street in 1805. . . . Then there were no pre- tentious stucco-faced banks or offices, the whole wall surface was of smoke-blackened brick. . . . After 3 o'clock p.m. miserable oil lamps tried to enliven the foggy street with their ineffectual light, while through dingy, greenish squares of Klass you might observe tall tallow candles dimly disclosing the mysteries of Bank and Counting house. W. Harvey's ' London Scenes.' J. PAUL DE CASTRO. LIVERPOOL SLAVE-SHIP, c. 1785. In The Gentleman's Magazine, vol. ccc., pp. 18-27 (1906), there is an anonymous article in which the author speaks of seeing in a country house the ledger of the captain of a Liverpool slave-ship for the years 1785- 1787. I am seeking documents on the African slave trade, and should be grate- ful if anyone would tell me where this ledger is, or who was the author of the article, or the editor of The Gentleman's Magazine in 1906. J. F. JAMESON. 24, Woburn Square, W.C.I. LOCAL LITERATURE OF MALVERN. Can any of your readers give me information upon the authorship of either of the books mentioned below ? They have recently come into the possession of the Malvern Public Library for the local collection and it would greatly add to their interest if further particulars can be obtained. Searches at the British Museum have failed to yield exact information. 1. ' Tour through England, described in a series of letters from a young gentleman to his sister. London, 1804.' The volume is dedicated to the Hon. Miss Ellis, daughter of Lord Viscount Clifden, and a description of Malvern and district appears on pages 138-142. 2. ' Journal of excursions through the most interesting parts of England. . during the summers and autumns of 1819-23. Lond. Privately printed.' And * Continua- tion of the Journals in 1824-29.' The British Museum catalogue has a pencil note " by Mrs. Selwyn," and Mr. Roland Austin tells me that perhaps Mrs. Selwyn was one of three daughters of Mr. William Selwyn, who married Frances Dod in 1763. F. C. MORGAN. A THEATRE AT MALVERN IN 1802. The other day the Malvern Public Library was presented with two play-bills advertising performances of ' Bon-Ton,' ' No Song, No Supper,' ' The Waterman ' and ' Lovers' Vows' at the New Theatre, Malvern, in August, 1802. These were entirely new to me, and no