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 12 s. ix. SEPT. 17, 1921.] NOTES AND QUERIES. 231 'LIVES OF THE ENGLISH SAINTS.' -I have the following parts of this series, issued by Newman and his friends in 1844- 45, and should be glad to know if there are any others : St. Stephen, Family of St. Richard, St. Augustine of Canterbury (two parts), Hermit Saints, St. Wulstan, St. William, St. Paulinus (and seven others), St. Gilbert, St. Wilfrid, St. German (two parts), Stephen Langton. ' J. J. B. GBINLING GIBBONS. In the description of ''hatsworth House, in ' A View of Derby- shire,' by the Rev. D. P. Davies (1811), this occurs : Chapel : a beautiful room wainscotted with cedar, ornamented with the exquisite carvings of Gibbon (who was killed by a fall in the act of fitting it up) ; and painted by La Guerre. . . . Opinions vary as to whether Gibbons had part in the wood-carvings at Chats- worth, but there can be no doubt as to his being the " Gibbon " alluded to. The ' D.N.B.' says he died at his house in Bow Street, London, on August 3, 1720 ; whilst Redgrave's ' Diet, of British Artists ' and some other authorities give 1721 as the year. Is anything known of his having met with a serious accident at Chatsworth which might hasten his death ? It does riot appear in other local histories so far as I am aware. W. B. H. AN OXFORD SCHOOLS STORY. Is the fol- lowing story true or merely ben trovato ? A logic papor in " Modern tioris " had this; question : Give an example of a syllogism containing a fallacy. One bright spirit wrote : Moderators are lamps. Lamps are shining lights. The fallacy in this syllogism is self-evident. Tlir point of the tuisvvcr is found, of course, in tlio neat play on the wovd " Moderators," J. R. H. BOOKPLATE : CHARLES Fox. I possess a copy of the edition of Moore's ' Memoirs of Sheridan,' published by Longman, Hurst, Rees, &c., in 1825. The two volumes carry the bookplate of one Charles Fox, with the motto " Nee elatus, nee dejectus," with the signature of Richard Fox on the My- leaf of each volume. Were these in any wqy related to the W T hig statesman ? DAVID BELL. DEVONSHIRE HOUSE GATES. The fine hand- wrought iron gates which have, for some years, stood in front of Devonshire House, Piccadilly, have been removed, and are now being re-erected by Mr. J. Starkie Gardner on the opposite side of the thorough- fare, in the railings of the Green Park. Mr. Gardner states that these gates were made for Lord Heathfield's house at Turnham Green, and afterwards removed to form the entrance to the Duke of Devonshire's estate at Chiswick, and then subsequently brought to Piccadilly. .The artistic ironsmith who made them is believed to be one Warren. Information is sought as to where and when the construction was carried out. J. LANDFEAR LUCAS. 101, Piccadilly. NAME AND AUTHOR OP BOOK WANTED. Some few years ago I read a most interesting book of short but true stories the material for which was culled from parish registers, churchwardens' accounts and (in' one instance at any rate) private account books. I can only remember one of the stories, and that very hazily. It relates to a clergyman, the incumbent of a village parish. He was married and his family consisted, in addition to his wife, of a boy and girl. The boy dies and soon afterwards the wife follows him. The clergy- man is then left with his little girl, who accom- panies him each Sunday to church in her " bib and tucker." But, alas, not for long, as she too is taken, leaving the unhappy man alone in the world. His declining years, I recollect, were occupied in the cultivation of roses. From this very rough outline, can any reader give me the name and author of the book I seek ? B. C. NAMING OF PUBLIC ROOMS IN INNS. (12 S. ix. 189.) RICHARD DALBY, Bailiff of Bui-ford, <)x<m. in a deed of gift dated 1585, preserved amongst the Oxfordshire wills in the Principal Probate Office, mentions a cham- ber at the George at Burford called " Paradise." The George was the prin- cipal Burford inn during the sixteenth century ; and from the fact that it was granted by Henry VII. to members of the Royal household, it was evidently worth possessing (see Gretton, ' Burford Records ' ). E. ST. JOHN BROOKS. The custom of calling rooms in inns by distinctive names was certainly in existence in Shakospeare-'s time.
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