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house was at 6, Bolfcon Row, May fair, whence he subsequently removed to No. 2 (now No. 19), Albert Terrace, Knightsbridge, imme- diately opposite Sloane Street. This resi- dence he described in 'A Terrible Tempta- tion,'" and it was later known as Naboth's Vineyard. Afterwards he moved to 3, Blom- field Villas, Shepherd's Bush, where he died 11 April, 1884. In this connexion it may be allowable to say that his university residence was 2, New Buildings, Magdalen College, where after taking his degree he lived but little, and soon afterwards in London he had lodgings in Leicester Square.

W. E. HAELAND-OXLEY. C2, The Almshouses, Rochester Row, S.W.

. Charles Reade lived at 6, Bolton Row, from 1858 to 1865. JOHN B. WAINEWRIGHT.

HOBGOBLIN'S CLAWS (9 th S. xii. 189). This receipt would hardly seem complete without the preliminary advice, "first catch your hobgoblin." A hobgoblin was merely a male goblin, or evil spirit, "Hob" being a familiar form of Robert, like Hodge for Roger. Hence a hob-ferret is a male ferret, the female being a gill-ferret. In Tim Bobbin's time tk Hob-o'-th'-Hurst," "Hob- thurst," or " Hob-o'-the-Wood " was a wood- goblin. J. HOLDEN MACMlCHAEL.

I think the common Liassic fossil Gryphcea incurva ^is the "hobgoblin's claw" of our unscientific ancestors.

R. MARSH AM-TowNSHEND.

MEMORY (9 th S. xii. 224. 311). A writer at the latter reference speaks of two classes of memory, visual and auditory. There is a third class, much rarer, but, perhaps, most interest- ing as being least known, that of people of the ppiortype, who make use in their intellectual operations, including memory and reasoning, of images derived from movement. Such people remember a drawing better when they nave followed the outlines with their finger.

A very interesting discussion of these modern discoveries concerning memory, with curious cases, will be found in 'The Psychology of Reasoning,' by Binet, translated from the second French edition (Chicago, the Open Court Publishing Company ; London, Kegan Paul, 1901). One may not believe all the hypnotic phenomena announced by the French psychologists, but their main results are, I think, indisputable, and their writing is delightfully lucid. Galton's ' Inquiries into Human Faculty and its Development ' may also be recommended as a book of high interest touching the same subject.

HlPPOCLIDES.

SANDGATE CASTLE (9 th S. xii. 229). A bio- graphical notice of Sir John Ash by, who died on 12 July, 1693, and was buried in Lowestoft Church, appears in the ' Dictionary ' pub- lished by the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, 1844. It was discontinued after the completion of the letter A.

EVERARD HOME COLEMAN. 71, Brecknock Road.

"PEACE, RETRENCHMENT, AND REFORM" (9 th S. x. 348, 412, 496; xi. 176, 515). I am indebted to a hint given by the late LORD LYTTELTON in * N. & Q.' (4 th S. vi. 162), upon which I have just lighted, for the earliest definite date for the use of this famous political phrase. It is to be found in No. 93 of H. B.'s cartoons, published 26 November, 1830, and entitled ' Examples of the Laconic Style,' which shows William IV. asking his new Prime Minister, Charles, Earl Grey, " Your conditions ? " The reply is " Retrench- ment, Reform, and Peace"; and the King exclaims " Done ! " At this the Duke of Wellington, the retiring Premier, who is walking away to the rear of Lord Grey, ejaculates, "I'm off!" as John Bull shouts to him, " Right about face march ! " The quotation given by POLITICIAN at 9 th S. x. 348, from a letter of Princess Lieven, is dated "Richmond, November, 1830"; and, taking the cartoon and the letter together, it seems obvious that the phrase crystallized a story current at the period, though un- recorded by Greville, of what passed between the King and Lord Grey at their interview on 17 November, which resulted in the formation of the first Whig administration for fifty years. ALFRED F. ROBBINS.

[See 4 th S. vi. 113, 162 ; 9 th S. iii. 287, 334.]

' TALES FROM DREAMLAND ' (9 th S. xii. 169, 237). I know these charming little stories well, as my brother possesses a copy of the book. The title - page runs : " Tales from Dreamland. By the author of ' Seven Little People and their Friends.' With Illustrations. London : Frederick Warne & Co., Bedford Street, Covent Garden. 1869." The first paragraph of the preface may be worth inserting, as showing the spirit of the book :

" It happened once to Elia, gentlest of humorists, to fall into a reverie, in which his memory and imagination, playing about the forms of two chil- dren, enchanted him with their presence, until, under a too searching gaze, the apparitions grew fainter, passing away at last as mournful faces, the only embodiments of unfulfilled dreams. Perhaps I maybe permitted to give the name of ' Tales from Dreamland ' to certain creations bearing some kin- ship to those of Elia, yet differing in this respect, among others, that whatever aid my memory has