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esent, and are interested in the church, i,ve now the opportunity of reading Dr. inris's book, ' Six Hundred Years,' which is ie result of years of careful research, and is 11 of interest. MATILDA POLLARD.

Belle Vue, Bengeo.

' SHAKSPEARE AND THE FAUST LEGEND.' In have just read the following : " ' Shakespeare and the Faust Legend ' is the title . a very fine study by Mr. R. A. Redford in Gentle- an' s for December. He asks : ' Is not the key to ie whole problem of the " Tempest," that Shake- icare was under the influence of the Faust legend,' hich Marlowe had used in his play of 1604? " Vith regard to this, I beg to observe that in Sovember, 1890,1 wrote an article on 'Goethe's Faust" and Shakespeare's "Tempest,"' i which I tried to show that the two nmortal poets founded their great dramas n the ' Faustbuch,' which Shakespeare may or may not have known, but which is de- cidedly at the bottom of Marlowe's tragedy, which Shakespeare did know. I even went .so far as to prove that the underlying idea of Goethe's 'Faust' and Shakespeare's 'Tempest' is practically the same, at which we need not wonder if we compare the times in which these two poets lived. A revival or renascence went on in the latter end both of the six- teenth and the eighteenth century, and both poets gave their views of life in striking harmony with each other, showing by this that they were kindred geniuses. I sent a copy of this article to * N. & Q.' at the time, and the paper was duly acknowledged in your columns. K. TEN BRUGGENCATE.
 * 1 ie Review of Reviews for December (p. 563 b)

Leeuwarden, Holland.

[See 7 th S. xi. 120.]

WE must request correspondents desiring infor- mation on family matters of only private interest to affix their names and addresses to their queries, in order that the answers may be addressed to them direct.

NAPOLEONIC BROADSIDE. I should be glad if any correspondent could give me informa- tion about a broadside which I came across the other day. I should like to know whether it is of any value or rarity. At the top of the sheet is a portrait of Napoleon I., and below is the following statement :

"Napoleon, the First, and Last, by the Wrath of Heaven, Emperor of the Jacobins. Protector of the Confederation of Rogues, Mediator of the Hellish League, Grand Cross of the Legion of Horror, Commander-in-Chief of the Legions of Skeletons left at Moscow, Smolensk, Leipsig, &c. Head

Runner of Runaways, Mock High -Priest of the Sanhedrim, Mock Prophet of Mussulmen, Mock Pillar of the Christian Faith, Inventor of the Syrian Method of disposing of his own Sick by sleeping Draughts, or of captured Enemies by the Bayonet ; First Grave - Digger for burying alive ; Chief Gaoler of the Holy Father and of the King of Spain, Destroyer of Crowns, and Manufacturer of Counts, Dukes, Princes, and Kings ; Chief Dou- anier of the Continental System, Head Butcher of the Parisian and Toulonese Massacres, Murderer of Hoffer, Palm, Wright, nay, of his own Prince the noble and virtuous Duke of Enghien, and of a thou- sand others ; Kidnapper of Ambassadors, High- Admiral of the Invasion Praams, Cup-Bearer of the Jaffa Poison, Arch-Chancellor of Waste-Paper Treaties, Arch-Treasurer of the Plunder of the World, the sanguinary Coxcomb, Assassin, and

Incendiary to

Make Peace With ! ! !

" This Hieroglyphic Portrait of the Destroyer is faithfully copied from a German Print, with the Parody of his assumed Titles. The Hat of the Destroyer represents a discomfited French Eagle, maimed and crouching, after his conflict with the Eagles of the North. His Visage is composed of the Carcases of the Victims of his Folly and Ambi- tion who perished on the Plains of Russia and Saxony. His Throat is encircled with the Red Sea, in allusion to his drowned Hosts. His Epaulette is a Hand, leading the Rhenish Confederation, under the flimsy Symbol of a Cobweb. The Spider is an Emblem of the Vigilance of the Allies, who have inflicted upon that Hand a deadly Sting !

"Published at R. Ackermann's, 101, Strand, London."

C. V. COLLIER.

Great Ay ton, R.S.O., Yorks.

HEYLIN. Who is the author alluded to in the following : " Heylin, in his Geography on Ysland, declares," &c. 1 Full title, date of the work, dates of author's birth and death, with any other particulars, are desired.

JOHN WILLCOCK.

Lerwick.

[Consult Wood's ' Athen. Oxon.' and 'Diet. Nat. Biog.' Peter Heylin, or Heylyn, lived 1600-62. We could not within reasonable space give the par- ticulars you ask.]

WELLINGTON AND GRASSINL I beg to be permitted to inquire in ' N. & Q.' if there is in reality any corroborative evidence of the following assertion culled from ' Napoleon and the Fair Sex,' by Frederic Massoii (London, Heinemann, 1894). _ Keferring to the beautiful singer Grassini, it is stated at p. 109 that

"all the Emperor's favours failed to compel her gratitude. After the fall of the Empire she con- sented to sing for Wellington, and her complaisance did not end there. She was addicted to gambling, and may have been in want of money. Or it may be that she was moved in her passion for attracting the notice of famous men, and attaching herself to them. The Duke had a curious fancy for Napoleon's leavings [the italics are mine]. He wished to have