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 258 NOTES AND QUERIES. to* s. iv. sept. 23, 99. an excellent "bob's vorth, Tommy," as the cabman in ' Pickwick' says, as it contains, inter alia, 'The Rehearsal,' 'Chrononhoton- thologos,' and ' The Rejected Addresses.' Mr. Whitwell calls Henry Carey's burlesque lines " very coarse." If by " coarse " is meant "indelicate," the version which Mr. Whit- well quotes from must differ considerably from that in Prof. Morley's volume, as I do not observe any coarse expressions in this, in the sense in which "coarse" is generally understood. There is a pretty direct allusion to the " red-hot poker creed " of our ancestors ; but this, gruesome as it is, is not what we usually mean by "coarse." Jonathan Bouchier. " The unearned increment " (9th S. iv 109, 153, 235).—This phrase, which you have allowed a correspondent to call " claptrap "— a departure from the usual impartial attitude of 'N. & Q.'—was probably the invention of Mill himself, and, as a disciple, I may perhaps be allowed to protest against the ascription of claptrap to Mill, of all men in the world. The phrase was in constant use during the land agitation of 1870 and 1871, in the conduct of which I did much work for Mr. Mill, and is used in notes of resolu- tions for meetings which are in my pos- session. Dr. Murray should cause reference to be made to the reports in the newspapers of the meetings at the Freemasons' Tavern and elsewhere. Charles W. Dilke. Newoombe of LeirO* S. iv. 129).—E. C. A. should consult Wilson Armistead's 'Select Miscellanies,' London, 1852. There is a lot to interest anybody there. There are a plate of the exterior of Swarthmore Hall, and two plates of the " Parlour " and the " Hall." There is also a facsimile of the autograph of Margaret Fell, and a lot about William Penn and George Fox. I have six volumes in three ; there may be more, but what I have are quite at the service of E. C. A. Alfred J. King. 101, Sandmere Road, Clapham, S.W. ^ Mrs. William King (tufe Fell), Holly Bank, Eccles, Manchester, has some family records that might be useful to the inquirer. Arthur Mayall. John Bacon, R A. (9th S. iv. 183).—The discrepancy in the date of the death of this eminent sculptor given in the ' Diet. Nat. Biog.' and trie monument in the former Whitefield Tabernacle has already been noticed in ' N. <fe Q.,' 7th S. xii. 66. The date of death (7 August, 1799) is given in Cun- ningham's ' Lives of Painters and Sculptors,' John Cecil's 'Life of Bacon,' and Cansick's 'Epitaphs of Middlesex.' From the present state of the new building, now in course of reconstruction, it would be impossible to refer to the memorial slab, even if it should have been preserved. Everard Home Coleman. 71, Brecknock Road. The 'D.N.B.' gives 4 August, but this was corrected to 7 in 'N. & Q.,' 6th S. xi. 443, q.v. W. C. B. Authors of Quotations Wanted (9th S. iv. 230):— Does not Mr. Bouohton refer to verses by Kings- ley, set to music by the late Dr. John Hullah ? They ran, I think, thus :— When all the world was young, love ! And all the trees were green, Then, every lad a king, love ! And every lass a queen. Emilia F. S. Dilke. Pyrford Rough, near Woking. gUsrrlhmeous. NOTES ON BOOKS, Ac. Annals of the Sohcay until A.D. 1XV. By George Neilson. (Glasgow, MacLehose k Sons.) Thk position of Mr. Neilson is established as one of the soundest, most erudite, and most far-seeing of Scottish antiquaries. A collection of his works upon ' Trial by Combat,' ' Peel: its Meaning and Derivation,' ' Repentance Tower and its Tradition,' &c, is an eminently desirable possession for the student. As most of mesebrochures—like thepresent —are issued in limited editions they will long be subjects of search by book-lovers. ' Annals ol the Solway.' first read at a meeting of the Glasgow Archaeological Society, is reprinted from its Trans- actions in an edition practically of one hundred and fifty copies. The subject has sentimental as well as antiquarian and historical, and, indeed, philo- logical interest. That great estuary which divides Cumberland from Dumfriesshire and Galloway is the very home of picturesque legend. Mr. Neil- son's book stops, however, at a point before much legendary lore could have congregated, and is most occupied with historical ana geographical information and critical speculation. Concerning pre-Roman times there is no record except such as is supplied by the discovery, in the great mosses at the east end of the firth, of traces of human work- manship in the shape of canals. In times of Roman occupation, even, evidence is confusing, and Mr. Neilson finds himself unable to follow George Chal- mers in his conclusions as to Agrieola's Caledonian campaigns. In dealing with the Vallum and the Murus, which extend from Bowness on Solwav to Wallsend on Tyne, Mr. Neilson is on ground he has previously occupied. Ho holds to the opinion that the original Vallum was "probably" thrown up in the time of Hadrian; and the Murus, a little later in date, was—he agrees with Camden in think- ing—put up to keep out the Pictish barbarians. Directly the Romans were gone, "foul hordes,'