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 9th 8. IV. OCT. 14, 307 NOTES AND QUERIES. we have here another " Rennes affaire " on a small .scale, or whether the writer has found a pretty mare's nest, those of your readers steeped in the topography of this teeming district will demonstrate in due course. At any rate, it is advisable to put the curious fact upon record, and, personally, I am very flad that circumstances over which, for once, had control, took me casually through " Shepherdess Walk" in the very nick of time to make the happy discovery of this strange anomaly in street nomenclature. M. L. BRESLAR. Percy House, South Hackney. Queries. 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. "EGGISTE."—This is said to be a name for the magpie in Dorset, and also in Lincoln- shire. I should be glad to hear in what parts of those two counties the word is used. I know that "haggister" has been registered as a word for the magpie in Kent. A. L. MAYHEW. Oxford. 'THE ORIGIN OF CUSTOM HOUSES.'—While in London four years ago I picked up a feeble little publication entitled ' The Origin of Custom Houses'; subsequently I lost it. Its chief value to me was trie simple two or three illustrations. I am now desirous of getting this publication, and if you can assist me I will be thankful. L. M. MONTGOMERY. St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. ARMS OF ARDAGH.—What were the arms of the monastery of Ardagh, co. Longford, and where can the best history of the monastery be found ? ARTHUR MAYALL. TRANSLATIONS OF HORACE.—Who made the first translation into English of the works of Horace; when was it published; from what text was the translation made ? GEORGE REDWAY. [The Rev. Thomas Drant, M.A., Fellow of St. John's, Cambridge (for whom see ' Diet. Nat. Biog.,' xyi. 1), issued in 1367 ' Horace his Arte of Poetrie, Pistles, and Satyrs Englished,' 4to. pp. 284, having in the previous year published ' A Medicinable Morall, that is, the Two Bookes of Horace his Satyres Englyshed.' See 'Bibliotheca Anglo Poetica.' art. 205, p. 79; Warton's ' English Poetry,' and Lowndes's 'Bibliographer's Manual.' It is impossible to say what text he used. The 'Odes and Epodes' as a whole were first trans- lated by Sir T. Hawkins, Knt., London, 1625, 4to. AH that is known will be found in the authorities cited.] AUTHORS OF WORKS WANTED.—Can any of your readers inform me (direct preferred) who were the authors of the following ?— Lewesdon Hill: a Poem. Oxford, 1788, 4to. [By William Crowe, LL.D.] Patriotism : a Poem. Uttoxeter, 1802, 4to. The Dying Negro. A Poetical Epistle supposed to be written by A Black (who lately shot himself on board a vessel in the river Thames) to his intended Wife. London, W. Flexney, 1773, 4to. [By Thomas Day and John Bicknell.] Floribelle ; or, the Tale of the Foreste, a Ballad in Four Parts, in imitation of the Ancient Style. Oxford, 1803, 4to. Alcastor to Sophron: an Epistle. London, 1755, 4to. Poems. Laura, Ode on Power of Music ; The Valetudinarian : On Death of Frederick, Prince of Wales. By A Gentleman of Cambridge. London, 1752, 4to. Wisdom: a Poem. For the Author, 1778, 4to. [Qy. by Edward Wilkinson, M.D. 1] R. SIMMS. 27, Iron market, Newcastle, Staffs. LUTON TRINITY GILD.—Has the sixteenth- century ' Book of the Fraternity or Gild of the Holy Trinity in Luton,' among the Marquis of Bute's MSS. (Third Rep. Hist. MSS. Coratn. 206/2), been printed 1 It seems a very important document for social history and prices. ROBT. J. WHITWELL. C.C.C., Oxford. MR. THOMS'S LIBRARY. — Some ten years ago I purchased in London a copy of 'The Political and Satirical History of the Years 1766-62,' with 112 plates, fourth edition, containing the book-plates of Horace Walpole and William J. Thorns, and also the latter's name written on the inside cover, and with some very faint pencil notes, which are not wholly decipherable, but read as follows :— " This book formed Part of the of Lo Townsend There is a copy of this in the Possession of Lord John Townsend. For Particulars see Lord Orford, Vol. 2, Page 68." The dots represent the portions which I cannot make out. Recently I was looking up something in 'N. & Q./and in 5th S. vi. 181 I found an article signed BIB. CUR. referring to this book of caricatures, and probably to the very copy in my possession, as the pencil notes are identical. Can you tell me whether the late Wm. J. Thorns was the author of the article referred to ? He had, I think, at this time (1876) retired from the management of 'N. & O.' When was Mr. Thomas library sold ? Was the Lord Chas. Townsend referred