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In the heroic poem 'Monuments of Bul- garia ' Vazov laments her absence of historical monuments compared with the numbers pre- served in other countries. In his ode on the thousandth anniversary of the arrival of the missionaries Cyril and Methodius, he exhorts the crushed Slavs to rise and cry " Hosanna ! " There are fine passages in the poem 'To Nature,' referring to her eternal youth. In 'The Wish' the poet sighs after the glories of ancient Hellas. In common with many poets, Vazov has made translations from others, including Schiller, Pushkin, Byron ( ' The Dying Gladiator'), and Mickiewicz, In 'S'tolietnik' ('The Centenarian') there are fierce expressions of contempt for modern youth, like those in Lermontov's ' Borodino.' Vazov can be humorous occasionally, as in 'A Philological Dispute,' written on the occa- sion of a philological congress at Plovdiv to discuss the alphabet, in which he makes fun of some of the letters. In his poem on Europe he is not very kind to John Bull.

It was my privilege on a former occasion to remark on the difficulties which beset a student of the Bulgarian language, which is in a state of flux, and, as Mr. Morfill says, has no real literary standard. The influence of Russian is marked.

FRANCIS P. MARCHANT.

Brixton Hilt.

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.

" HURRY " = STAITH. In Ansted's ' Dic- tionary of Sea Terms,' 1898, " staith " is given as a very common term in Norfolk for a landing-place on a river, and "hurry " appears as a synonym. Would any one give me an instance of a landing-place being called a "hurry"? A. L. MAYHEW.

Oxford.

" HiRST."-In Shirrefs's ' Poems ' (ed. 1790), in a piece called ' A Christmas Feast,' p. 219, the piper is thus described :

Honest man, he scarce cou'd gae,

Or stand him lane.

But being us'd to quench his thirst,

His chaunter didna easy birst,

Sae, wi' the help of haul' and hirst,

He joggit on, &c.

What is the meaning of " hirst " 1 The explanation in Jamieson seems absurd.

A. L. MAYHEW. Oxford.

GOVERNOR - GENERAL OF MADRAS. The friends of one of the many brides whose weddings were announced recently in the Morning Post describe her as great-grand- daughter of "Sir John Pater, Governor-General of Madras." I was for many years in the public service at Madras, and can certify that the head of the Government there never had such a title. In the earlier commercial days of the East India Company the head of each group of factories or settlements was styled "agent." For several years the agent at Bantam (Java) supervised the others ; then Calcutta was taken out of his control and put under the Madras agent. This lasted for twenty-one years till Calcutta, so to speak, came of age, since which she has done very well for herself. The subordination of Cal- cutta to Madras ended more than two hundred years ago, and I cannot discover the name of Pater either amongst the Madras agents or governors. It would be interesting to hear more of the claim. D. F. C.

SIR HUMPHREY LINTHORNE. Information respecting above, living early in the century, co. Dorset life and pedigree would oblige. HUMPHREY LINTHORNE PENNEY.

Ruskin Road, Tottenham.

ST. HIERETHA. In Risdon's 'Survey of Devon,' p. 323, under the heading of 'Swim- bridge,' is the following :

"The hamlet of Stowford did sometime belong to the duchy of Lancaster. In this place was Hieretha, the patroness of Chittlehampton, born, who, as the legend of her life makes mention, suffered the next year after Thomas Becket, in the reign of King Henry the second, in which history the names of her parents are set.down." Is tlnVhistory extant ; and, if so, where can I find it? Any information as to St. Hieretha I shall be pleased to have. I know of Mr. Copeland Borlase's reference to her in his 4 Age of the Saints.' J. HAMBLEY ROWE.

LYTES OF LYTES CARY. Has a genealogy of the Lytes of Lytes Gary, Somersetshire, ever been published ; if so, when and by whom? P. E. CLARK.

"SEE "HOW THESE CHRISTIANS LOVE ONE ANOTHER." Who was the author of this phrase? J. A. GOODE.

[Tertullian, ' Apol. adv. Gent.,' c. 39 (3 rd S. i. 488).]

HIGHLAND INCANTATION. Glas Ghairm was a rime or incantation by which the person possessing the knowledge of it could shut the mouths of dogs and open locks. This power is said to have been possessed by Archibald, son of Murdoch, or, as he was also popularly known, Archibald the Light-