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parentage of these two ladies. Can any reader of 'N. & Q.' inform me of the marriage of a Clifford or a Mortimer to one of these Wallers, who were first of Hockerton and later of Groombridge, Kent? Any clue to the family of either would be of value.

H. M. BATSON.

'THE DEVIL'S PULPIT.' Does anybody know aught of a work entitled ' The Devil's Pulpit,' by the Rev. Robert Taylor, B.A., published by the Freethought Publishing Company ? It comprises a series of lectures delivered by an ex-clergyman at the Rotunda, Blackfriars Road, in the year 1830, the object being to show the Scriptures to be astro- nomical allegories, and to establish that they are of no historical signification.

SYMBOLIC. [See 6 th S. x. 367, 472 ; xi. 78, 396.]

STATUE IN SOHO SQUARE. The statue, said to have been of bronze, and variously de- scribed as King Charles II. and the Duke of Monmouth, which formerly stood in the centre of Soho Square, has, I am informed, recently disappeared, and is said to have been transferred to one of the houses in the square. Will Mr. Mills, of No. 24, Soho Square, inquire as to its whereabouts ? I do not mean to impute that Mr. Mills has appropriated the statue, but I appeal to him as a friend to art and artists. JOHN HEBB.

" MORNING GLORY." What variety of con- volvulus is it to which this name is given in New England, and what is the colour of its flower? C. C. B.

WALL CALENDARS WITH QUOTATIONS FROM SHAKESPEARE. In these popular chronologi- cal reminders (such useful adjuncts to the writing-table) one has at least a right to assume accuracy of reference, especially when the production is vouched by an important or well-known firm. On the morning of Wednesday, 21 Nov., 1900, on my removing the adhesive slip of the preceding day, my 'Calendar of Appropriate Quotations' all proclaimed as from Shakespeare's works revealed the line " The speech of peace that bears such grace," reference " ' 2 Henry VI.,' IV. i." Proceeding, according to my invariable custom, to follow Dr. Routh's wholesome advice and verify the quotation, I was unable to find the line, or indeed any passage to the effect cited at the reference given ; and I have since searched not only all the histori- cal plays, but the Concordance itself, with a like result.

A more interesting instance of erroneous reference was disclosed a week later. The

quotation presented on the following Wed- nesday, 28 November, ran :

" Every man has a bag hanging before him, in which he puts his neighbour's faults ; and another behind him in which he stows his own,"

vouched " 4 Coriolanus,' II. i." Reference to play indicated and another search in the Concordance produced the like negative result to the preceding experience.

I thereupon wrote confining myself to this individual false "light" to the compiler, with whom on previous occasions I had had a courteous and more or less satisfactory correspondence, enclosing a stamped directed envelope for reply. I have not yet received the desired explanation, although my letter has been courteously acknowledged.

I have called this a more interesting instance for this reason. In the Evening News for Monday, 15 May, 1882 (no reference to source or author given), the following lines appeared :

From our necks, when Life's journey begins,

Two sacks Jove, the Father, suspends ; The one for our own proper sins,

The other, for sins of our friends. The first, man immediately throws

Out of sight, out of mind, at his back ! The other he keeps 'neath his nose And notes every sin in the sack !

With infinite pains I traced the idea to old ^Esop. In * Fables of ./Esop,' translated and edited by the Rev. Gedrge Fyler Townsend (Routledge's edition of 1886), on p. 135 I find a fable entitled ' The Two Bags,' told thus : " Every man, according to an ancient legend, is born into the world with two bags suspended from his neck a small bag in front full of his neighbours' faults, and a large bag behind filled with his own faults. Hence it is that men are quick to see the faults of others, and yet are often blind to their own failings."

Some one or more of your readers could no doubt help me to trace the origin of the metrical version of this moral tradition. Will such a courteous reader kindly do so 1

At the same time, returning to the main object of my query, I ask, Where does Shakespeare come in ? Where 1 And echo this time not Hibernian accurately enough responds with a repetition, Where ?

GNOMON.

Temple.

NED SHUTER. What are the dates of the birth and death of this actor, a distinguished comedian in the reigns of Georges II. and III., who seems to have been renowned for his marvellous play of feature ? He is described by Dr. Doran in his amusing book 'Their Majesties' Servants,' a real multum innarvo, in chap, xxxvi., entitled ' Kitty Clive, Wood-