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Dean of Kildare, 1746 ; and William, who on Philip's death in 1765 succeeded to the deanery of Kildare. See further Cotton's 'Fasti Eccl. Hibern.' and Kirby's 'Win- chester Scholars'; but Cotton erred in saying (vol. v. p. 146) that the brothers Thomas and Philip were father and son (cf. Gent. Mag., 1780, p. 123). And Mr. Kirby seems to err in saying that William was Prebendary of Durham ; he was Preben- dary of Christ Church, Dublin, and also of St. Patrick's, Dublin. H. C.

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.

VOYAGES AND TKAVELS ISSUED ANONY- MOUSLY. Will the authors of the under- mentioned works (or their representatives) favour me with the writers' names, for use in my ' Bibliography of Australasia ' 1

Lives and Voyages of Drake, Cavendish, and Dampier. Edinburgh, 1831.

Circumnavigation of the Globe. Edinburgh, 1836.

Perils, Pastimes, and Pleasures of an Emigrant. By J. W. [? Wyld]. London, 1849.

Recollections of a Ramble from Sydney to South- ampton. London, 1851.

Diary of Travels in Three Quarters of the Globe. By an Australian Settler. 2 vols. London, 1856.

Life and Adventures in the South Pacific. By a Roving Printer. New York [and London], 1861.'

Sabin and Gushing both ascribe this last work to John B. Jones, of Baltimore and Philadelphia. It is an account of a whaling cruise in the Emily Morgan, of New Bedford, 1849-54. Allibone does not give this work to J. B. Jones, but credits him with several others published during the period of the voyage when (?) he would have been absent.

A Cruise in the Pacific, from the Log of a Naval Officer. Edited by Capt. Fenton Aylmer. 2 vols. London, 1860.

The " Mary Ira": Narrative of a Yachting Expe- dition. By J. K. M. [?Munro]. London, 1867.

Twelve Years' Life in Australia, 1859-71. [? London, 1872.]

Glimpses of Life in Victoria. By a Resident [? Mrs. J. H. Kerr]. Edinburgh, 1872.

Rough Notes of Journeys in Syria Australasia,

&c., 1868-73. London, 1875.

Sketches of Australian Life and Scenery. By a Thirty Years' Resident. London, 1876.

Um die Welt ohne zu Wollen. Wiirzburg, 1881.

In Southern Seas, a Trip to the Antipodes. By 4 Petrel." Edinburgh, 1888.

Farthest East, South, and West. By an Anglo- liidiaii Globe Trotter. London, 1892.

Seventy Years of Life in the Victorian Era, embracing a Travelling Record in Australia, &c. London, 1893.

Parts of the Pacific. By a Peripatetic Parson. London, 1896.

E. A. PETHEKICK.

Streatham.

AN AMERICAN INVASION. In a new and costly book, written by an Englishman of high repute, printed by one of the foremost English firms, and issued by publishers of well- won position, I find such terrible ortho- graphic heresies as theater, center, fiber, tra- veler, &c. With these things I have to put up in books printed in America ; I have not previously seen them in books of English genesis. Who is responsible for so deplorable an innovation the author, Sir Walter Besant, or the printers, Spottiswoode & Co. ; and what can be done to resist so objectionable an invasion? H. T.

BRAWLING. Are Dissenting places of wor- ship protected against brawling in the same way as churches 1 A. N. Q.

THE ORB. I shall be obliged if you or any of your readers will inform me what the orb, carried by the sovereign in his left hand, symbolizes. E. HULTON.

[As a symbol of sovereignty the orb or globe is of Roman origin. It appears in a Pompeian wall- painting representing Jupiter enthroned, and also in sculpture. It presumably symbolizes the govern- ment of the globe, or universal empire.]

"CAPT. ROCK." Can any of your readers direct me to an Irish book of legends dealing with the history of "Capt. Rock"? Daniel Maclise painted a well-known picture, en- titled 'The Installation of Capt. Rock.' I am not certain whether Capt. Rock is a legendary or an actual personage.

J. A. COOLING.

[It was a fictitious name assumed by the leaders of certain Irish insurgents in 1822.1

" As RIGHT AS A TRIVET." I ask the origin of this phrase, so often used.

THE UNMISTAKABLE.

[The trivet, to be a good one, must be right- angled. See 3 rd S. xi. 360, 361.]

ODD NUMBERS. It is, I suppose, idle to ask for the origin of the belief held by the famous Brian O'Linn that there is " luck in odd numbers," but has any plausible reason been given for it 1 ? Mr. Warde Fowler (' The Roman Festivals,' p. 3, note) refers to Schwegler for information on the subject, but I have not access to this writer. 1 know the explanation given in Dr. Brewer's * Diet.