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London : Printed by G. Walker, 106, Great Portland Street. 2 pp. fo. (the arrangements for German flute and guitar being omitted). Watermark date 1806.

When Yanko Dear a Favourite Song Sung by Mrs Kennedy in the Islanders Composed by Mr. Dibdin. Price Q<1. London : Printed for S. A. & P. Thompson No 75 St Pauls Church Yard. 3 pp. folio; n.d.

1780. *Harlequin Freemason.

A pantomime written (but not wholly in- vented) and composed by Dibdin; produced at Covent Garden, 29 December, 1780. I have seen no publication of the libretto or the songs, although one or other of these un- doubtedly existed. As the overture and four other pieces are in * The Monthly Lyrist,' I infer that no vocal score appeared.

1781. *True Blue; or, The Press Gang. Hogarth attributes an interlude so named to Dibdin, and gives variously as the scene of its production the Haymarket and Covent Garden. I think he has blundered over a revival of Carey's ' Nancy,' but am not sure.

1781 (?). An entire New Musical Work (to be Published in Six Numbers) called The Monthly Lyrist, or Family Concert; to consist of Overtures, Songs, Catches, Glees, and other Favorite Pieces of Music, performed at the Theatre-Royal Covent- Garden, in such new Operas, Pantomimes, &c. as are composed by Mr. Dibdin. Price to those who subscribe for the Six Numbers 12*. To Non-Sub- scribers 2/6 a Number. London. Printed & sold by S. A. & P. Thompson, No. 75, St. Pauls Church Yard; where Subscribers are requested to send their Orders. Oblong folio; n.d.

I have seen only four parts, and think no more were issued, as these contain all the pieces in the reissue entitled 'The Lyrist.' The parts contain respectively fourteen, twelve, twelve, and twelve pages of music, and two outer pages blank, besides a title- leaf. Each title is initialled U C. D." The twenty-nine items are derived as follows : from 'The Islanders,' fourteen; 'Harlequin Freemason,' five; ' Chelsea Pensioner,' seven ' Plymouth in an Uproar/ two; additional song for ' The Quaker,' one.

1781 (or probably later). The Lyrist or Family Concert, containing the Overtures, Favourite songs, &c. in the Operas of the Islanders, Plymouth in an Uproar, Chelsea Pensioner, & Harlequin Free- mason, as they are performed at the Theatre Royal at Covent Garden; Composed by Mr. Dibdin. Vol. I Price 7/6. London Printed for S. A. & P. Thomp- son, No. 75 St. Pauls Church Yard. Oblong folio, n.d., pp. ii, 52 <ii, 1, 39, and 52 blank); also at end a four-page list of publications.

Contains the same matter as ' The Monthly Lyrist,' arid chiefly from the same plates, but rearranged to bring all the items from the same piece together. From double page-

numbers and other indications I conclude that this is the later issue; and I do not think there was a second volume.

1781. The Marriage Act : a farce. In two acts. As it is performed at the Theatre Royal in Covent- Garden. London : Printed for G. Kearsley, No. 46, Fleet-Street. M DCC LXXXI. 8yo, "price One Shil- ling" on half-title; pp. iv, 40 (ii blank).

This was Dibdin's ' The Islanders/ cut down by himself. Produced 17 September, 1781.

1781. * Jupiter and"Alcmena.

Dryden's ' Amphy trion ' converted into an opera (or burletta), with lyrics and music by Dibdin; produced at Covent Garden, 27 October, 1781. The songs were printed (' Biog. Dram.'), but I have not seen a copy, or the music.

1782. *None so blind as those who wont see.

A musical farce written by Dibdin and com- posed by Arnold; produced at the Hay- market, 3 July, 1782. Probably not printed.

E. RIMBAULT DIBDIN. Morningside, Sudworth Road, New Brighton. (To be continued.)

THE EFFECTS OF A CUESE. I do not know whether there has ever been chro- nicled in ' N. & Q.' a strange and pathetic incident which we are told occurred some years ago among the European community in Netherlands India; but, as I think the case is worth a record, I send you the following short note about it. In the Gids for June, 1890 a periodical well known to be the leading one in Holland, and to be edited by a group of learned men is a signed article treating at some length of marriage between those who are related by blood. The writer points out, among other things, that if we compare any given number of marriages between first cousins with a like number of marriages between persons who were not related, we must make some allow- ance, in the case of first cousins, for the mischief often done by well-meaning friends, who, so soon as a young lady is engaged to her cousin, keep her well supplied with stories of sickly children and the like, the supposed result of such alliances; and, to illustrate the evil consequences for a bride which such disquieting tales may have, the writer goes on to say :

" Officials who have come home to Holland from Netherlands India will readily call to mind an inci- dent, as tragic as it was remarkable, where, the husband being healthy and of a sound constitution, and his wife also thoroughly healthy in every respect, the latter nevertheless brought into the world three blind children one after another, an old blind native woman having previously threatened the lady with a misfortune of that