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Contains hairless paper. over which the pen siips with perfect With Introduction by JOSEPH KNIGHT, F.S.A. + This Index is double the size of previous ones, as it contains, in addition to the usual Index of Subjects, the Names and Pseudonyms of Writers, with a list of their Contributions. The number of constant Contributors exceeds eleven hundred. The Publishers reserve the right of increasing the price of the volume at any time. WITH INTRODUCTION BY THE EDITOR. This Index contains, in addition to the usual Index of Subjects, the Names and Pseudonyms of Writers with a list of their Contributions. The number of constant Contributors exceeds eleven hundred. The Publishers reserve the right of increasing the price of the volume at any time. The number printed is limited, and the type has been size. 3. per dozen, ruled or plain. piper dozen, ruled or plain. New Pocket ATHENEUM PRESS.-JOHN EDWARD LONDON, SATURDAY, JULY 5, 1913. CONTENTS.-No. 184. NOTES:-Ralph Wallis, the "Cobler of Gloucester," 1Dotheboy's Hall Anticipated, 3-Statues and Memorials in the British Isles, 4-Charles Lamb and "Dog Days," 5 -The Deaf Adder that stoppeth her Ear-The Lord of Burleigh and Sarah Hoggins - Leghorn: English Merchants there in 1702-Thatch Fires, 6-A New "Circus" for London, 7. QUERIES:-Bruce of Airth-Inigo Jones-Elford Family, 7-St. John of Bletsoe-Authors of Quotations WantedJane Cromwell, Fradswell-St. Paul at Virgil's Tomb, 8"Auditious"-Louis Alexis Chamerovzow-Bearsdenhall'-Pickett's London Improvements - Illegitimacy in the Middle Ages-Canadian Pacific Railway-Matthew Henry Barker - Demolition of the Kennels of "Dog Kennel Lane," 9-Horace Smith's Verses on Surnames, 10. - REPLIES:-Theatre lit by Gas, 10-"Star-ypointing," 11 -History of Churches in Situ-St. George's, Hanover Square: Ely Chapel - Longfellow's Courtship of Miles Standish': Copyright Law - Statue in Queen Square, Bloomsbury, 12 Statues and Memorials in the British Isles: "Offrs."-"Town-planning "-Mungo Campbell's Dying Message : "Farewell, vain world!" Dickens: Places mentioned in 'The Uncommercial Traveller,' 13Authors Wanted - Magic Ring The Red Hand of "Ulster, 14-Garibaldian Veteran Queries from Green's Short History'-"Bucca-boo," 15- Sackville Fox Unicorn's Horn-'The Ambulator,' 16- Rome: Jewish Sarcophagi and Greek Painting - Louise de la Ramée (Ouida), 17-Queenhoo Hall-Huxley on Positivism-The Stones of London, 18. NOTES ON BOOKS:-'Horace Walpole's World''Sion College and Library'-'Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society'-Reviews and Magazines. Notices to Correspondents. Notes. 1. Rome for Good News.' No date. 2. More News from Rome : or, Magna Charta.' 1666. 3. Room for the Cobler of Gloucester.' 1668. The second of these would suggest that an earlier work had been written, and the following is the full title of the tract now under notice : "Rome for Good News, | Or | Good Newes from Rome | In a Dialogue between a Seminary Priest, and a Supposed Protestant, at large. | An Exhortation to Bishops. | Whereunto Is also annexed a Discourse between a poor Man, and his Wife. | London, Printed for ths [sic] Author." 66 The book is small quarto, its collation being as follows: Title, one leaf; the Epistle Dedicatory, signed 'Your very effectionate [sic] Husband, Consilio Iuvans,' two leaves; 'Rome for Good Newes,' Pp. 1-26. In the Epistle is the following curious reference to Canada, which seems to have been placed in the wrong latitude :— A Traveller told me that he was in a place called Canida some part of the West Indies where the Beares all the Winter when the Ground was frozen hard did lye in their Dens." From the same Epistle we learn that Wallis had four children, and that his wife would RALPH WALLIS, THE "COBLER OF neither let him keep inns (of which several GLOUCESTER." (See 2 S. x. 7; 5 S. viii. 388, 494; ix. 157.) IN the extracts from the Calendars of State Papers (Domestic)' given by the late J. J. Powell, at 5 S. viii. 494, the tract Good News from Rome' is mentioned, and the same source is used for the reference to it in the article on Ralph Wallis in the 'D.N B.,' written by Rev. Alexander Gordon, who tells me he had not seen a copy. The tract is not, so far as I am aware, referred to elsewhere, but it is almost certainly the same as Rome for Good News; Or, Good Newes from Rome,' and it may be of interest to give more precise information relating to this-probably the scarcest of Wallis's writings and incidentally suggest an earlier publication for his other works than extant copies imply. Lowndes mentions a pamphlet entitled 'Newes from Rome,' 1641, were offered him) nor become a preacher, though he had |