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There is a pleasurable fascination in finding oneself on really intimate terms with those who talk familiarly of surroundings which we are now only accustomed to regard as matters of history or romance. I will leave the letters to tell their own little story in their own way, leaving the judicious reader to CherriesQUERIES:-( Cheat Bread- -Flodden Field-A dwell at his own leisure on such points as here Quarter Licence-Captain of the Achilles-Sonnet by M. Arnold-Riddle-Old Wine-glasses -Tweenie-Ball of Stone- and there may strike his fancy. I should, howhouse, 367-Peninsular War-Fielding-MS. of Thomas of ever, premise that at the commencement of the Monmouth-A Yorkshireman's Arms-Sheridan Family-correspondence we find three sisters-one, Mrs. Overman's Almshouses, 368-Medicean Stars-Browning on Ayscough, apparently a widow and childless, living Scott-Boswell-Byron-Authors Wanted, 369. at Lincoln with her cousin, Edward Beresford; REPLIES:-Mrs. Siddons as Mary Stuart, 369-How Popular while the other two, Mrs. Skipwith and Madame Information is acquired, 370-Lord Chancellor Harcourt- Chaumont, are at Namur, in Flanders. The former Naval Songs-Albert Schirmer-Sny-Pearls, 371-George seems to have been unmarried, but the latter was Street-Hyde Family Russia, Black, White, and Reda widow with three children, Joseph, Mary, and Alcestis and the Daisy-Scott upon Coleridge-Trinkets, 372-Chame-Quarles - Topehall - Hymn of Cleanthes Theresa. Namur, like other towns in Flanders at Device for Porch of a House-Weston-super-Mare-Devil's that time, had become a resort of English Catholics. Bible, 373-Little Summer of St. Luke-Names of Dogs-In fact, it possessed as its bishop Dr. Strickland, St. Thomas Apostle, 374-Chap-book-Mistakes in Dickens an Englishman, who was formerly an adherent of "There is a silver lining," &c., 375- Brasenose Calendar' the Pretender, and who, in 1719, came to London and carried on some abortive negotiations with the leading Catholics there, with a view to obtaining some concessions from Rome which would enable all English Catholics to conscientiously transfer their allegiance to the house of Brunswick.* -'Faithful Lovers'-Burial-place of George I., 377. NOTES ON BOOKS:-Collins's 'Wills in the York Registry' Uzanne's The Mirror of the Letters of Famous Men' World The Magazine of Art.' Notices to Correspondents, &c. Notes. PROTESTANT AND PAPIST, 1716-1731. The following letters may be read with some interest, partly on account of their intrinsic qualities, and partly on account of the illustration they afford of the position of the Catholics under the laws in force in England at the beginning of the last century. As the originals are without any punctuation, I have taken the liberty of inserting stops throughout. Otherwise I have transcribed them, so far as possible, literatim, a few interpolations being distinguished by brackets. It is a pity that the quaint effect of the handwriting cannot be reproduced. That of Mrs. Skipwith, like her spelling, is clumsy, and betokens little familiarity with the pen; but there is an air of strength and deliberation about it which seems very characteristic. Mdlle. Chaumont writes, on the contrary, easily and boldly, frequently sacrificing accuracy for the sake of speed. An absence of the distinguishing features of the English calligraphy of the period would, I think, suggest the foreign domicile of both. In the process of transcription the delicate bloom of age-if I may so describe the thin coating of dust and the brown hue of the faded ink, which a century and a half's interment in a forgotten deed-chest has brought to perfection -must necessarily disappear. Yet even in their In the first letter, addressed to "Mrs Ayscough at Mr Birsfords houss aboue the hill in Lincoln, Lincolnshire," the death of Madame Chaumont is announced. The letter runs thus: nemuer-Scepbr 21, 1716. fower days aftere the recitt of yours, Deare Sister, the leafft this worlld. it is sarttinly she maid a most happye fattell blow was giuing. our Deare Sister Chaumont exchange, macking a most piouss ennd aftere a long painfull sicknes, wich she underwent with much patiouns, to the edefecation to all that was abought her. god giue me gracs to follow her. you will exspek I shoulld giue some acount how she has leafft her children. She maid no will, but, as my Brother Chomont leff all to her dissposing wille she liued, an to bee equelly dissposed one at her death amonst her Chilldr", she was very carfull to preforne, not giuing anny thing away, nore more to one Chilld then a nother. She was sartinly a woman of a most upwrit, worthy temper. I haue considered your kind offore in enneding the rest of my days with you-a happiness I could wisch for; but my great age an continull care for so long a time how to gitt bread hass maid me uery unfitt for a jorney, an illheallth beesids the the inconuenicy you must bee tabell will cost you 20 pond a year. this, my Deare pout to to goe to houskeeping for me. to pay for my Sister, must strattin your fortine, wich I haud rather souffer then doe, being it is souist [? sauvest, safest] to my sinss; but if you haue anny thing to sparre I should bee uery thankfull to yr to you, but leaue all to [you], an all ways at [?] yr health an happeness. now aime (I am], Dear Sistere, y' for euer, SKYPWITH. the aftere non of Sceptember. yr Nephwe ann Necis my pore sieter Chamount dyed the 16 at five oclock in *See Butler's English Catholics,' iii. 120. prescents thar Dutty-will writ to you. pray let me hear from yo. I shall bee afrad I aim so unfortnit to out liue all my frinds. The following is also from Mrs. Skipwith to Mrs. Ayscough: nemuer, oxb 28, 1716. this day the post brought me one from my Deare Sister. I relly was in consarne, thinking it long, ore fearing ma[i]n had miscaried, that you did not Ansawre to the mallincolly nuse of my pore sisters death, most hapye for her an Edefiing to all abought her, an for some mounth beefor tallk of nothing Ellce but of a Blessed Eternity. you are misstacken. she forgott non of her frinds, but spock of you uery offeann, an lefft a litell memory', a pryty bottell to keep in your pockett, with a golld head, to remember her. she was sartinly a most vertus, worthy, good woman, an much lemented by all that was a quainted with her. I begd your pardon if I did not let you know this in my first letter, but was relly soe full of sorey I did not know what...[“I said ' erased] ore how to ouorcome the aflicxtion I was in. praye let me know how I shall scend y' this bottell. I beeleve my Necis cane scend it to London. you must lett me know how [=whom] it must bee giuin to thear. I doe not reffuse to come an see you in England, but pruedenc in being as litell chargabell to my Relations denies me that happynes. a thousands thanks to you for th fiue pond you desine shall keep me warm. all the gratfull acknowlegmet that is poyisaibl from, Deare Sister, yr affextinat hombell saruent resciue SKYPWITH. y' pleas to giue the mony to M Daniel Arthur, Banqur Marchand in Treinty [=Trinity] Lane, London, desiring him to return it me at antwerp att double usance." The words in italic are in the same hand as the following, which is written by Mary Chaumont on the outer leaf of her aunt Skipwith's letter : my aunt skipwith hauing giuen you, dr aunt, in dew time notice of my dr mothers death, & makeing you my excuses for not writing then myself is y occasion I diferd it til y day that my aunt had a letter from you in answer to hers. I need not tel you, de aunt, ye great afliction I am in for my great loss of my honored, dr mother. You can wel imagine it. 'tis a most senseable one to us indeed; and, if anything can in some measure alay our uast[?] grief, tis the hapy end shee made, dying most piously, and euen to her uery last breath that shee continued to be senseable gaue marks of an intire resignation to ye wil of almighty god. we ought al of us to make reflections on yt, wch I beg of you also to doe, dr aunt, and consider the hapiness of dying a member of ye roman catholick church,* ye only and true one, out of dr aunt, wch there is no saluation: besides I coniure you, to reflect you was bread up in that religion, and that it is the greatest of misfortunes to haue left it. I hope you 'l pardon my speaking so freely to you, and believe tis consience & charity obliges me to it, els [I] should not take yt liberty, wch pray be so good to excuse and receiue as I designe it you. my Brother sends you his duty and will write himself soon. I hope you will favor me with an answer I am, dr aunt, yr dutifull neece M. CHAUMONT. the Banquiers adres in London is Mr Daniel Arthur in trinity Lane. • " roman" is interlined: "church" is written over a smudge, "religion" having been apparently erased. The following is on the back in the same hand : My aunt Hanford is alive and I hope well. I don't think I shall euer see her more, not designing for england, but to retire with my dr aunt Skipwith in a religious house. I beg, dr aunt, you'l let me know how one may direct a letter to Mr fuller skipwith as soon as posible. CHAS. FREDC. HARDY. Gray's Inn. (To be continued.) BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE 'GERUSALEMME (See 7th S. iii, 101, 141.) When I wrote my note on this subject I had only a second-hand acquaintance with Father Serassi's 'Life of Tasso' (Rome, 1785), and did not know that it contains by far the fullest and most accurate bibliography of Tasso's multifarious works up to date. From this source I now learn that at least two editions of the 'Conquistata' are omitted from my former list, and that some included in it were reissued under other dates. The following editions and issues of the work in a separate form are specified by the learned father :1593, 4to. Rome, Facciotti. Pavia, Viani. 1594, 4to. 1594, 4to. Milan, Antonio degli Antonii. 1595, 12mo. Paris, L'Angelier. 1601, 12mo. Pavia, Bartoli & Bordoni. Naples, Carlino & Vitale. 1608, 4to. Naples, Carlino. Venice, ? 1627, 24to. Venice, A. de' Vecchi. 1628, 4to. Venice, A. de' Vecchi. 1629, 4to. Venice, A. de' Vecchi. 1632, 4to. Venice, Li Turrini. 1642, 4to. Of these I omitted to notice the six editions or issues of 1601, 1608, 1626, 1627, 1629, and 1632, which for the present I can only describe at second hand. Not one of them is to be found in the British Museum Library, and I have not been lucky enough to stumble on any of them elsewhere. 1601. "Della Gerusalemme Conquistata, &c. Libri xxiv. Novellamente ristampati, ove in 24 versi posti nel principio si chiude il senso delli 24 In Pavia MDCI. appresso Pietro Bartoli & libri. Octavio Bordoni." 12mo. Dedicated to Fabrizio Tadini, Cavaliere Bergamasco. Serassi notes that this is an elegant and convenient edition, printed in a beautiful small italic. 1608. This is simply a reissue by Carlino of the edition of 1607, printed by himself and Constantino Vitale. 1626. Serassi, who had not seen this edition, simply gives the reference, "Dal catalogo della The mere entry in a library Libreria Menarsiana." catalogue, however, can hardly be accepted as a |