CULLODEN ROBERT GLADSTONE. MEMORIALS (clii. 259; cliii. 263).—I have since ascertained that the box of bones was buried under a square stone in front of Holy Trinity Church, Aldgate (now St. Botolph Institute). A marble relief tablet to Dr. Cameron, the last one executed in the '45, was erected (1846) by his great-grandson, in the Chapel Royal, Savoy. Is it known where Brigadier Walter Stapleton (of Benwick's Regt. of Irish) is buried? He died, of wounds received at Culloden, in Inverness (? in the Tolbooth). J. ARDAGH. а present volume consists of a revision of Englische Studien in 1890 and 1891, on the problems connected with the Beaumont and Fletcher plays. All the plays attributed to these two dramatists are now independently examined, and an effort is made to steer a middle course between the conservative school, with its rigid adherence to tradition, and the more modern and radical school, with its wild and erratic ascriptions. A study is first made of the characteristics of these "twin stars," and then of such other playwrights as Massinger, Rowley, Webster, Tourneur, Ford, etc. Before these distinguishing features, however, are applied to the play under review, Prof. Oliphant gives the opinions of both hostile claimant has been thoroughly investigated in turn, judgment is delivered and the various scenes distributed amongst each. PYKE (PIKE) FAMILIES OF LONDON and friendly critics, and when the case for each AND GREENWICH (10 S. viii. 44; cliii. 296). In the Sloane MS. is a letter from Isaac Pyke to C. Lockyer, 1732 (1968 f. 53 b) and a letter from M. Moses to Isaac P. 1731/2 (1869 ff. 53, 56). Apart from its comprehensiveness, the chief merit of this work is its scrupulous honesty. The confession of error is not always a pleasant task, but Prof. Oliphant has no compunction in reversing an earlier opinion, when induced to do so either by his own labours or by the Thus he does not patient research of others. now detect the hand of Middleton in The Bloody Brother,' and of Massinger in Cupid's Revenge and Love's Pilgrimage,' whilst he is uncertain of Rowley's share in Wit at several Weapons,' and dethrones Fletcher and substitutes Jonson in his division of the scenes In The Fair Maid of the in 'Love's Cure.' Inn,' he agrees with Mr. Sykes and Mr. Wells in seeing the handiwork of Webster and Ford, but differs from them in their exclusion of Fletcher. To Field, Fletcher and Massinger, in Tourneur, and agrees with Mr. Sykes in detecting the presence of Webster. Save for a trace of Fletcher, the whole of The Laws of Candy is now assigned to Ford, and the theory of a Beaumont and Fletcher partnership, for the moment, completely abandoned. The Honest Man's Fortune,' he now adds The most controversial section in this book, however, is the one in which Shakespeare is involved. To readers of Prof. Oliphant's articles in N. & Q.' (February-April, 1919), it will not come as a surprise to learn that this Australian scholar agrees with Mr. Gamaliel Bradford in identifying the original play, which was afterwards revised and adapted to the stage by Theobald in 1727, as Double Falsehood, or The Distrest Lovers,' with the lost Cardenio,' credited to Shakespeare and Fletcher. Henry VIII' he considers, was originally written by Shakespeare and Fletcher, and probably revised by Massinger. Without adopting in their entirety the revolutionary views of Mr. J. M. Robertson, Prof. Oliphant advances_cogent reasons for the belief that the extant Julius Caesar' was founded on a Mar lowesque drama dating from c. 1590, though his arguments are not so convincing when he maintains that the Shakespearian play was subsequently revised by Beaumont. Finally, he deals with The Two Noble Kinsmen,' which he assigns to Shakespeare and Beaumont with the possibility of a revision by Fletcher. It is doubtful whether all the above findings will receive universal acceptance: even Prof. Oliphant is sceptical of that; but whether one agrees with his judgments or not, one cannot but be struck by his skilful handling of detail and his comparative freedom from prejudice. It is all the more reason why one regrets that Prof. Oliphant should have thought fit to make a splenetic attack on Sir Edmund Chambers, whom he describes as an antiquarian and not a scholar, though he grudgingly admits tha' his work is of value to scholars. Sir Edmund will doubtless reply for himself, but the tolerance which the Professor demands for his own opinions should at least have been extended to the methods and conclusions of an opponent. Victorian Narrative Verse. Chosen by Charles Williams. (Oxford, The Clarendon Press, 3s. 6d.). Preface to this selection is a short essay THE on the Victorian view of life which merits, we think, some further elaboration, and then publication where it is more likely to attract attention than in the place in which it now appears. Its fundamental topic is the Victorian idea of conduct as displayed in literature -the force of that where conduct is simply a question of action, as in many stories; its weakness where ulterior significance for conduct is required. Much of what Mr. Williams says about the excellence of Victorian story-tellings, if only the true scope of the Victorian ideal is not transcended, may naturally be applied yet more happily to prose than to verse. While agreeing with what he says on the whole, we find ourselves somewhat out of agreement with him as to merit in the individual story. Thus, he i cludes Browning's Donald,' and has praise for its admirable verbal climax"; for our part we think Donald' might well be adduced as ? palmary example of the ruining of an unusually good tale by poor telling, and its ending as a like example of a climax verbally and otherwise quite unlucky. However, it is probable that Mr. Williams's opinion would find many defenders. Many of the pieces-as those from Mathew Arnold, the Rossetti's and Tennysonseem almost too well-known to need re-printing in an anthology like this; but there are several not often met with for which we are grateful. and we are especially so for Ferguson's Conary,' an admirable story admirably told. With an Selected Poems of William Blake. Introduction by Basil de Sélincourt. (Oxford University Press. 2s. net). THE World Classics (which really includes introduction to this new volume of The everything, and just a little more, of Blake's that is worth permanent remembrance) should be noted. It gives very sympathetically but shrewdly a theory of Blake's essential strength and genius contrasted with his notable weakness. The latter Mr. de Sélincourt connects with his poverty in actual experience. The essay, though of no great length, makes a definite contribution towards a true apprecia tion of Blake. BOOKSELLER'S CATALOGUE. We have received MR. JAMES F. DRAKE'S Catalogue No. 190 from New York. It describes Rare Books and First Editions. The Ashendene Press Dante (Chelsea, 1909) is offered for $650, and an uncut copy of Young's Night Thoughts' with Blake's plates-the first edition with these illustrations for $300. 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Orders for back numbers, indexes and bound volumes should be sent either to London or to Wycombe; letters for the Editor to the London Office. Memorabilia. IN the Sunday Times for Dec. 11, Lord Hugh Cecil proclaims an amusing discovery in Anthony Trollope's The Warden.' In Chapter viii of the book Trollope describes the family of Archdeacon Grantly: he also adds some touches to the character of the Archdeacon which are inconsistent with all the rest that is told us about him. In the three sons, satirically pourtrayed, Lord Hugh bids us see respectively accounts of Blomfield, Bishop of London; Philpotts, Bishop of Exeter; and Wilberforce, Bishop of Oxford, whose Christian names are used, the youngest son, Samuel, being familiarly known as "Soapy," which certainly seems pointed enough. In the two daughters we are to find representation of Canterbury and York, and a scoff at the Gorham controversy in the quarrel which once arose between Henry and Grissel as to the best mode of using a watering pot for the garden flowers." The Archdeacon himself, within the fable, signifies the Church of England. The episode of his shutting himself up in his study, ostensibly to write a sermon in reality to read Rabelais, which as Lord Hugh says, goes counter to all that is told of the robust and vigorous Archdeacon in the story, is tentatively explained as referring to some instance of immorality "unworthily hushed up.' Lord Hugh suggests that, having scribbled down this fragment of a fable-perhaps before the novel was begun-and found that he had no taste for completing it, Trollope left it unfinished and then amused himself by using it up in The Warden,' and seeing whether it would be commented on. WE E notice in this month's Contemporary Review a short description of modern Oxford by Mrs. H. A. L. Fisher. She naturally speaks of the growth of the town; of the gathered force of that influx of the "retired" which had set in before the war and is now covering the hills around with houses; of the Morris Works, which have done more than any other single factor to change Oxford, and then of the changes in social life. Coming to the change in the undergraduates, she says most about the cinema habit." The cinemas every night are thronged by undergraduates who are much less attracted by the Theatre or the new Playhouse. Wireless is not allowed in the colleges, and Mrs. Fisher gives a young man's amusing reason for regretting the restriction. -"If I had wireless in my rooms, I should have it on every evening, and then when it was dull, which it often is, I could get some work done. As it is I have to go to the cinema, and it isn't worth while trying to work when I get back." In spite of this, she records an impression that the standard of industry is really higher than formerly. Commenting on the latest youth, that they are easier than their predecessors to get on with, she suggests that this may be accounted for by their having in childhood lived more with grown-ups than the generation before them. Perhaps nowadays average grown-ups are more like the young than they used to be. ST. Botolph's Church, Boston, it is announced in the Press and by broadcasting, is urgently in need of repairs which are estimated to cost £30,000. The timbers of the main roof have been so greatly damaged by the death-watch beetle that they are in danger of collapse and will have to be entirely renewed. The aisle roof also requires attention, and the walls of the Stump itself are badly cracked and want securing and strengthening. It is not to be thought of that Boston Stump should fall. Promises of help have already been received, some of them from America. On New Year's Day there is to be a civic service in the church in connection with the restoration, when the Bishop of Lincoln will preach. The town's representatives are co-operating with the vicar and the Parish Church Council in the business of raising funds. PEARL-SHELL and tortoiseshell and sponges are among the romantic articles of commerce, partly because of the surroundings in which they are produced, partly be |