10 s. viii. SEPT. 21, loo;.] NOTES AND QUERIES.
TRUMPER FAMILY. Information is de-
sired respecting this family, or any hints
as to where the same could be obtained, by
(Capt.) J. CRABB-BOUCHER.
Savernake Lodge, Bath.
" MARY, MARY, QUITE CONTRARY." I should be glad to know the authority for the oft-repeated statement that this nursery rime has its origin in Queen Mary Tudor. A contemporary once more revives it, and says :
"Mary was Queen Mary Tudor, whose religious contrariness to her father, brother, and sister was obvious. The garden was the Church in England ; the silver bells were the restored sacring-bells at Mass; the cockle shells, the emblems of revived pilgrimages to holy places ; and the pretty maids, the nuns whom she reinstated in their convents."
FREDERICK T. HIBGAME.
SWIFT'S WORKS : ANNOTATED EDITIONS. 1. Is there any annotated edition of Swift's poems ?
2. Is there any annotated edition of the
- Tale of a Tub ' which explains the allusions
and other difficulties more fully than Mr. Temple Scott's ? KOM OMBO.
HAYLEY AND BLAKE. I should be glad to know the name and date of a magazine which recently published a paper on ' Hay- ley and Blake at Felpham.' I believe the paper in question appeared in a monthly, within the last year. P. M.
" MORS JANUA VIT^E." Can any of your correspondents give a reference showing the origin of the sentence " Mors janua vitae," sometimes found on tombstones ?
KINGOD.
' THE OUTLAW.' Where can I get a copy of a poem called ' The Outlaw ' ? The first verse is as follows :
'Twas morn, and on the mountain top
The outlaw rested now ; He had his broadsword by his side,
His bonnet on his brow.
W. T. GlLMOUR.
GOSNOLD. The ' D.N.B.' gives no infor- mation as to the parentage or other rela- tives of Bartholomew Gosnold (d. 1607), navigator. I should be grateful for any in- formation which would assist to supply the omission. C. E. A. BEDWELL.
Middle Temple Library, E.G.
' SKETCHES AND RECOLLECTIONS OF THE WEST INDIES.' In 1828 Smith & Elder published a book with this title " By a Resident." I have a copy in which " By
Hugh Gordon, Esq.," has been pasted over
these words. It deals largely with Dominica.
Was Hugh Gordon really the author ? The
Rev. George Gordon, who was minister of
Knockando, 1833-9, is stated by Scott
(' Fasti,' iii. 224) to have been the son of
Hugh Gordon, " late of Dominica."
J. M. BULLOCH. 118, Pall Mall, S.W.
SHELLEY'S ' SENSITIVE PLANT.' In con- nexion with the last two lines of the eigh- teenth stanza in Part First of this poem, will some one kindly tell me the subject of " could belong " ? I am inclined to take "Where none wanted but it" as paren- thetical, and to regard " it loved more than ever could belong," &c., as somewhat irregular for " it loved with greater love than ever could belong," &c. Am I right ?
A. E. A.
[We have often discussed this obscure passage- A paraphrase of the lines was offered by MR. BUXTON FORMAN at 6 S. xii. 376; A. J. M. contributed a long article on them ; and MR. E. H. MARSHALL noted that they were commented on by Mr. Swin- burne and B. V. in Mr. W. M. Rossetti's edition of Shelley's 'Poetical Works,' ii. 445.]
SlLK FIRST MENTIONED IN THE BlBLE.
Can any reader confirm the statement made by a Jesuit missionary (Cibot), writing from Peking about 1735, that the only mention of silk in the Old Testament appears in Esther viii. 15 ? In the Authorized Version it is mentioned as " a garment of fine linen and purple." He quotes from his Latin Bible. H. KOPSCH.
[The Revised Version reads " robe of fine linen."]
PANTON PROFESSORSHIP AND WILL CASE. I should be glad to know who was the founder of the Panton Professorship of Theology in the Episcopal Church College, Edinburgh, and any details thereof, or the name of a book referring to the matter.
Where can an account of " the great Panton will case " be found ? I believe it was referred to in Chambers's Journal many years ago. H. V. P.
"AMicus" OF 'THE MORNING HERALD.' Has the identity of this writer been ascer- tained ? He contributed during 1800 a series of short ' Translations in Verse of the Mottos of the English Nobility.'
ALECK ABRAHAMS.
DR. JOHN KEY, OF LEEK. Can any of your readers give information relative to the above ? He was living c. 1740.
, R. SIMMS.
Newcastle, Staffs.
