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for me. Almost every one of them has visited me
since I have been sick, and given me a gentle hint
that they would like to have a small trinket of
some kind by which to remember their beloved
relative. On account of their former treatment
and their quiet hints, I now take this method of
satisfying their desire.'
He then makes the following bequests, each formally set out in a separate section : To my beloved brother Napoleon Bonaparte Wagner my left hand and arm ' ; to George Washington Wagner, another brother, his right hand and arm ; to his brother Patrick Henry Wagner his right leg and foot ; to his brother Charles Gardner Wagner his left leg and foot ; to his nephew C. H. Hatfield his nose ; to his niece Hettie Hat- field his left ear, and to his niece Clara Hatfield his right ear ; to his cousin Henry Edmonds his teeth ; to his cousin John Edmonds his gums. The will then continues :
" ' It grieves me to have to part with myself in this manner, but then, what is a gift without a sacrifice ? I am dying with consumption, and the end will soon be here. I will at once remove myself to Nashville, where I will die in the hospital.'
" For the purpose of dissecting his body Dr. Everett leaves 1 ,000 dollars. The residue of the estate goes to public charities. He was worth 12,000 dollars, and the will is dated March 1, 1888. A codicil dated March 3 gives 'to my beloved sister-in-law Mrs. C. G. Wagner mv liver.'"
SCANNELL O'NEILL. South Omaha, Nebraska.
WE must request correspondents desiring in-
formation on family matters of only private interest
to affix their names and addresses to their queries,
in order that answers may be sent to them direct.
CHINA AND JAPAN : THEIR DIPLOMATIC
INTERCOURSE. In what language or lan-
guages are treaties couched and diplomatic
correspondence conducted between China
and Japan ?
Or does it happen that, owing to the primarily ideographic character of the alpha- bet, the same text may be read indifferently in Chinese and in Japanese, in the same way as with us 4+ 5-2 = 7 may be understood and read aloud in any of our European languages ? H. GAIDOZ.
22, Rue Servandoni, Paris (VI e ).
' DIALOGUES OF THE DEAD ? IN ' ONCE A WEEK.' Six contributions under this title appeared in Once a Week during October, November, and December, 1868 : I. Be- tween Lords Palmerston and Brougham ;
II. D'Orsay, Jerrold, and a Stranger ;
III. Shakespeare, Thackeray, and a Critic ;
IV. Johnson, Macaulay, Boswell, Goldsmith,
Goethe, Thackeray, Richardson, Fielding,
Sterne, Addison, Voltaire, Bacon ; V.
Artists, Ancient and Modern ; VI. Amongst
the Musicians. I am anxious to learn
whether the authorship is known and
whether they have been reprinted. I
should also like to know whether the six
dialogues complete the series. I have no-
volume of Once a Week later than 1868 r
and cannot find one here.
MAURICE BUXTON FORMAN. G.P.O., Cape Town.
SWIFT AND ' THE POSTMAN.' In con- nexion with a new edition of the correspond- ence of Jonathan Swift I "am anxious to obtain a copy of an advertisement reflecting upon Swift as editor of Sir William Temple's- works which was inserted in 1709 in The Postman by Temple's sister Lady Giffard, and I should be grateful for a reference to any library where numbers of that news- paper are preserved.
F. ELRINGTON BALL,
SWIFT AT HAVISHAM. A letter from Swift to Ambrose Philips, which appears in Nichols's ' Illustrations of the Literary History of the Eighteenth Century,' was- written, according to the printed version,, on 20 Oct., 1708, from a place called Havis- ham, where Swift was staying as the guest of a Mr. Collier, who had been one of Philips's- schoolfellows at Shrewsbury. Subsequent letters from Swift indicate that Havisham was in Kent.
I am unable to find the place-name Havisham in Kent or elsewhere. It seems possible that the transcriber was at fault, and that it is a misreading of some similar name, such as Adisham, Faversham, Har- rietsham, or Lewisham. For any help to- wards identifying Havisham or Swift's host I should be greatly obliged.
F. ELRINGTON BALL. 6, Wilton Place, Dublin.
SWIFT ON EAGLE AND WASP. Will any of your readers be so kind as to tell me where the " tale " or fable mentioned in the following lines by Swift in a poem on The Intelligencer is to be found ?
The eagle in the tale, ye know, Teazed by a buzzing wasp below, Took wing to Jove, and hoped to rest Securely in the Thunderer's breast : In vain ; even there, to spoil his nod, The spiteful insect stung the god.
W. E. BROWNING.
