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36. Lorenzo Abelli, b. in Valgrana, 4 Nov., 1826, d. 30 Oct., 1885. Erected by his w. Meli- cent. (In English.)

37. Richard West, b. in Salem, 23 Jan., 1818, d. 30 Oct.. 1879.

38. Dorcas Cleveland West, Salem, Mass., 9 May, 1820 ; Florence, 6 May, 1897.

39. Martha M. Jenkins, d. 29 May, 1894. Erected by her (children ?).

40. Harriet Craft, b. in Gt. Yarmouth, Norf., d. 3 Nov., 1881, a. 77.

41. Nanny Burton, for many years resident in Florence, d. 28 July, 1881, a. 69.

42. Georgina Sonnino Terry, d. 25 Jan., 1907, a. 83. Erected by her (children ?).

43. Eleanor Willis, eldest d. of the late Robt. Willis, M.D., b. in London, 21 Jan., 1833, d. 15 Nov., 1881.

44. Alicia Dorothea, wid. of the Rev. George Robbins, Rector of Courteenhall, Northants, and formerly Brit. Chaplain at Florence, d. 5 April, 1889, a. 75.

45. Anne Dorothea, w. of the Rev. Robt. Loftus-Tottenham, for many years chaplain to H.B.M.'s Legation in Italy and Brit. Chaplain of Florence, b. 8 Aug., 1810, d. 16 Oct., 1891.

46. The Rev. Robt. Loftus-Tottenham, M.A., for 21 years Brit. Chaplain in Florence, b. 27 Sept., 1809, d. 5 Feb., 1893.

47. Francis Wm. Turton, Comr. R.N., b. 2 Dec., 1831, at Betley, Staff., d. 22 Aug., 1893, at S. Domenico, Fiesole.

48. Cassius James Gilmore, b. 16 Oct., 1843, at Cincinnati, Ohio, d. 16 Aug., 1907, at Reggio Emilia, Italy.

49. James Gilmore, b. at Bridgehampton, L.I., 21 Sept., 1814, d. 12 July, 1897.

50. Theophilus C. Cann, b. 25 May, 1839, d. 15 Dec., 1894.

51. Henry Groves, of Weymouth, d. 1 Mar., 1891, a. 54. Erected by his wife.

52. Margaret Chapman Candida, b. 8 June, 1814, U.S.A., d. 7 Feb., 1900.

53. Cav: Alfredo Candida, b. 17 Mar., 1835, d. 26 Dec., 1893.

54. Bertha, younger d. of W. B. Newbery, b. at Manchester, 6 Jan., 1848, d. 26 July, 1903. George Fraser, 2nd s. of W. B. Newbery, b. at Leghorn, 23 July, 1840, d. 30 Ap., 1894.

55. Wm. Boxer Newbery, b. at Gibraltar, 17 Dec., 1807, d. at Pisa, 12 Oct., 1891. Eliz. Isabel Fraser, w. of W. B. Newbery, b. at Man- chester, 6 Nov., 1814, d. in S. Domenico, Fiesole, 31 March, 1895.

56. Mary Ann E.manuella Evans, d. of Chas. Catton, b. at Gibraltar, 23 Mar., 1823, d. 17 Nov., 1893.

57. Emma Maria Stalker, b. 14 Nov., 1811, d. 25 Oct., 1890. Thomas Stalker, b. 23 Dec., 1806, d. 14 April, 1891.

58. James Ewing Cooley, b. 10 Nov., 1802, d. 19 Aug., 1882. Louisa Maria Cooley, b. 31 Mar.,

2 July, 1887.

^59. Virgil Gilmore, b. at Cincinnati, 28 Dec., 1879, d. 9 Sept., 1886, at Montepiano, near Florence.

60. Edward Hobart Seymour, s. of the Rev. Edward Seymour, b. in Florence, 28 June, 1885, d. 1 Aug., 1885.

61. Geoffrey Temple Forster, b. 24 July, 1877, d. 26 June, 1885.


62. Geraldine, youngest ch. of Francis and Elizabeth Kay, b. in Siena, 12 Jan., 1880, d. 15 Dec., 1884.

63. Louisa Cann, d. 14 Feb., 1890, a, 4.

' 64. Garnet Wolseley, youngest s. of Eleanor Milnor and Lieut.-Comr. Goodrich, U.S.N., b. in Florence, 23 Oct., 1882, d. in Venice, 5 July, 1883.

65. Mary Warrack, d. of Chas. Gumming and Mary Beatrice Warrack, b. and d. 25 July, 1899.

66. Edgar Parks Harvey, b. 16 Dec., 1886, d 15 Jan., 1887.

67. Sydney Takaro Meyer, b. at Dunedin r N. Zealand, 17 May, 1890, d. 18 Oct.. 1890.

G. S. PARRY, Lieut. -Col. 17, Ashley Mansions, S.W.

(To be concluded.)

[For other lists of inscriptions on Britons and Americans dying abroad see the numerous entries- under 'Inscriptions' in the General Index to the-- Tenth Series ; also 11 S. i. 104, 165, 444, 502; ii. 342, 423, 483 ; iii. 224.]


MAY CELEBRATIONS AT OXFOBD IN 1598. A town-and-gown riot of some seriousness took place at Oxford on 27 May, 1598, because of certain May celebrations by the- citizens. The Vice-Chancellor and his col- leagues, being placed by the Privy Council on their defence, declared that the trouble- arose from the fact that the inhabitants- assembled on the two Sundays before Ascension Day, and on that day, with drum and shot and other weapons, andj men. attired in women's apparel, brought into the- town a woman bedecked with garlands and flowers, named by them the Queen of May. They also had " Morrishe " dances and other disordered and unseemly sports, and intended the next Sunday to continue the same abuses, the disturbance arising when the Univer- sity officers sought to interfere (Historical MSS. Commission, 'Cecil MSS.,' vol. viiL pp. 201, 202). This appears to indicate- that May celebrations were not confined to the first of May, though that date remains- specially associated with the traditional May -morning service on Magdalen.

A. F. R.

GOVERNOR HERBERT. The recent altera- tions in hangingjthe pictures in the National Gallery, London, has brought the portrait of

  • Governor Herbert,' by Arthur William

Davis, into prominence. It is a pity, there- fore, that the old and misleading label should still be affixed to the picture. On the label it is stated that Herbert was " Governor of Penang or Prince of Wales- Island," and that the portrait was painted at Calcutta in 1791. Penang was from its-