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PYRRHUS'S TOE. In Sir Thomas Browne's
- Hydriotaphia ' is an allusion to " Pyrrhus
his toe," which could not be burnt. Where can I find an explanation of this allusion ? I have searched in vain through every annotated edition that I have found, and in many books of reference. E. M. Fox,
WARREN FAMILY. Could any reader furnish particulars of the " Virtus mihi scutum " Warrens of Middlesex, Surrey, Herts, &c., between 1600 and 1698 ? I possess details from 912 to 1600. Gilbert Warren was living at the 1634 Heralds' Visitation at the hamlet of Colney. Thomas Warren (Middlesex 16-), who was from Poynton, Cheshire, used exactly the same arms. Please reply direct.
J. R. WARREN WARREN.
Little Maplestead, Halstead, Essex.
SIR CHARLES CHALMERS, BT. His name appears, as such, in the Army List of 1755, as a lieutenant in the Royal Artillery. He died at Valdore in India on 1 November, 1760. Wanted information as to the baronetcy. When was it conferred, and when did it become extinct ?
J. H. LESLIE, Major R.A. (retired).
Dykes Hall, Sheffield.
HAMPSHIRE MAP. I have the north-west portion of a map (unfortunately badly mutilated) of Hampshire which is adorned with engravings of the principal scenes, my portion containing views of Silchester walls with a plan, Carisbrook Castle, and Portchester Castle. The map is well exe- cuted, and the engravings are good ; it would appear to date from about the period of the late 18th or early 19th century. Can any of your readers inform me where this has been taken from and its exact date ?
T. A. OPPE.
51, Moorgate Street, E.C.
AMPHISB^NIC BOOK. The Bodleian Library prints a ' Staff-Kalendar ' for the use of those employed there. The first issue was that of 1902 (4 May 31 Dec.), and consisted of 80 printed pages and 16 blank, for notes.
With the issue for 1905 began the habit of printing a ' Supplement to the Staff-Kalen- dar,' " meant to be revised and enlarged yearly, until it becomes as far as possible a complete directory to the practice of the library." In order to make reference to either part of the book instantaneous, the Supplement begins at the other end of the book from the Kalendar, with a separate
cover-title, title-page, and pagination. The
whole of this matter is, by necessary con-
sequence, inverted as compared with the
Kalendar.
Are there any other modern books so printed ? Has MR RALPH THOMAS a " bibliographical term " for such a book ? The one that heads this query seems hardly adequate, though it suggests the facts.
Q. V.
HUNGARIAN BIBLIOGRAPHY. Where can I get copies of the following ?
1. 'Resurrection of Hungary.' Printed in Ireland
in 1904.
2. * Hungarian Protestantism ' (T. Watts-Dunton).
Printed in 1906 or 1907.
3. A book on Hungarian gipsies by Walter Crane.
I have not been able to find these in the B.M. Catalogue. W. H. SHRUBSOLE.
29, Halons Road, Elthara, Kent.
" REBECCA AND HER DAUGHTERS." The Times of 5 January, in noticing a book on the Rebecca Riots in Wales, says that Miss Evans, the editor of it, does not
"allow the etymology of 'Rebecca' which traces the term to Gen. xxiv., 60, where her family bless Rebekah and say, * Let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them.' The rioters, she says, determined to dress Thomas Rees, one of their leaders, in women's garments, and came across a tall stout old maid named Rebecca, whose dress was made to fit him."
Is this upsetting of a long-cherished belief justifiable ? May not the encounter with the stalwart spinster have been merely a confirmation of a name previously selected as being of good omen to the cause ? I fancy that Thomas Rees was to be of the petticoated sex in order to represent the Biblical Rebekah. ST. SWITHIN.
PAWPER OR PAUPER BIRD. William Harrison in his ' Description of England,' 1577, Book III., chap. ii. ' Of Wild and Tame Foules,' says :
" As for egrets, paivpers, and such like, they are dailie brought unto us from beyond the sea, as if all the foule of our countrie could not suffice to satisfie our delicate appetites."
This bird, it is stated, is mentioned, in an Act of Parliament relating to grain temp. Queen Elizabeth. Of what description, and whence, is this bird ? L. S.
SUBTERRANEAN CHAMBER MENTIONED IN PLOT'S ' HISTORY OF STAFFORDSHIRE.' Hargreave Jennings in his book on the Rosicrucians gives an account of a sub- terranean chamber mentioned by Dr. Plot in
