ii s. VIL MAR. s, 1913 ] NOTES AND QUERIES. 189
Authors Wanted.—A periodical published in 1842 contains a reference to a book entitled ' Clara,' described as written by a lady, whose name is not mentioned. The work is highly praised; the lady is referred to as the author of "other books for children." and it is stated that she had then (1842) left for Boston, U.S.A., and that the publisher of her books was Hodson, 112, Fleet Street. Can any reader of 'N. & Q.' help me to find her name and anything about her? E. A. C.
Can any one tell me who is the author of some lines beginning
There was a Knight of Bethlehem?
MS. VOLUME OF BISHOP KING'S POEMS.—Any one owning a manuscript volume of the poems of Bishop Henry King (1592- 1669) would confer a great favour, and materially facilitate the publication of a worthy modern edition of the poems, by permitting the collation of the MS. with the editio princeps. If any owner of such a manuscript volume is willing to allow it to be consulted in any way, or to furnish any information about it, will he please notify Miss E. G. Parker, 47, Chalfont Road. Oxford?
At 11 S. vi. 32 MB. C. ELKIN MATHEWS referred to the sale of such a manuscript volume "at Sotheby's rooms, 9 Dec., 1900." But this was a Sunday. Can Mr. Mathews or any one else correct this date, or aid in finding this manuscript volume?
WArrEN, ALIAS WALLEr.—I should be obliged by any information regarding a family of Warren, alias Waller, stated to be descended from the Warrens of Poynton, co. Chester, and resident in Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Is not the constant use of an alias for several generations unusual in England? If so, what would be the probable reason for them?
THE COLOUr OF THE SUN.—1. Macrobius states that the Egyptians represented the sun in summer as white, and in winter as blue. Can any reader give me further references in support of this statement?
2. Mithradates and Alexipharmics.—I shall be glad to receive information as to the usual composition of the above.
THE RED HAND OF ULSTEr.—In a copy of the Ulster Covenant, given, I understand, to each signatory, I noticed that the red hand—the cognizance of Ulster, printed at the head of the document—is the right hand.
In the only heraldic book at my disposal I find the canton with the cognizance of Ulster, which a baronet bears on his coat, to be the left hand.
Is there a mistake in one of these? Or has the hand in one case been purposely altered? J. H. Rivett-Carnac.
JOHN LAWSON's TrANSLATION OF SIMSON'S 'TREATISE CONCErNINg POrISMS.'—Before me lies an incomplete work with the following title-page:—
"A | Treatise | concerning | Porisms | By Robert Simson, M.D. j In which the author hopes that the Doctrine | of Porisms is sufficiently explained and for the future | will be safe from Oblivion. | Translated from the Latin | By John Lawson, B.D. | Canterbury, | Printed and Sold by Simmons and Kirkby; | Sold also by J. Nourse, B. White, J. Bobson, Booksellers in | London, Merrils at Cambridge and Prince at Oxford. | mdcclxxvii."
The whole contains forty pages (vi+34) and "Plate I." with "XVIII." figures. On p. 34 only the first part of Proposition XVII. is given, and reference is made to a "figure XX." The body text of the page ends abruptly in the middle of a sentence:—" But there is another rectangle HG.FE; therefore HE.GF:HG.FE::EF.HM:HG.FE::HM:"
Simson's work 'De Porismatibus Tractatus; quo Doctrinam Porismatum satis explicatam, et in posterum ab Oblivione tutam fore Sperat Auctor,' occupies pp. 315-594 of his 'Opera Quaedam Reliqua' (Glasguae, m.dcc.lxxvi.), and contains "XCIII." propositions. The above-mentioned fragment by Lawson is a translation of pp. 315-380. Did he publish a further translation? His biographer in 'D.N.B.' gives in a list of his works (the italics are mine): "4. A Treatise concerning Prisms by Robert Simson, M.D., translated from the Latin, 4to, Canterbury, 1777." There is no copy of the work in the British Museum.
In the advertisement at the end of the 1821 edition of Thomas Simpson's 'Elements of Geometry' I find listed:—
"Simson's (B.) Treatise on Porisms, by Lawson, 4to, 3s. 6d."
"Lawson's (Rev. J., F.R.S.) Mathematical Works—containing … A Translation of Dr. B. Simson's Treatise on Porisms … in one volume, 4to, 21s."
