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IVoodward was created a baronet, or was
designed to be so, by Charles I. temp. Civil
War, when, owing to the troublous times,
the title would not be acknowledged.
Several very interesting relics from Rocks
Place are in existence, including a stick
used by a Dr. Woodward of the family
when walking the streets of London during the
Plague. Any information will be gratefully
received. LEONARD C. PRICE.
Essex Lodge, Ewell.
ENGLISH TRAVELLERS IN THE NETHER- LANDS. I seek information concerning E. Veryard, physician ; William Mountague ; John Richard ; John Owen ; R. Fell ; John Milford, jun. ; Ch. Tennant (not the con- temporary chemist of that name) ; Harry Peckham.
They all travelled through the Nether- lands .and wrote a book of their journey. J. N. J. JENSEN, Assistant Librarian.
University Library, Amsterdam.
TRAVELS IN SPAIN. Azorin in the essay on " Larra " (Mariano Jose de), in his
- Lecturas Espafiolas,' mentions that a
certain Baron Taylor published a work on Spain entitled ' Voyage Pittoresque en Espagne,' of which country he knew nothing. Larra is said to have written the book, and Taylor paid him 3,000 francs for doing so, and Taylor put his own name on the title- page as the author. Who was the Baron Taylor referred to, and does any one know of the book ? It was probably published in the thirties of last century, as Larra died. 28, in 1837. ARCHIBALD SPARKE.
GEORGE HARVEY. Can any reader supply
particulars regarding George Harvey, who
<lied some eight years ago ? He was,
I believe, an American, and was the author
of some interesting verse which was com-
mented on in one or other of the English
-weekly literary papers about the time of
.nis death. JOHN HOGBEN.
Edinburgh.
LlNX^EUS AND THE BLOSSOMING GORSE.
In the gossiping column of a weekly paper the case of a man is mentioned who in the early part of la.st March saw a harlequin electric sign flash up somewhere in the West End of London, advertising somebody's cigarettes. The writer adds : " He could have almost blessed it as Linnsms blessed the blossoming gor.sa on Wimbledon Com- mon."
Could some reader kindly supply the chapter and verse referring to this incident ?
L. L. K.
AUTHORS WANTED. 1. Miss Bateman and
' Leah.' The recent death of Miss Isabel Bate-
man (Kate Josephine Crowe) (1842-1917) recalls
the play which helped to make her famous.
This was ' Leah,' in which she appeared at the
Adelphi in Ixjndon on Oct. 1, 1863. The book
did not appear until the following year, and then
anonymously under the title of ' Leah, the Jewish
Maiden : a Romance of the Forsaken.' I have
seen it quoted as adapted from the German of
Dr. S. H. Mosenthal's ' Deborah.'
Can any one say who wrote the English version in novel form ? ARCHIBALD SPARKE.
2. In Tait's Edinburgh Magazine for 1843 there runs a particularly vivid and interesting story entitled ' Perault ; or, Slaves and their Masters.' It is anonymous. Can any one tell me its author ? ALGERNON WARREN.
3. " Jolie hypothese elle explique tant de choses." I have submitted to several scholarly Frenchmen the above quotation, which Mr. Asquith attributed, in his speech in Parliament on March 29 last, to a " witty Frenchman." No one was able to locate it. Perhaps it is better known in England ? OTHON GUERLAC.
Paris.
BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION WANTED.
1. Wake. Edward Wake and Richard Wake were respectively admitted to Westminster School in November, 1774, and May, 1812. I should be glad to learn any information respecting their parentage and careers. G. F. R. B.
2. Lieut.-General John Thomas, brother of Sir Edmund Thomas, Bart. I wish to ascertain the date of his marriage with the daughter of the first Earl of Albemarle, and also the date and place of his death. G. F. R. B.
3. Henry Ashby (artist, circa 1770-1840). I shall feel obliged for information as to the date of birth and death, and as to the education in art, of Henry Ashby, portrait and subject painter, who exhibited between 1794 and 1836 no fewer than sixty-nine pictures at the Royal Academy, and eight at the British Institution between 1808 and 1837. .
There are nine engravings from portraits painted by him in the Print Room, British Museum. Amongst them is a large mezzotint by G. Clint of Robert Ashby, jun., in volunteer uni- form, mounted on his charger, who is described in the ' Catalogue of Engraved Portraits, British Museum,' as " writing engraver and volunteer officer." There is likewise one of Harry Ashby (writing engraver, born 1744, died 1818) after Brockhardt, engraved by Holl (published by Robert Ashby, 1803), who achieved sufficient fame to be included in the ' Dictionary of Nations 1 Biography,' and was " much employed by pro- vincial, colonial, and foreign bankers to engrave notes and bills, &c. " ; and also one after Henry Ashby of the wife of this gentleman.
There seems little doubt that Henry Ashby, the artist, was the son of this Harry Ashby (or perhaps of Robert Ashby, sen.) ; he was living in 1794 at 85 Great Portland Street, and* resided at other addresses in London until 1810, when his address was Lower Tooting ; but by 1816 he seems to have removed to Mitcham, the adjoining parish.
Between 1835 and 1865 some twenty landscape pictures were exhibited at the Royal Academy
