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visited everybody. Disraeli, writing to his sister in 1838, says:—
"Lord F. Egerton told me this morning that he had been paying a visit to a brace of Italian princes in the last-named crib [the Sablonière in Leicester Square] on a third floor, and never in the dirtiest locanda of the Levant, Smyrna, or Alexandria, had he visited a more filthy or offensive scene; but they seemed to enjoy it and are visible every night, with their brilliant uniforms and sparkling stars, as if their carriage at break of dawn were not changed into a pumpkin."—Monypenny's 'Life of Disraeli,' ii. 30.
The person referred to would appear to be Sir John Bowring (1792-1872), "linguist, writer, and traveller": see 'D.N.B.' M.
Is not the reference probably to Capt. Basil Hall (1788-1844), whose acquaintance Mrs. Hermans made on a visit to Scotland in 1829 (see Howitt's 'Homes and Haunts of British Poets,' 1847.) W. B. H.
[MR. A. L. HUMPHREYS who also suggests JBowring thanked for reply.]
- THE TOMAHAWK': MATT MORGAN (11
S. vii. 369, 413, 454, 515 ; viii. 53). Some twenty-five years ago I saw a weekly illustrated paper, with a large cartoon ' The Bars of the World : The Bar of the House of Commons,' by Morgan. S. L. PETTY.
Two of the sons of this gifted artist are well known in the London publishing World, viz., Mr. Horace Morgan and Mr. Hugh Morgan. ARTHUR MEE.
There is a very choice set of this periodical , in immaculate condition, in the New York Public Library, which differs from all those heretofore described. There are six vol- umes, bound as four, running from 11 May, 1867, to 20 August, 1870, inclusive, and numbered from 1 to 172. The issue for 2 July, 1870, may possibly be defective, as there are but four pages of text plus the cartoon. On the editorial page of every issue the cartoon " in colours" is said to be by Matt. Morgan, although some of them bear no signature ; others have a tomahawk in the lower left corner, while still others are signed Matt. Morgan.
Matt. Morgan was the son of Matthew Morgan, an actor and music teacher, and of Mary Somerville, an actress and singer. He was an accomplished linguist, speaking five languages fluently. By his first wife he had nine children, the eldest of whom was, circa 1890, manager of the newspaper business of William H. Smith, the famous Tory leader. By his second wife he had
seven children, and all of these latter sur-
vived him. He is buried in Woodlawn
Cemetery, near New York. Good brief
biographies may be found in The New York
Tribune for 3 June, 1890, and in Appleton's
' Cyclopaedia of American Biography,' re-
vised edition, vol. iv. p. 403.
The New York Public Library also has a fine copy of ' The American War,' published by Chatto & Windus in 1874. This volume is made up of a series of car- toons, mostly by Morgan, with illustrative notes, containing many bitter attacks on Lincoln, which attacks apparently did not cease with the martyr's death. It is now a rare book, and much sought by Lincoln collectors. CHAS. A. HERPICH.
New York.
'THE SILVER DOMINO ' (11 S. viii. 86). To The Library Association Record of August,
1899, I contributed a note declaring that ' The Silver Domino ' was written by Marie Corelli. I have not seen the book since that date, and I cannot now exactly recall my reasons for publicly stating the author- ship ; but I believe there is printed in ' The Silver Domino ' a letter from a prominent personage Mr. Gladstone, I think a letter which Miss Corelli acknowledged having received, and from which she quoted in an article or interview which appeared in some periodical. Apart from this, the book
ontains much sledge-hammer criticism, wholly characteristic of this trenchant writer, which in itself might justify one in ihus venturing upon an attempt to pene- trate the veil of anonymity. A. R. C.
One of those named as a probable author of this work when it appeared was the late Dr. Boyd of St. Andrews, " A. K. H. B." On my drawing his attention to what amounted to a fairly confident attribution, he said that the thing was none of his, and added that he thought it almost certainly i product of English ingenuity. One strong >roof of this he considered to be the fact hat the author called a Scottish pastor a "meenister." This, he averred, no self- especting Scotsman would ever do.
THOMAS BAYNE.
PAWLETT OR POWLETT : SMITH (11 S. riii. 68). Annabella, daughter of the Rev. Richard Smith by Annabella, only daughter )f William Powlett, married Charles Towns- lend, created Baron Bayning 27 Oct., 1797. Lady Bayning, who died 3 Jan., 1825, Was nother of the second and third (and last) >arons.
