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privilege of staying in the same house with
a person whose grandfather also was born
in the reign of Charles II., but who himself
was living three-and-twenty years after the
marriage of Queen Alexandra. My friend
for I had known him for several years was
the late Captain the Hon. Francis Maude,
R.N., whom I last saw and spoke with in
1885. He died the following year.
KATHLEEN WARD. Beechwood, Rilliney, co. Dublin.
WE must request correspondents desiring in-
formation on family matters of only private interest
to affix their names and addresses to their queries,
in order that answers may be sent to them direct.
SHELLEY'S COPY OF
ABBF, BARRUEL'S WORK ON
SECRET SOCIETIES.
I HAVE in my possession a work published in four volumes, which belonged to the poet Shelley, entitled :
M EMOIRS
ILLUSTRATING THE
HISTORY OF JACOBINISM,
Written in French by
THE ABB6 BARRUEL,
and translated into English by
THE HON. ROBERT CLIFFORD, F.R.S. &c. A.S.
Princes and Nations shall disappear from the face
of the Earth and this REVOLUTION shall be the
work of SECRET SOCIETIES. Weishaupt's Discourse for the Mysteries.
LONDON 1798
Vol. i. is missing. Vol. ii. bears the poet's autograph in full, and the date 1810, when Shelley was an undergraduate of University College, Oxford. He was expelled in March, 1811. The summary of the contents of vol. ii. is : Part I. The rise and progress of the conspiracy of the Sophisters, called Philosophers. Chap. i. Voltaire and D'Alembert passing from the hatred of Christianity to the hatred of kings. Chap. ii. Political systems of the sect D'Argenson and Montesquieu. Chap. iii. Jean Jacques Rousseau's system ; and so on. Part II. On the mysteries of Occult Masons (Arrieres Maons). Vol. iii. relates to the Atheistical Illuminees. Vol. iv. is a History o.f Illu- minism, founded by Weishaupt, its union with French Masonry, and the subsequent evolution of the Jacobins.
Can any of your readers say how far this
work may have influenced Shelley*' and
moulded his views ? How the* volumes
came into the possession of my family I
cannot explain, beyond the fact that there -
was such a considerable degree of inti-
macy existing between the poet's family
and my ancestor William Sandham of "
Horsham, a tenant and near neighbour of Sir
Timothy Shelley of Field Place, that the poet
was probably a frequent visitor, and ob-
tained a loan of 100/. in January, 1811, before-
beirg sent down from. Oxford, which he-
never repaid. The unredeemed promissory
note is in my possession, and also a holograph
letter, requesting a further loan on the plea
of " now being reduced to the very last
extremity," written from Keswick shortly
after his marriage to Harriet Westbrooke.
JOHN H. SANDHAM GRIFFITH.
Llwynduris, Llechryd, Cardiganshire.
AUTHORS WANTED. Can any reader tell
me who is the author of ' Quaerenda; or, Two
Historical Secrets,' published by Simpkin,.
Marshall & Co., 1879 ? The British Museum
Catalogue gives it as by [Q. . . .].
J. POTTER BRISCOE.
Public Libraries, Nottingham.
Can any reader tell me the source of the following quotation ?
He who killeth a cow was as if he slew a man. ARTHUR ROGERS, MJnst.C.E. 44 Duke Street, St. James's Square, S.W.
1. " The multitude is more taken with appearance than reality, for the noise and glitter of a pretender shall excite their attention and flash upon their weakness at an irresistible rate, while the modest man passes unregarded, and often proves the object of their contempt."
This formed the subject of a beautifuP specimen of penmanship, dating apparently from about 1840.
2. " ' Books,' says Bacon, ' can never teach the use of books.' "
This double quotation is from a book-plate.
ALEX. MORING. 32 George Street, Hanover Square, W.
HERALDIC QUERY : SALAMANDER. Can any reader kindly say what is the meaning in heraldry of a salamander in flames ? Ii can hardly refer to any military achieve- ment. May it not refer to some spiritua or mental faculty possessed by the man on. whom it was first conferred ? R. H. J.
MARY BELLAMY, ACTRESS. I shall be obliged for any information with regard to* this lady. I am told that she was painted by Hoppner. HORACE BLEACKLEY.