bocker's History of New York, gives the same derivation of "Yankee " that is quoted from Dr. Turnbull and from Mr. Richmond. Irving's authority is, I believe, earlier than both these. Is the derivation his ? and if his, is he in earnest in giving it? I ask this, not because I have reason to doubt in this instance either his seriousness or his philological accuracy, but by way of inserting a caution on behalf of the unwary. I have read or heard of a learned German who quoted that book as veritable history. The philology may be as baseless as the narrative. It is a happy suggestion of a derivation at all events, be it in jest or in E. J. S.

earnest.

General James Wolfe, who fell at Quebec.-A short time ago I accidentally became possessed of a small packet of autograph letters, by this distinguished man, to a very intimate friend and brother officer. These letters were found in an old military chest, which had belonged to the latter. They are twelve in number; the first is dated Glasgow, 2d April, 1749, and the last Salisbury, 1st December, 1758, on the eve of his embarkation with the memorable expedition against Quebec. The letters are written in a small and remarkably neat hand, and Wolfe's zeal is still adhering to some of them. They contain much honorable sentiment, and proofs of a warm generous

heart.

The perusal of these curious letters, and their allusions to passing incidents, have excited a desire to become better acquainted with the details of Wolfe's personal history; but in this I experience considerable difficulty, from the meagerness with which his biographers appear to have treated the subject. I shall accordingly feel much obliged by any of your military, or other correspondents, favoring me with references to the fullest and best account of this distinguished officer. I am anxious to obtain information, in particular, on the following points:

3. The different regiments in which he held a commission, with his rank in each, the steps and date of promotion?

4. His first and subsequent military ser

vices?

5. How long was he stationed in Scotland, on what duty, and in what places?

6. In particular, was he engaged in the formation of any of the military roads in that country, when and where?

7. Did he serve in Scotland during the rebellion of 1745-46, and was he present at the battle of Culloden? If so, in what regiment, and with what rank?

8. Are there any good portraits of Wolfe extant, and where are they to be seen?

9. Was his body brought to England, and are any memorials of him preserved, such as his sword, pistols, &c.? His spurs were lately in the possession of a gentleman near Glasgow.

3.

Brother Jonathan.-The origin of this term, as applied to the United States, is given in a recent number of the Norwich Courier.

The editor says it was communicated by a gentleman now upwards of eighty years of age, who was an active participator in the scenes of the Revolution. The story is the same as that copied from the History of Connecticut. See BIBLIOPOLIST, No.

"Time is the Stuff of which Life is made."―There is a phrase, "Time is the stuff that life is made of," which has been taken for a line of Shakspeare. A reference to Mrs. Clark's Concordance shows that

that supposition is erroneous. Can any of your readers inform me where the phrase may be found? H.

[It occurs in Dr. Franklin's Works, vol. iii. p. 454, edit. 1806, in the article "The Way to Wealth, as clearly shown in the Preface of an old Pennsylvania Almanack, intitled, Poor Richard Improved." He says, But dost thou love life, then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of, as Poor Richard says." Franklin may have quoted it from some previous author.]

Sir Walter Raleigh in Virginia..-That Mr. Hallam should have forgotten to correct an incidental allusion is natural enough; and that Raleigh in person discovered Virginia was commonly believed. Sir Walter. Scott, for instance, believed it, as appears by a passage at the end of Kenilworth. But the very title-page of Hariot's account of the discovery of Virginia (whether in the English of 1588, or the Frankfort Latin of

It appears by the Historie of Travaile into Virginia Britannia, by Strachey, so ably edited by Mr. Major, for the Hakluyt Society, that Sir Walter Raleigh sent out. his first expedition to Virginia in 1584, un der Captain Amadas; in 1585 a fleet under Sir R. Grenville, which he intended to have commanded in person, but jealousy at Court prevented him. In 1587 a second fleet was sent to Roanoke, under Captain White, in 1590 supplies by Captain White, and in 1602 he sent Samuel Mace. Neither Oldys nor Cayley mention his having gone there; and as they carry on the events of his life pretty clearly year by year, I think, in reply to the Query of Mr. Breen, that there is pretty good evidence to show that he never was there. E. N. W. Southwark.

Bertie, Willoughby, Earl of Abingdon. —"This nobleman was educated in the city of Geneva, and imbibed all the democratical principles of the unsuccessful party in that republic. He published in the year 1777 a pamphlet entitled Thoughts on the Letter of the right honourable Edmund Burke to the Sheriffs of Bristol on the Affairs of America; which was received with considerable applause by many of his countrymen. It was answered in a stile of the most exquisite ridicule and irony by an anonymous author. His lordship bestowed his estate in America as a voluntary gift upon the congress of the thirteen Provinces."

Actors, Books, Booksellers, &c., including some Extraordinary Circumstances relative to the Letters of Junius, and a chain of corroborative evidences respecting their Author.

"He has been at a Feast of Anecdotes, and stolen all their scraps."— Cork, 1835.

The preface and introduction are signed "W. W." My object in thus communicaauthor of this book. Ĉan you, or any of ting is to ascertain, if possible, who is the the readers of the "Bibliopolist" furnish me with the desired information ?

AN OCCASIONAL BOOK-HUNTER. Newark, N. J., Sept. 22, 1869.

[The author of this work was William West, a Bookseller in London and Cork. From various sources we find that there were three editions-the first published October 30, 1830 (his birth-day), at Cork, with a portrait, and the title: Reminiscences of an Old Bookseller.' The second edition-the one quoted, Cork, 1835, and the third at London, 1837. We get the authority for the first from Nichols' Literary History, and for the last from Congress Catalogue. In 1839 Mr. West became editor of the "Aldine Magazine," of which one volume appeared, and in which will be found many anecdotes of London Booksellers. See a long memoir in "Gent. Magazine," August, 1855, which we have not been able to consult. Nichols' Literary Anecdotes might furnish further particulars, also some information in regard to the authorship of another book, which we believe to be a satire on this, entitled: “Three Hundred and Fifty Years' Retrospection of an Old Bookseller, Cork, 1835." If some "occasional book-hunter" will further enlighten us, we will be obliged.]

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H.

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