Notes and Queries, Number 68, February 15, 1851 | Page 6

in five acts; acted in Lincoln's Inn Fields. It is dedicated to the
Duchess of Hamilton and Brandon, whose "elegant taste and nice
judgment in the most polite entertainments of the age," as well as her
"piercing wit," are eulogised. Accident gave me a copy of Mr.
Hamilton's book-plate, which consists of the crest and motto of the
ducal race of Hamilton in a very curious framework,--the top being a
row of music-books, whilst the sides and bottom are decorated with

musical instruments, indicative, probably, of the tastes of Mr.
Hamilton.
2. The Children's Petition.--I have also a very extraordinary little book,
of which I never saw another copy. It formerly belonged to Michael
Lort, and is entitled
"The Children's Petition, or a Modest Remonstrance of that Intolerable
Grievance our Youth lie under, in the accustomed Severities of the
School Discipline of this Nation. Humbly presented to the
Consideration of the Parliament. Licensed Nov. 10. 1669, by Roger
L'Estrange. London, 1669. 18mo."
The object of this most singular production is to put down the
flagellation of boys in that particular part of the body wherein honour is
said to be placed; and the arguments adduced are not very easily
answered. The author, whoever he was, had reason, as well as learning,
on his side. I am not aware of any other copy north the Tweed; but
there may be copies in some of the libraries south of that river.
3. Dr. Anthony Horneck.--Do any of the letters of the once celebrated
Dr. Anthony Horneck exist in any library, public or private? His only
daughter married Mr. Barneveldt; and his son, who served with
Marlborough, left issue, which failed in the male line, but still exists in
the female line, in the representative of Henry William Bunting, Esq.,
the caricaturist. The writer of these Queries is the direct descendant of
Mrs. Barneveldt, and is anxious to know whether any unpublished MSS.
of his ancestors still exist. There was a Philip Horneck who in 1709
published an ode inscribed to his excellency the Earl of Wharton,
wherein he is described as LL.B., a copy of which I have. There can be
no doubt he is the individual introduced by Pope in the Dunciad, book
iii. line 152.; but what I wish to know is, whether he was a son of Dr.
Horneck, and a brother of the general.
4. In Clifford's History of the Paul of Tixall, the name of the real author
of Gaudentio di Lucca is given. Every reliance may be attached to the
accuracy of the information there given, not only on account of the
undoubted respectability of the author, but from the evident means of

knowledge which he, as a Roman Catholic of distinction, must have
had.
5. The Travels of Baron Munchausen were written to ridicule Bruce,
the Abyssinian traveller, whose adventures were at the time deemed
fictitious. Bruce was a most upright, honest man, and recorded nothing
but what he had seen; nevertheless, as is always the case, a host of
detractors buzzed about him, and he was so much vexed at the
impeachment of his veracity, that he let them get their own way.
Munchausen, a veritable {118} name--the real possessor of which died
in October, 1817--was assumed, and poor Bruce was travestied very
cleverly, but most unjustly. The real author has not been ascertained;
but at one time it was believed to have been James Grahame,
afterwards a Scotch barrister, and author of a poem of much beauty,
called The Sabbath. Circumstances which came to my knowledge,
coupled with the exceedingly loveable character of Grahame, render
this belief now incredible; but undoubtedly he knew who the real
author was. The copy in my library is in two volumes: the first, said to
be the second edition, "considerably enlarged, and ornamented with
twenty explanatory engravings from original designs," is entitled
Gulliver Revived: or the Vice of Lying properly exposed, and was
printed for the Kearsleys, at London, 1793. The second volume is
called A Sequel to the Adventures of Baron Munchausen, and is
described as "a new edition, with twenty capital copperplates, including
the Baron's portrait; humbly dedicated to Mr. Bruce, the Abyssinian
traveller," was published by H. D. Symonds, Paternoster Row, 1796. I
had for years sought for an original copy of this very singular work,
and I at last was so successful as to purchase the one above described,
which had been picked up by a bookseller at the sale of some books
originally forming part of the library at Hoddam Castle.
On looking over a copy of Sir John Mandeville,
"Printed for J. Osborne, near Dockhead, Southwark; and James Hodges,
at the Looking Glass, on London Bridge:"
I observe he gives--at least there--no account whatever of his
peregrinations to the polar regions; and the