properly omitted. It would be curious to ascertain whether any other copies of this folio read fire.
J. O. Halliwell.
Minor Queries.
"Original Poems."—There is a volume of poetry by a lady, published under the following title, Original Poems, on several occasions, by C. R., 4to., 1769. Can you inform me whether these poems are likely to have been written by Miss Clara Reeve, authoress of The Old English Baron, and other novels? I have seen at least one specimen of this lady's poetry in one of the volumes of Mr. Pratt's Gleaner.
Sigma.
A Bristol Compliment.—A present made of an article that you do not care about keeping yourself is called "A Bristol Compliment." What is the origin of the phrase?
Haughmond St. Clair.
French or Flemish Arms.—What family (probably French or Flemish) bears Azure, in chief three mullets argent; in point a ducal coronet or; in base a sheep proper crowned with a ducal coronet or.
Penn.