inserted in your pages, at great length, the _original_
prospectus of Cibber's _Lives_, he was not aware that it had been
_reprinted_ before. Such, however, is the case, as may be seen by
turning to the sixth volume of Sir Egerton Brydges' _Censura Literaria_,
ed. 1808, p. 352. It was communicated to the columns of that work by
that diligent antiquary in literary matters, Joseph Haslewood.
MR. CROSSLEY says, "It is rather extraordinary that none of Dr.
Johnson's biographers appear to have been aware that the prospectus of
Cibber's _Lives_ was furnished by Johnson." Where is there the slightest
_proof_ that Johnson wrote one line of it? Haslewood believed it to have
been the production of Messrs. Cibber and Shiels. Does MR. CROSSLEY
ground his claim for Johnson merely upon a fancied
resemblance in _style_?

EDWARD F. RIMBAULT.

_Parallel Passages, No. 2.--Stars and Flowers_ (Vol. vii., p.
151.).--Other parallels on this subject are given in "N. & Q." (Vol.
iv., p. 22.), to which may be added the following:

"Silently, one by one, on the infinite meadows of heaven,
Blossom'd the lovely stars, the forget-me-nots of the angels."
Longfellow's _Evangeline_, Part I. iii. p. 187. of
the Liverpool edition.

ZEUS.

_Schomberg's Epitaph_ (Vol. vii., p. 13.).--I find this entry in my
note-book:--The following inscription is written on a black slab of
marble, affixed to the wall of the choir of St. Patrick's Cathedral. The
remains of the duke were removed to this cathedral immediately after the
battle of the Boyne; and on the 10th July, 1690, they were deposited
under the altar. The relatives of this great man having neglected to
raise any monument to his memory, Dean Swift undertook and caused the
above slab to be erected, having first vainly applied to the connexions
of the deceased. His sword is in the possession of the society of the
"Friendly Brothers," Dublin.

The following is the inscription on the slab:

"Hic infra situm est corpus Frederici Ducis de Schonberg ad
Bubindam occisi A.D. 1690. Decanus et Capitulum
maximopere etiam atque etiam petierunt, ut haeredes Ducis,
monumentum in memoriam parentis erigendum curarent. Sed
postquam per epistolas, per amicos, diu ac saepe orando nil
profecere, hunc demum lapidem statuerunt; saltem ut scias
hospes ubinam terrarum Schonbergenses cineres delitescunt.

"Plus potuit fama virtutis apud alienos