e melodious murmur sings
'Mid her slow-heav'd voluptuous wings."

T.J.

[Footnote 3: "It was an ancient notion that the music of the swan was
produced by its wings, and inspired by the zephyr. See this subject,
treated with his accustomed erudition, by Mr. Jodrell, in his
_Illustrations of the Ion of Euripides_."--Bulwer's _Siamese Twins_.]

_Sir Thomas Herbert's Memoirs._--In consequence of the suggestion of
[Greek: D.] (Vol. ii., p. 220.), I have applied to the owner of Sir T.
Herbert's MS. account of the last days of Charles I., and the answer which
I have received is as follows:

"I found the first part of Sir Thos. Herbert's MS. (56 pages) is not in
the edition of Woods _Athenae_ Lord W. has; but I found a note in a
pedigree book, saying it was printed in 1702, 8vo. I suppose it can be
ascertained whether this is true."

Perhaps some of your readers may know whether there is such a volume in
existence as that described by my friend.

ALFRED GATTY.

_Portraits of Stevens and Cotton and Bunyan._--The plan of "NOTES AND
QUERIES" appears well adapted to record the change of hands into which
portraits of literary men may pass. I accordingly offer two to your notice.

The portrait of George Stevens, the celebrated annotator on Shakspeare, who
died in 1800, was bequeathed by him to a relative, Mrs. Gomm of Spital
Square; and at that lady's death, some years after, it passed, I have
reason to expect, into the possession of her relative, Mr. Fince, of
Bishopsgate Street. I have no farther information of it.

The portrait of Charles Cotton, by Sir Peter Lely, was, at the time (1814)
when Linnell took a copy, and (in 1836) when Humphreys took a copy, in the
possession of John Berisford, Esq., of Compton House, Ashborne, Derbyshire;
and the following extracts of letters will show who at present possesses
it:--

"Leek, 14th July, 1842.

"After Mr. Berisford's decease, I should think the portrait of Cotton
would fall into the hands of his nephew Francis Wright, Esq., of Linton
Hall, near Nottingham.

I am, &c. &c"

"Linton Hall, Aug. 19. 1842.

"Sir,--The Rev. J. Martin, of Trinity College, Cambridge, is the
possessor of the portrait of Cotton to which your letter alludes. I am,
Dear Sir,

"Yours, in haste,

"F. WRIGHT."

I avail myself of the present opportunity to ask the authority for the
portrait of Bunyan appended to his ever-fresh allegory