inted these subjects, was composed of ten small ciphers; seven
of which were placed in a circle: the other three formed a tail,
o o
o o
thus, o o something like the Roman capital Q. This artist,
o o o o
between the years 1750 and 1800, was employed in the decoration of
the Sevres porcelain: his usual subjects were bouquets or groups
of flowers; and his mark will be found underneath the double L,
interlaced, inclosing some capital letter or letters denoting the year
such ware was manufactured.

W.C. Jun.

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"_Esquire_" _and_ "_Gentleman_."--The amusing article in No. 27., on
the title of "Esquire," recalled to my memory the resolution passed by
the corporation of Stratford-on-Avon, when they presented the freedom
of that town to Garrick. It runs something like this:--

"Through love and regard to the memory of the immortal
_Mr._ William Shakspeare, and being fully sensible of the
extraordinary merits of his most judicious representative,
David Garrick, _Esquire_."

Had David a better right to the title than the great poet?
Shakespeare, in the latter part of his life, was no doubt _Master
Shakspeare_, a title so common as even to be bestowed upon the
geometer of Alexandria. In Bayford's collection is preserved a
Catalogue advertising "_Master_ Euclid's Elements of Plain Geometry."

J.O. HALLIWELL.

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_Pope Felix and Pope Gregory_.--"E.M.B." (No. 26. p. 415.) inquires
who was "Pope Felix," whom AElfric called the "fifth father" of S.
Gregory the Great? This is a much disputed question, and a great
deal depends upon the meaning to be attached to the unsatisfactory
expression "atavus," used by Pope Gregory himself, in _Evangel. Hom._
xxxviii. Sec. 15., and found also in the dialogues commonly attributed to
him. (Lib. iv. cap. xvi.) Your correspondent may consult Beda, _Hist.
Eccl. Gen. Anglor._, lib. ii. cap. 1., with the note by Mr. Stevenson,
who supposes that Pope Felix _III._ was alluded to by his "venerable"
author: This is the opinion of Bollandus (ad 25 Feb.), as well as of
Cardinal Baronius; (_Annall._ ad an. 581; _et Martyrol. Rom._ die Feb.
25. Conf. De Aste, in _Martyrolog. Disceptat._, p. 96.; Beneventi,
1716); but Joannes Diaconus (_S. Greg. Vit._ lib. i. cap. i.) employs
these decisive terms, "_quartus_ Felix, sedis Apostolicae Pontifex." It
is of course possible to translate