, besides sons, a daughter,
also named Elizabeth, who married Sir Joseph Tredenham, of Tregony in
Cornwall, Knight."

These two ladies, whose similarity of name probably caused the confusion,
must have lived at least half a century apart.

A. B.

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Miscellaneous.

NOTES ON BOOKS, ETC.

Those who share the well-grounded opinion of Mr. Petit, that we cannot
fully enter into the character of English architecture unless we give some
attention also to French, German, and Italian, will gladly turn to the very
profusely and handsomely-illustrated volume which he has just issued, under
the modest title of _Architectural Studies in France_, by the Rev. J. L.
Petit, M.A., F.S.A., _with Illustrations from Drawings_ by the Author and
P. H. Delamotte. It is of course impossible, within the limits of our brief
notice, to enter into any examination of Mr. Petit's views upon the subject
of Gothic architecture, the principles of which he believes to have been
more completely developed at an early period in England than anywhere else;
and we must therefore content ourselves with directing attention to the
book itself, which will in no small degree supply to the architectural
student desirous of studying French buildings, the opportunity of doing so;
and that too under the guidance of one well qualified to direct his steps.
Mr. Petit has long been known to the antiquarian world as one of our
greatest authorities on the subject of Gothic architecture; and his various
papers, illustrated by his own bold yet effective sketches in the
_Archaeological Journal_, may have prepared some of our readers for a volume
of great importance; yet we think even they will be surprised at the
interest and beauty of the present book. Mr. Petit, who has had on this
occasion the assistance of Mr. Delamotte as a draughtsman, expresses his
hope that at some future time he may avail himself of that gentleman's
skill as a photographer.

There is, perhaps, no man of letters, no man of science, of whom the world
possesses so unsatisfactory an account as Jerome Cardan. The author of
_Palissy the Potter_ has therefore done good service, and executed a task
worthy of himself, by _The life of Girolamo Cardano, of Milan, Physician_.
In two small readable volumes, rich in all the characteristics of his own
peculiar mode of treatment, Mr. Morley has given us not only a clear view
of the life and character of Cardan,