and one or two members of the House of Commons, evidently represented in
the attitude of speaking, have swords. I have seen a picture of the Mall
in {219} St. James's Park, of about that date, in which all the men have
swords.

I suspect they began to go out of common use about 1770 and were nearly
left off in ordinary life in 1780; but were still occasionally worn,
both in public and private, till the French Revolution, when they
totally went out, except in court dress.

If any of your correspondents who has access to the Museum would look
through the prints representing out-of-doors life, from Hogarth to
Gilray, he would probably be able to furnish you with some precise and
amusing details on this not unimportant point in the history of manners.

C.


_Quarles' Pension_ (Vol. ii., p. 171.).--There should have been added to
the reference there given, viz. "Vol. i., p. 201." (at which place there
is no question as to Quarles' _pension_), another to Vol. i., p. 245.,
where that question is raised. I think this worth noting, as "Quarles"
does not appear in the Index, and the imperfect reference might lead
inquirers astray. It seems very curious that the inquiry as to the
precise meaning of Pope's couplet has as yet received no explanation.

C.


_Franz von Sickingen_ (Vol. i., p. 131.).--I regret that I cannot