Wakefield.


_Welsh Money._--I have never seen in any work on coins the slightest
allusion to the money of the native princes of Wales before the
subjugation of their country by Edward I. Is any such in existence? and,
if not, how is its disappearance to be accounted for? I read that
Athelstan imposed on the Welsh an annual tribute _in money_, which was
paid for many years. Query, In what sort of coin?

J.C. Witton.


_A skeleton in every House._--Can you or any of your correspondents
explain the origin of that most significant saying "There is a skeleton
in every house?" Does it originate in some ghastly legend?

Mors.


[Our correspondent is right in his conjecture. The saying is
derived from an Italian story, which is translated in the
_Italian Tales of Humour, Gallantry, and Romance_, published
some few years ago, with illustrations by Cruikshank.]


_Whetstone of Reproof._--Can any of your readers inform me who was the
author of the book with the following title?