"O, cuckoo! shall I call thee bird,
Or but a wandering voice?"

C.W.G.


_Cromwell Relics_.--In Noble's _Memorials of the Protectorate House of
Cromwell_ it is stated, in the Proofs and Illustrations, Letter N, that
in 1784, there were dispersed in St. Ives a great number of swords,
bearing the initials of the Protector upon them; and, further, that a
large barn, which Oliver built there, was still standing, and went by
the name of Cromwell's Barn; and that the farmer then renting the farm
occupied by the Protector circa 1630-36, marked his sheep with the
identical marking-irons which Oliver used, and which had O.C. upon them.

Can any of your correspondents inform me if any of these relics are
still in existence, and, if so, where?

A.D.M.


_Lines on "Woman's Will_."--Many of your readers will have heard quoted
the following stanza, or something like it:--

"The man's a fool who strives by force or skill
To stem the torrent of a woman's will;
For if she will, she will you may depend on't,
And if she won't, she won't, and there's an end on't."

I have heard these lines confidently attributed to Shakspeare, Byron,