herself, and her masterly little sketches by the way of such
characters of the time as Sir Kenelm Digby and Lord Goring, son of the
Earl of Norwich. Indeed, we venture to think they cannot fail to find
the whole book delightful, because, though relating to a long-vanished
past, it is as livingly human and fresh as if written yesterday.

BEATRICE MARSHALL.





NOTES ON THE ILLUSTRATIONS




As will be seen from the rough pedigree appended, the Baronetcy became
extinct in 1694 with Sir Richard, Lady Fanshawe's son; while the
Viscountcy, which was given to this Sir Richard's uncle, Thomas, came
to an end in 1716 with Simon, the fifth Viscount. The knightly and
lordly branches having failed, the tail male was represented by the
Fanshawes of Jenkins, of Parsloes, and of Great Singleton.

The first branch became extinct in 1705, Sir Thomas Fanshawe of
Jenkins leaving no male issue, and thus the heirlooms have descended
to the two latter branches. The representatives of both these families
possess the portraits, manuscripts, &c., many of which came originally
from Ware Park,[Footnote: By the will of Sir Henry Fanshawe, who dies
in 1616, it appears that some of the older pictures came from the