=Humpback= (_The_). Andrea Sola´ri, the Italian painter, was called _Del Gobbo_ (1470-1527). Geron´imo Amelunghi was also called _Il Gobbo di Pisa_ (sixteenth century). =Humphrey= (_Master_), the hypothetical compiler of the tale entitled “Barnaby Rudge” in _Master Humphrey’s Clock_, by Charles Dickens (1840). _Humphrey_ (_Old_), pseudonym of George Mogridge. ⁂ George Mogridge has also issued several books under the popular name of “Peter Parley,” which was first assumed by S.G. Goodrich, in 1828. Several publishers of high standing have condescended to palm books on the public under this _nom de plume_, some written by William Martin, and others by persons wholly unknown. _Humphrey_ (_The good duke_), Humphrey Plantagenet, duke of Gloucester, youngest son of Henry IV., murdered in 1446. _Humphrey_ (_To dine with duke_), to go without dinner. To stay behind in St. Paul’s aisles, under pretence of finding out the monument of Duke Humphrey, while others more fortunate go home to dinner. ⁂ It was really the monument of John Beauchamp that the “dinnerless” hung about, and not that of Duke Humphrey. John Beauchamp died in 1359, and Duke Humphrey in 1446. =Huncamunca= (_Princess_), daughter of King Arthur and Queen Dollallolla, beloved by Lord Grizzle and Tom Thumb. The king promises her in marriage to the “pigmy giant-queller.” Huncamunca kills Frizaletta “for killing her mamma.” But Frizaletta killed the queen for killing her sweetheart Noodle, and the queen killed Noodle because he was the messenger of ill news.—_Tom Thumb_, by Fielding, the novelist (1730), altered by O’Hara, author of _Midas_ (1778). =Hunchback= (_The_). Master Walter, “the hunchback,” was the guardian of Julia, and brought her up in the country, training her most strictly in knowledge and goodness. When grown to womanhood, she was introduced to Sir Thomas Clifford, and they plighted their troth to each other. Then came a change. Clifford lost his title and estates, while Julia went to London, became a votary of fashion and pleasure, abandoned Clifford, and promised marriage to Wilford, earl of Rochdale. The day of espousals came. The love of Julia for Clifford revived, and she implored her guardian to break off the obnoxious marriage. Master Walter now showed himself to be the earl of Rochdale, and the father of Julia; the marriage with Wilford fell through, and Julia became the wife of Sir Thomas Clifford.——S. Knowles, (1831). ⁂ Similarly, Maria, “the maid of the Oaks,” was brought up by Oldworth as his ward, but was in reality his motherless child.—J. Burgoyne, _The Maid of the Oaks_.