"Or where the hermit hangs the straw-clad cell, Emerging gently from the leafy dell, By fancy plann'd," &c. &c. The only edition of the "Letters" which I possess, is that by Sir William Jardine and Mr. Jesse, which affords a note on the passage, to the effect that the hermitage referred to was used by a young gentleman, who appeared occasionally "in the character of a hermit." What was the name of the eccentric, and what is known of his hermit life? Is the hermitage still in existence? 3. Where is to be found the best account of anchorites, real and fictitious? SHIRLEY HIBBERD. _Derivation of "Cobb."_--What is the derivation of the word _Cobb_? There is but one harbour of that name in England, that of Lyme Regis: there was once another at Swanage. This was also styled, some three centuries ago, the "Cobb or Conners." Query: What is the derivation of the family name "Cobham?" G. R. L. _Play-bills._--Will any of your correspondents inform me in what year play-bills were first introduced; and at what period the _year_ was added to the day of the month and week, which only is attached to the early bills? J. N. G. G. _Sir Edward Grymes, Bart._--A correspondent in a recent number of the _Naval and Military Gazette_, asks who was Sir Edward Grymes, Bart., whose appointment appeared in the _War Office Gazette_ of December 10, 1776, as surgeon's mate to the garrison at Minorca, when the baronetcy came into the family, when he died, and whether a gentleman of the same rank has ever, before or since that period, served in a similar situation in the English army? I have transferred these Queries to the columns of "N. & Q.," supposing that they might be answered by some of its correspondents. W. W. Malta. _Smollett's Strap._--In "N. & Q.," Vol. iii., p. 123., is an extract from the _Examiner_, March 26, 1809, relating to Hugh Hewson, who is there mentioned as being "no less a personage than the identical Hugh Strap." Mr. Faulkner, in his _History of Chelsea_, vol. i. p. 171., states that Mr. W. Lewis, of Lombard Street, Chelsea, was the original of this character. He established himself in Chelsea by Smollett's advice, and died there about 1785. Faulkner states that he resided with his widow for seven years, and thus having opportunities of being acquainted with the facts, I am inclined to give his account the preference. Now that these different accounts are brought forward, some reader of "N. & Q." may be enabled with certainty to fix who was the identical. H. G. D.