The small chapel adjacent to the chancel, and opening into it by an arch now walled up, had for some time, as I believe, been used as a school-room; more recently, however, either through its becoming out of repair, or from some other cause, the little structure was demolished. The large slabs which covered the tombs of the good prelate and his brother were taken up and fixed against the adjoining wall. The turf now covers the space thus thrown into the open churchyard; nothing remains to mark the position of the graves, which in all probability, ere many years elapse, will be disturbed through ignorance or heedlessness, and the ashes of Leighton scattered to the winds. In times when special respect has been shown to the tombs of worthies of bygone times, with the recent recollection also of what has been so well carried out by MR. MARKLAND in regard to the grave of Bishop Ken, shall we not make an effort to preserve from desecration and oblivion the resting-place of one so eminent as Leighton for his learning and piety, so worthy to be held in honoured remembrance for his high principles and his consistent conduct in an evil age? ALBERT WAY. * * * * * Minor Notes. _Grammars, &c. for Public Schools._--Would it not be desirable for some correspondents of "N. & Q." to furnish information respecting grammars, classics, and other works which have been written for the various public schools? Such information might be useful to book collectors; and would also serve to reflect credit on the schools whose learned masters have prepared such books. My contribution to the list is small: but I remember a valuable Greek grammar prepared by the Rev. ---- Hook, formerly head master of the College School at Gloucester, for the use of that establishment; as also a peculiar English grammar prepared by the Rev. R. S. Skillern, master of St. Mary de Crypt School, in the same place, for the use of that school. I also possess a copy (1640) of the _Romanae Historiae Anthologia_, for the use of Abingdon School, and _Moses and Aaron, or the Rites and Customs of the Hebrews_ (1641), both by Thos. Godwin, though the latter was written after he ceased to be master of the schools. P. H. FISHER. Stroud. "_To captivate._"--Moore, in his Journal, speaking of the Americans (January 9th, 1819), says: "They sometimes, I see, use the word _captivate_ thus: 'Five or six ships captivated,' 'Five or six ships captivated.'" Originally, the words _to captivate_ were synonymous with _to capture_, and the expression was used with reference to warlike operations. To captivate the affections was a secondary use of the phrase. The word is used in the original sense in many old English books. It is not used so now in the United States. UNEDA. Philadelphia.