_Oxford Commmemoration Squib_, 1849 (Vol. viii., p. 584.).--Quoted incorrectly. The heading stands thus: "LIBERTY! EQUALITY! FRATERNITY!" After the name of "Wrightson" add "(Queen's);" and at the foot of the bill "Floreat Lyceum." I quote from a copy before me. W. P. STORER. Olney, Bucks. "_Imp_" (Vol. viii., p. 623.).--Perhaps as amusing use of the word _imp_ as can be found anywhere occurs in an old Bacon, in his "Pathway unto Prayer" (see _Early Writings_, Parker Society, p. 187.): "Let us pray for the preservation of the King's most excellent Majesty, and for the prosperous success of his entirely beloved son Edward our Prince, that most _angelic imp_." P. P. _False Spellings from Sound_ (Vol. vi., p. 29.).--The observations of MR. WAYLEN deserve to be enlarged by numerous examples, and to be, to a certain extent, corrected. He has not brought clearly into view two _distinct classes_ of "false spelling" under which the greater part of such mistakes may be arranged. One class arose _solely_ from erroneous pronunciation; the second from _intentional_ alteration. I will explain my meaning by two examples, both which are, I believe, in MR. WAYLEN's list. The French expression _dent de lion_ stands for a certain plant, and some of the properties of that plant originated the name. When an Englishman calls the same plant _Dandylion_, the sound has not given birth "to a new idea" in his mind. Surely, he pronounces badly three French words of which he may know the meaning, or he may not. But when the same Englishman, or any other, orders _sparrow-grass_ for dinner, these two words contain "a new idea," introduced purposely: either he, or some predecessor, reasoned thus--there is no meaning in _asparagus_; _sparrow-grass_ must be the right word because it makes sense. The name of a well-known place in London illustrates both these changes: _Convent_ Garden becomes _Covent_ Garden by mispronunciation; it becomes _Common_ Garden by intentional change. Mistakes of the first class are not worth recording; those of the second fall under this general principle: words are purposely exchanged for others of a similar sound, because the latter are supposed to recover a lost meaning. I have by me several examples which I will send you if you think the subject worth pursuing. J. O. B. Wicken. "_Good wine needs no bush_" (Vol. viii., p. 607.).--The custom of hanging out bushes of ivy, boughs of trees, or bunches of flowers, at _private_ houses, as a sign that good cheer may be had within, still prevails in the city of Gloucester at the fair held at Michaelmas, called Barton Fair, from the locality; and at the three "mops," or hiring fairs, on the three Mondays following, to indicate that ale, beer, cider, &c. are there sold, on the strength (I believe) of an ancient privilege enjoyed by the inhabitants of that street to sell liquors, without the usual license, during the fair. BROOKTHORPE.