_Sir William Hankford_ (Vol. v., p. 43.).--I see that MR. FOSS (_Judges of England_, vol. iv. p. 325.) disbelieves the story of the suicide of Sir William Hankford, as told by Prince in his _Worthies of Devon_, because there was then nothing in the political horizon to justify the "direful apprehension of dangerous approaching evils," assigned by Prince as the judge's inducement for wishing to die. His death, however it occurred, happened in 1422. MR. FOSS'S doubts seem in some measure to be warranted by the fact that Holinshed places the incident about half a century later, in 1470 or 1471; and he thinks it more probable (_Ibid._ p. 427.) that the suicidal story may apply to Sir Robert Danby, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, because that judge disappeared in the latter year; and the circumstances of the time were really such as were likely to excite the fears described as the cause of the catastrophe. Sir Robert Danby, who had been a judge of the Common Pleas under Henry VI., was made chief justice of that court by Edward IV. in 1461, the first year of that king's reign. On the restoration of Henry VI. in 1470, he was continued in his office, and the sudden return of Edward IV. in the following year might occasion an apprehension in a weak mind sufficiently strong to lead to the tragical result. Certain it is that a new chief justice, Sir Thomas Brian, was then appointed, and nothing more is told of Sir Robert Danby. The Hankford's Oak at Annery, the remains of which were seen by Prince, was as likely to have received its name from its having been planted by Hankford, as from its being the spot where he died. Perhaps some correspondents may be able to throw more light on the transaction, and assist in deciding which is the correct version. R. S. V. P. _Abigail_ (Vol. iv., p. 424.; Vol. v., p. 38.).--We are told in No. 115. that Abigail was a _handmaid_. The Bible, however, tells us, that she was the _wife_ of Nabal, a rich man, as I pointed out in a letter which has not been printed. Speaking to David, no doubt, she repeatedly uses the common phrase in the Bible, "thine handmaid," which would equally prove that the Virgin Mary was a servant. C. B. _Moravian Hymns_ (Vol. iv., p. 502.; Vol. v., pp. 30. 63.).--With regard to Moravian hymns, it would be very valuable to know whether the little book by Rimius, London, 1753, is really honest, which contains such shocking and inconceivable extracts from them. It is a translation from a Dutch book by Stinstra. C. B. Miscellaneous. NOTES ON BOOKS, SALES, CATALOGUES, ETC.