[Footnote 10: The Postulates of English Political Economy. By the late Walter Bagehot, with a preface by Alfred Marshall. 1 vol. pp. 114. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1885. Price $1.00.] [Footnote 11: CITY BALLADS. By Will Carleton, author of "Farm Ballads," "Farm Legends," etc. Illustrated. Square 8vo, pp. 180. New York: Harper & Brothers. Price $2.00.] [Footnote 12: A Larger History of the United States of America to the close of President Jackson's administration. By Thomas Wentworth Higginson. Illustrated by Maps, Plans, Portraits, and other Engravings. 1 vol. 8vo, pp. 470. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1886. Price, $3.00.] * * * * * NOTES AND QUERIES. At the request of many of our readers, this new Department is initiated. Please address all queries and answers simply,--EDITOR OF THE BAY STATE MONTHLY, 43 Milk St., Boston. 1.--In one of the old Readers, I find a selection, not credited to any author, and beginning as follows:--"Born, sir, in a land of liberty; having early learned its value; having engaged in a perilous conflict to defend it; having, in a word, devoted the best years of my life to secure its permanent establishment in my country, my anxious recollections, my sympathetic feelings, and my best wishes are irresistibly excited, whensoever in any country, I see an oppressed nation unfurl the banners of freedom." Will some one of your readers inform me who was the author of these words, and what was the occasion for their utterance?--W.T.D. 2.--Sullivan, in his _Familiar Letters_, states (p. 26) that: "General Washington is well known to have expressed his heartfelt satisfaction that the important State of Massachusetts had acceded to the Union. There is much _secret history_ as to the efforts made to procure the rejection (of the constitution) on the one side, and the adoption on the other." Where can I find the fullest account of this "secret history?"--STUDENT. 3.--Who was the first American woman to publicly espouse the cause of Anti-Slavery? I have lately seen several names mentioned?--M.S. 4.--"Where can I find the best account of the Know-Nothings, that figured in American politics some years ago?" 5.--The late Epes Sargent, in one of his sketches, says:-- "Semmes took a pinch of snuff, and replied,--'You remember _Mrs. Glasse's_ well-known receipt for cooking a hare--First catch your hare!'"--_Who was Mrs Glasse?_--LATIN SCHOOL. 6.--Where can I find a full account of the history of the Indian tribes of early Massachusetts? The various State Histories say but little about them.--ANTIQUARY. 7.--Has the life of Robert Rantoul Jr. ever been written? If so, by whom?--H.A.D. 8.--Most of our States have one capital; some have two--Providence and Newport, in Rhode Island for instance. Why two?