The sun., 1915-06-27
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

terne would have place in any selection
Of the three greatest egoists in litera-
lure. But I notice that YOU did not
mention Ibsen's Peer Gynt. Is he not
worthy OF consideration? An indistinct
remembrance haunts me of Gustave
Flauberts Madame Bovary being mem
toned to me by a well Informed writer
as the third esoist. II is a difficult book
to get. and my efforts so far have been
uray.iiling. r. T. w
1t is surprising TO hear that Flau-
ber:'s book is dlnicult to get in San
Francisco, where B. T. w. lives one
remembers buying a copy, well printed
and bound in blue. at a bookshop on
Market street close to the ferry in
1909 with no trouble whatever
Referring 90 an inquiry of &c" l en-
close contribution submitted to me
while editor of a class paper which |
have considered TOD beautiful to destroy
and so for twenty-five years have treas
ured. would like to know where &c"
read il. G. y. K
The enclosure is the stanza Gould I
with ink the ocean fll." &C. dated 1923.
and described IN a preface of two or
three lines as said to have been
scratched by a maniac on the wall OF
his cell"
There Is young man here wilkes
barre, Pa whose father was born In
Wales and his mother In Ireland. What
Is his nationality? @. w.
Remember that nationality is not
citizenship and that "a temporary ma
tional character may be derived from
service as a seaman" tJohn Bassett
! Moore: "a Digest II international
Law. II the young man Is American
born he will in general be held to be OF
American nationality. II you excluie
| birthplace his right to be considered
Welsh seems stronger than any claim to
Irish nationality for in general ma
tionality is not inherited through women
Could you oblige a reader with the ap-
proNimate population of Belgium at
present. excluding Invading Germans or
Allies? b. b. c.
Only an estimate exists, but that Is
the conservative one in the Rockefeller
Foundations report on Belgium made
public February Is last 1t is lndorsed
by Pierre Mall. the Belgian Consul at
New York. as probably the best. This
| estimate gave: Beglans remaining in
their country. 100000 drawn of by
the army. 100000; exiles In Holland,
10000; exlles in England, 100000.
Will YOU kindly state whether the
| lmperator. Naterland or Olympic In
the largest vessel in the world and
which is the second largest. A. W. 5.
The Bismarck is the largest IL the
Germans have launched her. She is
OF $4,000 gross tons. s55 feet long, 100
feet wide and s5 deep. The vaterland
is OF $4,000 gross tons. $50 feet long,
100 feet wide and 65 feet deep. The
1mperator Is OF $4,000 gross tons. 91e
feet long. 9s feet wide and SO fee.
/ deep. All are Hamburg-Amerioan ships.
The Cunarder Aquitana comes next
with a length OF sol feet. 81 foot
beam and a depth Of 92s feet. Tho
Mauretan!a and Lusitania were twin
Cunarders OF $4,000 gross tons. 100
feet long. SIS fee, wide and sos feet
deep.
The white Stars Olympic comes after
the Aautania in size. She is OF 4s. $50
gross tons, ss2.s feet long. 90 feet wide
and 6i feet deep.
In connection with an inquiry about
StIatford-atte- Bowe which you answered
would Ike 10 add one or two bits OF
information which got in London while
following ahn h..
town. Ate is a dialect form of AT
the or 'at ye": the fourteenth ccn-
tury Engl!shman used exactly the form
stu used by the plantation negro now,
at q Bowe." which. like dis" and
| dat" is not 4 negro corruption Of pure
English. but a form learned by the negro
from the white "redemptioner." All these
pronunciat!ons are 10 be heard among
the old timers in Sussex villages TODAY
The Anglo-French taught IN monas-
ter!es of Chaucer's time was used In legal
and semi-oifcial documents usually
drawn up by monks, or men educated by
| them, In England. hence was naturally
different from the modern" French
which would he spoken by Chaucer At
the court OF Paris and which would be
in use at the English court. where he
recitcd his tales.
When Chaucer was living in chambers
over the Aldgate in the east wall OF
old London he must often have walked
out through the convent and monastery
gardens and orchards which covered the
reclaimed marshland east OF the city,
Srauted at one time or another TO the
church for its religious houses and not
| improbable he mad. as the Kings agent,
considerable business with these houses
Bow Bridge, or the Bow, which gave
it's name to the village and to the re-
lglous houses near by. was r stone
bridge with arches or "hows" like the
arches which give Row Church its name.
and AZ the time II was built by Queen
Matilda such a Norman bridge was un-
usual enough In England 10 be a land
| mark, especially ~ any one coming to
London from that direction would use
II in crossing the Lea. old Ford, the
crossing of the Lea which antedates this
bridge, still exists as name whore the
old ford was. L. L.
Kindly let me know II Confederate
| bonds are of any value as curiosities
or otherwise. | have $, me $500 bonds
in good condition. II. \. RICHARDSON.
An expert informs us: "Confcderate
bonds have no value but sometimes, II
rare or curious, bring a small sum as
curiositics never saw a rare or
curious one, and the common kind bring
from five to ten cents each in small
amounts. However. does the inquirer
know that his bonds are Confederate ?
I, sometimes takes an expert 10 tell
this"