a 'Note, _the third part, suggested to
be J. Bunyan's, is an imposture_.' The author of this forgery is as yet
unknown." Mr. Offor has also devoted fifty pages of his Introduction to
the conjectured prototypes of Bunyan's _Pilgrim's Progress_. He says,
"Every assertion or suggestion that came to my knowledge has been
investigated, and the works referred to have been analysed. And beyond
this, every allegorical work that could be found, previous to the
eighteenth century, has been examined in all the European languages,
and the result is a perfect demonstration of the complete originality
of Bunyan."]

_John Frewen_.--What is known of this divine? He was minister at Northiam
in Sussex in 1611; and published, the following year, a small volume of
_Sermons_, bearing reference to some quarrel between himself and
parishioners. Are these _Sermons_ rare? Any particulars would be
acceptable.

R. C. WARDE.

Kidderminster.

[Accepted Frewen, Archbishop of York, was the eldest son of John
Frewen, "the puritanical Rector of Northiam," as Wood calls him, and
indeed his name carries a symbol of his father's sanctity. Wood has
given a few particulars of John, who, he says, "was a learned divine,
and frequent preacher of the time, and wrote, 1. _Fruitful Instructions
and Necessary Doctrine, to edify in the Fear of God, &c_., 1587. 2.
_Fruitful Instructions for the General Cause of Reformation, against
the Slanders of the Pope and League, &c_., 1589. 3. _Certain Choice
Grounds and Principles of our Christian Religion, with their several
Expositions, by Way of Questions and Answers, &c_., 1621, and other
things. He died in 1627 (about the latter end), and was buried in
Northiam Church, leaving then behind these sons, viz. Accepted,
Thankful, Stephen, Joseph, Benjamin, Thomas, Samuel, John, &c., which
John seems to have succeeded his father in the Rectory of Northiam; but
whether the said father was educated at Oxford, I cannot tell."]

_Histories of Literature_.--Can any correspondent inform me of the best, or
one or two principal Histories of Literature, published in the English
language, with the names of the author and publisher; as well as, if
possible, the size and price?

ILMONASTERIENSIS.

[Our correspondent cannot do better than procure Hallam's _Introduction
to the Literature of Europe in the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, a