P.S.--I now recollect that the name of this pretended Dauphin was Mevis,
and that he was said to have been seen in Regent Street by a friend of
mine about five years ago; and may, for aught I know, be still living.
Oxford, Sept. 2.
Replies to Minor Queries.
_Visiting Cards_ (Vol. iv., p. 133.).--In answer to your 87th Query, it
may serve in part to help to show "when visiting cards first came into
use," by informing you that about six or eight years ago a house in Dean
Street, Soho, was repaired (I think No. 79.), where Allison and Co., the
pianoforte makers, now of the Quadrant, formerly resided; and, on
removing a marble chimney-piece in the front drawing-room, four or five
visiting cards were found, one with the name of "Isaac Newton" on it.
The names were all _written_ on the back of common playing cards; and it
is not improbable that one or more may still be in the possession of Mr.
Allison, 65. Quadrant. The house in Dean Street was the residence of
either Hogarth or his father-in-law.