CRAIK'S ROMANCE OF THE PEERAGE

If I knew where to address Mr. G.L. Craik, I should send him the following "Note:" if you think it deserves a place in your columns, it may probably meet his eye. In the article on the Lady Arabella Stuart (*Romance of the Peerage*, vol. ii. p. 370.), a letter of Sir Ralph Winwood, dated 1610, is quoted, in which he states, that she is "not altogether free from suspicion of being collapsed." On this Mr. Craik observes, "It is difficult to conjecture what can be here meant by *collapsed*, unless it be fallen off to Romanism." Now it is not a little curious, and it proves Mr. Craik's capability…