CLARIS

John Chalk ( son of Mr. Claris of Canterbury, bookseller ). b. Canterbury about 1797; edited the Kent Herald 1826–65; published under pseudonym of Arthur Brooke following poetical works; Juvenile Pieces 1816; Poems 1817; Durovernum, The curse of Chatter ton and other poems 1818; Thoughts and feelings 1820; Retrospection (with portrait) 1821; Elegy on the death of Percy By he Shelley 1822. d. Best lane, Canterbury 10 Jany. 1866. Notes and Queries, Fourth series , x , 29, 95 (1872). CLARK, Bracy . b. Chipping Norton, Oxon 7 April 1771; a veterinary surgeon in London 1800; F.L.S. 15 Jany. 1793; author of An e ay on the bots of horses and other animals 1815; Hippo do no mia, or the true structure laws and economy of the horse’s foot 1829; Treatise on the bits of horses , 2 ed. 1835; and many other small books on veterinary subjects. d. Giltspur st. London 16 Dec. 1860. Proc. of Linnæan Society (1861) 21–4; J. Smith’s Catalogue of Friends’ books i , 417–22 (1867).