The E-Sylum:  Volume 10, Number 25, June 24, 2007, Article 27

MORE ON S. Q. LAPIUS, PEN NAME OF JAMES BALL NAYLOR

Responding to an earlier E-Sylum article, web site visitor Terry Flaherty
writes: "Periodically I do a search on S. Q. Lapius because it is the pen
name of James Ball Naylor and I am currently completing my research to do
a biography of the man.  He was a medical doctor and he got the name from
Esculapius, the Greek God of Medicine.  To answer some of your questions,
he was not the author of 'A Ship at Sea and other Rhymes', and the book 
"Current Coins" is NOT about coins.  Rather he uses the word 'coin' like
you would the word 'pearl' or 'gem'.  The people he wrote about that he
met at the railway station are the 'coins' he is talking about.  It is a
book of poetry."

[Our web archive is a great way to expose our numismatic queries to a
wider audience.  Any every so often, someone outside of our little sphere
comes along with an answer.  Terry's note confirms John Kleeberg's
suspicion that S. Q. Lapius could not be the pen name of Justin Allis
Garvin.  Below are links to our previous discussions on the topic.  We
had pretty much concluded that the lead was a dead end numismatically,
and again Terry's note confirms this - the book does not actually refer
to coins.  Many thanks to Terry for taking the time to write and set us
straight.  -Editor]

 COME WITH ME, MY NUMISMATIC FRIEND
 esylum_v06n17a15.html

 S. Q. LAPIUS
 esylum_v06n18a11.html

 LOTS MORE ON S. Q. LAPIUS
 esylum_v06n19a05.html

 S. Q. LAPIUS
 esylum_v06n20a18.html

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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