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NOTES AND QUERIES:
CONTENTS.
Notes.
DRYDEN ON SHAKSPERE.
PARTY SIMILES OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY:—NO. I. "FOXES AND FIREBRANDS." NO. II. "THE TROJAN HORSE."
DUTCH EAST INDIA COMPANY.—SLAVERY IN ENGLAND.
ORIGINAL ROYAL LETTERS TO THE GRAND MASTERS OF MALTA.
ENAREANS.
Minor Notes.
Queries.
CONTRIBUTORS TO "KNIGHT'S QUARTERLY MAGAZINE."
THE STATIONERS' COMPANY AND ALMANACK.
Minor Queries.
Minor Queries with Answers.
Replies.
TRENCH ON PROVERBS.
INSCRIPTIONS ON BELLS.
ARMS OF GENEVA.
PHOTOGRAPHIC CORRESPONDENCE.
Replies to Minor Queries.
Miscellaneous.
NOTES ON BOOKS, ETC.
BOOKS AND ODD VOLUMES
Notices to Correspondents.