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CONTENTS.
Notes.
A LEADER FROM A FOREIGN NEWSPAPER: THE NEW RUSSIAN MANIFESTO.
THE LAUNCH OF THE "PRINCE ROYAL" IN 1610.
THE LEGEND OF THE SEVEN SISTERS.
Minor Notes.
Minor Queries.
Minor Queries with Answers.
Replies.
BLANCO WHITE'S SONNET.
GOLOSHES.
CONSONANTS IN WELSH.
SONGS of DEGREES (ASCENTS).
THE SCREW PROPELLER.
AMONTILLADO SHERRY.
RECENT CURIOSITIES OF LITERATURE.
ROLAND THE BRAVE.
PHOTOGRAPHIC CORRESPONDENCE.
Replies to Minor Queries.
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Notices to Correspondents.
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