CONTENTS.
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Lord Halifax and Mrs. Catherine Barton, by Professor De Morgan | |
Dr. Parr on Milton | |
Parts of MSS., by John Macray | |
William Blake | |
Folk Lore:—Legends of the County Clare—The Seven Whisperers | |
Italian-English, German-English, and the Refugee Style, by Philarète Chasles | |
Shakspeare Correspondence, by Thos. Keightley, &c. | |
Minor Notes:—Decomposed Cloth—First and Last—Cucumber Time—MS. Sermons of the Eighteenth Century—Boswell's "Johnson"—Stage Coaches—Antecedents—The Letter X—A Crow-bar | |
Queries:— | |
Minor Queries:—Bishop Grehan—Doxology—Arrow-mark—Gabriel Poyntz—Queen Elizabeth's and Queen Anne's Motto, "Semper eadem"—Bees—Nelly O'Brien and Kitty Fisher—"Homo unius libri"—"Now the fierce bear," &c.—Prejudice against Holy Confirmation—Epigram on MacAdam—Jane Scrimshaw—The Word "Quadrille"—The Hungarians in Paules—Ferns Wanted—Craton the Philosopher—The Solar Annual Eclipse in the Year 1263—D'Israeli: how spelt?—Richard Oswald—Cromwell's Descendants—Letter of Archbishop Curwen to Archbishop Parker | |
Minor Queries with Answers:—Margaret Patten—Etymology of "Coin"—Inscription at Aylesbury—"Guardian Angels, now protect me," &c.—K. C. B.'s—Danish and Swedish Ballads—Etymology of "Conger"—"Si vis me flere, dolendum est primum tibi" | |
Replies:— | |
Medal and Relic of Mary Queen of Scots, by John Evans, &c. | |
Early Use of Tin.—Derivation of the Name of Britain | |
Pictorial Editions of the Book of Common Prayer | |
Yew-Trees in Churchyards, by Fras. Crossley, &c. | |
Osborn Family | |
Inscriptions on Bells, by W. Sparrow Simpson and J. L. Sisson | |
Ladies' Arms borne in a Lozenge | |
The Myrtle Bee, by C. Brown | |
Captain John Davis, by Bolton Corney | |
Photographic Correspondence:—Clouds in Photographs—"The Stereoscope considered in relation to the Philosophy of Binocular Vision"—Muller's Processes—Positives on Glass | |
Replies to Minor Queries:—Peculiar Ornament in Crosthwaite Church—Nursery Rhymes—Milton's Widow—Watch-paper Inscriptions—Poetical Tavern Signs—Parish Clerks' Company—"Elijah's Mantle"—Histories of Literature—Birthplace of General Monk—Books chained to Desks in Churches, &c. | |
Miscellaneous:— | |
Notes on Books, &c. | |
Books and Odd Volumes wanted | |
Notices to Correspondents | |
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