CONTENTS.

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Lord Halifax and Mrs. Catherine Barton, by Professor De Morgan

[429]

Dr. Parr on Milton

[433]

Parts of MSS., by John Macray

[434]

William Blake

[435]

Folk Lore:—Legends of the County Clare—The Seven Whisperers

[436]

Italian-English, German-English, and the Refugee Style, by Philarète Chasles

[436]

Shakspeare Correspondence, by Thos. Keightley, &c.

[437]

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

[438]

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

[440]

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"

[442]

Replies:—

Medal and Relic of Mary Queen of Scots, by John Evans, &c.

[444]

Early Use of Tin.—Derivation of the Name of Britain

[445]

Pictorial Editions of the Book of Common Prayer

[446]

Yew-Trees in Churchyards, by Fras. Crossley, &c.

[447]

Osborn Family

[448]

Inscriptions on Bells, by W. Sparrow Simpson and J. L. Sisson

[448]

Ladies' Arms borne in a Lozenge

[448]

The Myrtle Bee, by C. Brown

[450]

Captain John Davis, by Bolton Corney

[450]

Photographic Correspondence:—Clouds in Photographs—"The Stereoscope considered in relation to the Philosophy of Binocular Vision"—Muller's Processes—Positives on Glass

[451]

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.

[452]

Miscellaneous:—

Notes on Books, &c.

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Books and Odd Volumes wanted

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Notices to Correspondents

[456]

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