CONTENTS.
| NOTES:— | Page |
| A Plea for the City Churches, by theRev. R. Hooper | [51] |
| Echo Poetry | [51] |
| Ambiguity in Public Writing | [52] |
| A Carol of the Kings | [53] |
| Sir W. Scott and Sir W. Napier | [53] |
| Minor Notes:—Sign of Rain—Communicationswith Iceland—Starvation, anAmericanism—Strange Epitaphs | [53] |
| Queries:— | |
| Buonaparte's Abdication | [54] |
| Death Warnings in Ancient Families | [55] |
| The Scarlet Regimentals of the EnglishArmy | [55] |
| Minor Queries:—Berkhampstead Records—"Thesecunde personne of theTrinetee"—St. John's, Oxford, andEmmanuel, Cambridge—"Malbroughs'en va-t-en guerre"—Prelate quotedin Procopius—The Alibenistic Orderof Freemasons—Saying respecting AncientHistory—An Apology for notspeaking the Truth—Sir John Morant—Portraitof Plowden—Temperatureof Cathedrals—Dr. Eleazar Duncon—TheDuke of Buckingham—CharlesWatson—Early (German) colouredEngravings | [56] |
| Minor Queries with Answers:—Historyof M. Oufle—Lysons' MSS.—"Luke'sIron Crown"—"Horamcoram Dago" | [57] |
| Replies:— | |
| Hoby Family, by Lord Braybrooke | [58] |
| Poetical Tavern Signs | [58] |
| Translation from Sheridan, &c. | [59] |
| Florins and the Royal Arms | [59] |
| Chronograms, by the Rev. W. SparrowSimpson | [60] |
| Oaths, by James F. Ferguson | [61] |
| Photographic Correspondence:—SplittingPaper for Photographic Purposes—Curlingof Iodized Paper—How theGlass Rod is used | [61] |
| Replies to Minor Queries:—WoodenTombs and Effigies—Epitaph On Politician—Defoe'sQuotation from Baxteron Apparitions—Barrels Regiment—Sneezing—Does"Wurm," in modernGerman, ever mean Serpent?—Longfellow'sReaper and the Flowers—Chargeof Plagiarism against Paley—Tin—JohnWaugh—Rev. JoshuaBrooks—Hour-glass Stand—TeethSuperstition—Dog-whipping Day inHull—Mousehunt—St. Paul's SchoolLibrary—German Tree—Derivationof the Word "Cash" | [62] |
| Miscellaneous:— | |
| Notes on Books, &c. | [66] |
| Books and Odd Volumes Wanted | [66] |
| Notices to Correspondents | [67] |
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