Oare.
Naples and the Campagna Felice.—Who was the author of letters bearing this title, which
originally appeared in Ackermann's Repository, and were published in a collected form in 1815?
In a catalogue of Jno. Miller's (April, 1853), I see them attributed to Combe.
Q.
Philadelphia.
"The Land of Green Ginger"—the name of a street in Hull. Can any of your correspondents inform me why so called?
R. H. B.
Mugger.—Why are the gipsies in the North of England called Muggers? Is it because they sell mugs, and other articles of crockery, that in fact being their general vocation? or may not the word be a corruption of Maghrabee, which is, I think, a foreign name given to this wandering race?
H. T. Riley.