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Tenet or Tenent (Vol. vii., p. 205.).—We speak of the tenets of a sect. Somewhat less than a century ago the formula would have been their tenents; and was not this the more correct?
Balliolensis.
Mrs. Catherine Barton (Vol. iii., pp. 328. 434.).—When I answered the Query, I was not aware of what Baily states in the Supplement to Flamstead, p. 750. Rigaud ascertained for Baily that Mrs. C. B. (the title Mistress being given at that period to marriageable young ladies) was not the wife, but the sister of Colonel Barton. Both were the children of Hannah Smith, Newton's half-sister, and Robert Barton. Mrs. C. B. was born about 1680.
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Miscellaneous.
BOOKS AND ODD VOLUMES WANTED TO PURCHASE.
Proceedings of the London Geological Society.
Prescott's History of the Conquest of Mexico. 3 Vols. London. Vol. III.