NOTES AND QUERIES:
A MEDIUM OF INTER-COMMUNICATION FOR LITERARY MEN, ARTISTS, ANTIQUARIES, GENEALOGISTS, ETC.
"When found, make a note of."—Captain Cuttle.
| No. 235. | Saturday, April 29. 1854 |
Price Fourpence Stamped Edition 5d. |
CONTENTS.
Notes:— | Page |
Curious Old Pamphlet | |
Errata in Printed Bibles | |
Impossibilities of History | |
Unregistered Proverbs, by C. Mansfield Ingleby | |
Mr. Justice Talfourd, by H. M. Bealby and T. J. Buckton | |
The Screw Propeller | |
Ancient Chattel-Property in Ireland, by James F. Ferguson | |
Bishop Atterbury | |
Minor Notes:—"Milton Blind"—Hydropathy—Cassie—The Duke of Wellington—Romford Jury—Edward Law (Lord Ellenborough), Chief Justice—Chamisso—Dates of Maps—Walton—Whittington's Stone on Highgate Hill—Turkey and France | |
Queries:— | |
A Female Aide-Major | |
Minor Queries:—"Chintz Gowns"—"Noctes Ambrosianæ"—B. Simmons—Green Stockings—Nicholas Kieten—Warwickshire Badge—Armorial—Lord Brougham and Horne Tooke—Rileys of Forest Hill—Fish "Lavidian"—"Poeta nascitur, non fit"—John Wesley and the Duke of Wellington—Haviland—Byron—Rutabaga—A Medal—The Black Cap—The Aboriginal Britons | |
Minor Queries with Answers:—"Gossip"—Humphry Repton—"Oriel"—"Orchard"—"Peckwater"—Richard III.—Binding of old Books—Vessel of Paper | |
Replies:— | |
King James's Irish Army List, 1689, by John D'Alton | |
Quotations Wanted, by G. Taylor, &c. | |
Oaths, by James F. Ferguson, &c. | |
Remuneration of Authors, by Alexander Andrews | |
Occasional Forms of Prayer, by the Rev. W. Sparrow Simpson, &c. | |
Photographic Correspondence:— | |
Photographic Query—Improvement in Collodion—Printing Positives—Photographic Excursions | |
Replies to Minor Queries:—"To Garble"—"Lyra Apostolica"—John Bale, Bishop of Ossory—Burial in an erect Posture—"Carronade"—"Largesse"—Precious Stones—"A Pinch of Snuff"—Darwin on Steam—Gale of Rent—Cobb Family—"Aches"—"Meols"—Polygamy—Wafers | |
Miscellaneous:— | |
Notes on Books, &c. | |
Books and Odd Volumes Wanted | |
Notices to Correspondents |