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No. 38.SATURDAY, JULY 20, 1850Price Threepence.
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CONTENTS

NOTES:—Page
Meaning of Delighted as used by Shakspeare, by S.Hickson[113]
Authors of "The Rolliad," by Lord Braybrooke[114]
Notes on Milton[115]
Derivation of Easter, by J. Sansom[115]
Folk Lore—Passages of Death, by Dr.Guest—Divination at Marriages[116]
Francis Lenton the Poet, by Dr. Rimbault[117]
Minor Notes:—Lilburn or Prynne—Peep ofDay— Martinet—Guy's Porridge Pot[118]
QUERIES:—
Nicholas Ferrar of Little Gidding, by JohnMiland[119]
Stukeley's "Stonehenge," by Henry Cunliffe[119]
Athelstane's Form of Donation—Meaning of"Somagia," by J. Sansom[120]
Minor Queries:—Charade—"SmokeMoney"—"Rapido contrarius orbi"—Lord RichardChristophilus— Fiz gigs—Specimens of Erica inBloom—Michael Scott the Wizard—Stone Chalices[120]
REPLIES:—
Ulrich von Hutten and the "EpistolæObscurorum Virorum," by S.W. Singer[121]
Caxton's Printing-office, by J.G. Nichols[122]
The New Temple[123]
Strangers in the House of Commons[124]
Replies to Minor Queries:—MorganaticMarriage— Umbrellas—Bands—Scarf—JewishMusic—North Sides of Churchyards unconsecrated—"Men arebut Children" &c.—Ventriloquism—Cromwell's Estates—Magor—Vincent Gookin—All-to brake[125]
MISCELLANEOUS:—
Notes on Books, Sales, Catalogues, Sales,&c.[127]
Books and Odd Volumes Wanted[127]
Notices to Correspondents[127]
Advertisements[128]