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No. 41.SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, 1850Price Threepence.
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CONTENTS.

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Sir William Gascoigne, by Edward Foss[161]
An old Guy, by Dr. Bell[163]
Folk Lore:—Folk Lore of South Northamptonshire, No. 2 Mice, Snakes, Poultry, Crows, Owls, Cuckoos, &c.[164]
Minor Notes:—Hon. A. Erskine—Gloves—Punishment of Death by Burning—India Rubber[165]
QUERIES:
The "Bar" of Michael Angelo, by S.W. Singer[166]
Annotated Copies of Bishop Andrewes' Works[166]
Minor Queries:—Robert Innes, a Grub Street Poet—Sicilian Vespers—One Bell—Treasure Trove—Poeta Anglicus—Hornbooks—Ben Jonson, or Ben Johnson—MS. Book of Prayers belonging to Queen Catherine Parr—Waltheolf—De Combre Family—Ilda—"De Male quæsitis"—Westminster Abbey—Haberdasher—Martinet—"Querela Cantabrigiensis"—Long Lonkin[166]
REPLIES:
Treatise of Equivocation[168]
Boethius' Consolations of Philosophy, by C.H. Cooper[169]
Etymological Queries answered, by Albert Way[169]
Replies to Minor Queries:—Solingen—Blackguard—The Three Dukes—Bonny Dundee—Was Quarles pensioned?—Collar of Esses—The Story of the Three Men and their Bag of Money—Will. Robertson of Murton—Long Meg of Westminster—Churchwardens' Accounts of St. Antholin's—The Plant "Hæmony"—Mildew in Books—The Carpenter's Maggot—Martello Towers—Highland Kilts—Derivation of Penny—Scarf—Smoke-money—Common, Mutual, and Reciprocal—Juice Cups—Curfew—Derivation of Totnes, &c.[170]
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Notes on Books, Sales, Catalogues, &c[175]
Books and Odd Volumes Wanted[175]
Notices to Correspondents[175]
Advertisements[176]