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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[2n« S. N« 69., Apbh. 26. '67. 



whicb may be sung by three or five voices, or any num- 

 ber in chorus; and the second consisting of a similar 

 selection of Old English Ditties arranged with Symphonies 

 and Accompaniments, by G. A. Macfarren. 



It may be well to remind our literary friends that the 

 reading-room of the British Museum will close at the end 

 of the present month, and that on the 16th of May the 

 new Reading-room will be opened. This new room, with 

 its dome the largest in diameter in the world, with the 

 exception of the Pantheon, which is two feet larger (being 

 142 feet), will contain accommodation for 300 readers, 

 each with a separate and most convenient table, 4 feet 

 3 inches long. On the subject of the vexed question of a 

 Catalogue, we learn from a long and interesting article in 

 The Times of Tuesday last — an article obviously written 

 by authority — that the amalgamation of the various Ca- 

 talogues into one Catalogue is proceeding rapidly — that 

 the " letters A, B, C, D, E, F, constitute about one-third 

 of the entire Catalogue, and that this portion completed 

 will be placed in the new reading-room on its opening. 

 It will be comprised in 600 volumes." We would add that 

 notice has been issued that all frequenters of the reading- 

 room will be required to produce their tickets. 



The Exhibition of the Art Treasures of the United King- 

 dom at Manchester will be opened on the 5th of next 

 month. So rich, so varied, and so e^itensive are the col- 

 lections which, — owing to the zeal of the men of Man- 

 chester, and the liberality with which the owners of the 

 choicest works have placed them at the disposal of the 

 committee, — ^are now congregated at Manchester, that any 

 attempt to describe them within our limited space would 

 be fruitless. A reference to the advertisement in another 

 column will show their variety ; and in a few days a cheap 

 catalogue will be issued, in which the various jewels in 

 this peerless casket will be clearly and distinctly par- 

 ticularised. 



We have to request the indulgence of many Correspondents for the 

 postponement of their articles. We have a very large tnasa in type, and 

 among them many papers of great interest. 



ViRtoy AP Hakry and .T. B. (who wrote on Crust of Red Wine in " N. 

 SiQ,."oflithFeb.last.) W^ have letters for these Correspondents. How 

 shall they be forwarded? 



Olv Fooies. Editionarios will find ample illustration of this epithet 

 in our 1st Series, vols. vii. and viii. 



The Two Kings op Erentpobd. J. D. (Baltimore, Maryland.) The 

 allusion is to Act II. So. 2. qf The Rehearsal, where the stage direction 

 is — " Enter the Two Kinfishand in hand" — where, although no such 

 direction is given, it is believed they entered smelling to one nosegay. See 

 "N. &Q.," lstS.lv. 369. 



Devoniensis. T!ie Exon Domesday Book will be found in The Domes- 

 day Book, published in 4 vols, folio, 1783—1816. Full particulars of it 

 will be found in Sir H. Ellis's valuable General Introduction to Domes- 

 day Book. 



J. F. A notice of the altar controversy during the reign of Charles I. 

 will be found in our 1st S. v. 57. 



J. C. The Moguls are the best cards, and are stamped with the figure 

 of the Great Mogul, to distinguish them from the Harrys, Highlanders, 



F. C. Mendelssohn's Elijah was first performed at Birmingham on 

 Aug. 26, 1846, and critically noticed in The Athenaeum of Aug. 29, 1846, 

 p. 891. It was also performed at Exeter Hall on April ie,\9i7. -see The 

 Times, but especially The Morning Chronicle of the following day, as well 

 as The Athenaeum of April 24, 1847, p. 441. ; and p. 767. of the same 

 volume. 



Devoniensis. Brice's History of Exeter, 1802, was intended to be issued 

 periodically, but ceased after the appearance of the second part. 



Henry Kensington. Both works are in the British Museum. A Judg- 

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 13, 1680 i Lond. 1682, 8vo., topss published anonymously , and is enured m 

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 Kilmore. Abraham Rockenback's ivork is entitled Tractatus de Cometls, 

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