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The ■Wandering Jew in England, by 



V. T. Sternberg - - - - 503 



Follt Lore in JMLonmoutlishirc, by Rev. 



JolinWebb - - - - 504 



The Song of the Nightingale - - 505 



Christmas Jingle, by Kobert S. Salmon 506 

 The Folk Lore of a Cornish Village : 

 Fasts and Festivals, by Thomas Q. 



Couch sor 



Minor Notes : — Curious Anachronism 



— Irish Proverbs— The Royal Artil- 

 lery Company— Account of an Expe- 

 dition to the Interior of New Holland 507 



QuEBiis: — 



De Strode, by R. W. Hackwood - - 508 



Minor Qdbbies : —James Recs — Van- 

 dyke's Portraits: Col. Lcgge — Burning 

 Heretical Books — Fowls upon all 

 fours -Hooke's "Letters and Anti- 

 dote to Lord Chesterfield " — " The 

 Public Advertiser: " " The Gazetteer " 



— Sardinian Motto — Norfolk Pedi- 

 grees : Bunting - - . . io9 



Minor Qukries with Answibs : — 

 Thomas Bewick, Wood- engraver — 

 Robert Carr— "An Act at Oxford; 

 a Comedy " - - - - 510 



Paravincin, and Dialogue quoted by him 510 

 The Vellum-bound" Junius:" its His- 

 tory and iinal Disappearance at the 

 Stowe Sale, Jan. 29, 1819, by William 

 Cramp - - - - - 511 



Swallows,by F. Phillott,&c. - - 512 



Old Nick, by Wm. Matthews - - 513 



Longevity of Incumbents : Parish Regis- 

 ters, by W. Pinkerton - - - 514 

 Cannon-ball Eft'ects,by William Bates 515 



Photographic Correspondence : — 

 On a Concave Field for Photographic 

 Pictures - - - - - 516 



Replies to Minor Queries: What 



are we to do with our Pamphlets ? — 

 General Braddock- Curious Painting 



— Conversations with Wordsworth, 

 Coleridge, &c. — Pompey's Playing 

 Tables — Naval Action — Tlie Rose of 

 Sharon — Ghost of Julius Caesar — 

 Etymology of " Manse " — Anony- 

 mous Hymns — Wywivvle — St. Cuth- 

 bert's Remains — Polygamy _ Paston 

 Family — Wash — Throckmorton Ca- 

 rew — Confusion of Authors — Cha- 

 rade: " I sit here on a rock " Allen 



Family— Sir Anthony Pearson _ Ro- 

 man Catholic Bishoprics : John Tyn- 

 mouth— " Minne " and Minnesingers 



— Women's Pews — " A sleeveless Er- 

 rand"— "Souvenirs de la Marquise 

 de Cr^quy " — Curious Marriage Cus- 

 tom — Single-Speech Hamilton — 

 Hogarth's "Morning " — Burial of 

 Poor Romans — Printers' Marks — 

 Stops, &c. - - - - - 51 7 



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 Notices to Correspondents. 522 



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