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Page 

 - 391 



Curious Old Pamphlet 

 Errata in Printed Bibles - 

 Impossibilities of History- - - 392 



Unregistered Proverbs, by C. Mansfield 



Ingleby - - - - - 392 



Mr. Justice Talfourd, by II. M. Bealby 



and T. J. Buekton - - - 393 



The Screw Propeller - - - 394 



Ancient Chattel-Property in Ireland, by 



James F. Ferguson ... 394 



Bishop Atterbury - - - - 395 



Minor Notes: — "Milton Blind" — 

 Hydropathy — Cassie — The Duke of 

 "Wellington — Romford Jury— Edward 

 Law (Lord Ellenborough), Chief Jus- 

 tice — Chamisso — Dates of Maps — 

 Walton— Whittington'sStoneon High- 

 gate Hill— Turkey and Franco - - 395 



'Queries : — 



A Female Aide-Major 



337 



Minor Queries : — " Chintz Gowns " — 

 " Noctes Ambrosianae " — B. Simmons 

 — Green Stockings— Nicholas Kieten — 

 Warwickshire Badge — Armorial — 

 Lord Brougham and Home Tooke — 

 Rileysof Forest Hill— Fish " Lavidian" 

 : — " Poeta nascitur, non fit " — John 

 Wesley and the Duke of Wellington— 

 Haviland — Byron — Rutabaga _ A 

 Medal -The Black Cap -The Abori- 

 ginal Britons .... 397 



Minor Queries with Answers : — 

 "Gossip"— Humphry Repton — "Oriel" 

 — " Orchard" — " Peckwater " — Richard 

 III. — Binding of old Books _ Vessel 

 of Paper - - - - - 399 



'Replies : — 



King James's Irish Army List, 1689, by 



John DAlton - - - - 401 



•Quotations Wanted, by G. Taylor, &c. 402 

 Oaths, by James F. Ferguson, &c. - 402 



Remuneration of Authors, by Alexander 



Andrews ----- 404 

 Occasional Forms of Prayer, by the Rev. 

 W. Sparrow Simpson, &c. - - 404 



OPnoTOGRAPHTC CORRESPONDENCE : 



Photographic Query— Improvement in 

 Collodion—Printing Positives— Photo- 

 graphic Excursions ... 405 



Replies to Minor Qdep.ies : " To 



Garble"— " Lyra Apostolica" — John 

 Bale, Bishop of Ossory — Burial in an 

 erect Posture — " Carronade" — " Lar- 

 gesse" _ Precious Stones — " A Pinch 

 of Snuff" _ Darwin on Steam — Gale 



of Rent — Cobb Family — " Aches" 



"Meols"— Polygamy— Wafers - 407 



Miscellaneous : — 



Notes on Books, &c. ... 410 

 Books and Odd Volumes Wanted - 410 



Notices to Correspondents - - 411 



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