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CONTENTS. 
Page 
Our Progress - - - < - - = 289 
Notes : — 
Captivity of the Queen of Bruce, by W. B. Rye - 290 
A Note on Robert Herrick, by J. Milner sary - 291 
‘The Meaning of Lerig, by 'S. W. Singer "292 
Folk Lore — St. Valentine in Norwich — Cook- eels 
Old Charms — Superstitions in North of England — 
Decking Churches with ¥ ew — Strewing Chaff be’ a 
Houses) - 293 
Folk Lore of Wales— Cron Annwn— Cyoerath or 
Gwrach-y-rhybin 294 
William Basse and his Poems, by Rev. T. Corser - 295 
John Stowe 297 
Transposition of Letters = “Pet N Tames Yak Pitan 
Mary and Polly - = - - - - 298 
Parallel Passages - - 299 
Inedited Poem by Burns, by Rey. ‘x Bi Wreford - 300 
Lacedemonian Black Broth - ~ - 300 
Queries: — 
Ten Queries on Poets and Roar, ss E. ¥s Rim- 
bault, LL. D. - 302 
Bishop Cosin’s Consecration of Churches - 303 
Portraits of Luther, Erasmus, and Ulric von Hutten - 303 
Queries concerning Chaucer = - - - 305 
Letter aitributed to Sir Robert Walpole - - 304 
Queries concerning Bishops of Ossory, by Rev. J.Graves 305 
Burton’s Anatomy of (Religious) Melancholy - - 305 
Minor Queries : — Master of Methuen — i*emale Captive 
—Parliamentary Writs — Portraits in British Museum 305 
Repties : — 
College Salting, by C. H. Cooper, &c. - - - 306 
Queries answered, No.5., by Bolton Corney —- - 307 
Re lies to Minor Queries: — Old Auster Tenement — 
ureen - - - - - = - 307 
Misce.vanies : — 
M. de Gournay — The Mirror, from the Latin of Gwen 
— Journeyman — Balloons - - - 308 
ELLANEOUS : — 
Books and Odd Volumes wanted - - - 309 
Notices to Correspondents ° - - - 309 
"Advertisements - - - - - - 309 
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