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then I part all the A's, B's, C's, and so on — and after that I 

 sort the A's, B's, &c, and gum them to sheets. When done, 

 I revise the whole. The Index is then ready to copy or to 

 print from. The advantage is, you can take it up and leave 

 it off — and there is no strain on the brain — it is just mechan- 

 ical work." 



Writing of his paper on Bamburgh, he makes these re- 

 marks, some of which are worth attending to, by contributors 

 to the printed records of the Club. 



"The object of that paper, was not to attempt any History of 

 the famous castle of Bamburgh, but merely to shew, that all 

 historians have been in error, as to the way the estates came 

 into the possession of Lord Crewe ; as to which they have fol- 

 lowed each other with the same statement, each varying a little, 

 still however sticking to the Rebellion. — Bamburgh was a Koyal 

 Castle, and I have such a number of Charters, Warrants, and 

 Orders from the Crown. — Every trifling repair required an order 

 from the King. — I thought it best, not to do more ; but adhere 

 to one point, rather than attempt a History. — Little articles are 

 more suited to the pages of the Proceedings of the Club, from 

 which future writers may glean facts which cannot be had else- 

 where. These are the little things which Dr. Johnston was 

 anxious to fix in transitu, rather than to have long and elaborate 

 articles. — Such articles are valuable, but few have time to spare 

 for them, but you can always dash off some little tit bit, without 

 taking up much space or wearying either the writer or the 

 reader." 



The following is perhaps not a complete list of his writings, 

 but it is all that inquiry elicits. 



1. The Wards, Divisions, Parishes, and Townships of North- 

 umberland, according to the ancient and modern Divisions, 

 shewing the Annual Value and Population of each Parish and 

 Township maintaining its own Poor, from the Beturns of 1831 ; 

 also the Places for which Surveyors of Highways and Constables 

 are appointed respectively, and by whom appointed, compiled 

 from the Records and other authentic sources. — Alnwick, 1833, 

 4to., 104 pages. 



2. Record of the Proceedings relating to the Address to Her 

 Majesty, Queen Victoria, from the Inhabitants of the Borough 

 of Alnwick, in Northumberland, presented 29th Aug., 1850. — 

 Newcastle, 1850, 4to, 4 leaves. 



3. Notices of a Chantry in the Parochial Chapelry of Alnwick, 

 dedicated to the Virgin Mary. — Hist. Ber. Nat. Club, vol. iii., p. 

 67. — And separately — London, 1852, 8vo., 12 pages. 



4. Four Chapters from the History of Alnmouth. — Newcastle, 

 1852, 4to., 26 pages. 



