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William Blake

69

A Poem by Shelley, not in his Works

71

The Impossibilities of History

72

"Quem Deus vult perdere prius dementat," by T. J. Buckton

73

Shakspeare Correspondence, by J. Payne Collier, George Blink, &c.

73

"The Dance of Death," by Weld Taylor

76

Minor Notes:—Old Lines newly revived— Inscription near Cirencester—Wordsworth—"Magna est Veritas et prÆvalebit"—"Putting your foot into it"

76

Queries:—

Fragments of MSS., by Philip Hale

77

The Electric Telegraph, by W. Matthews

78

Minor Queries:—Sir Walter Raleigh—Ancient Fortifications: Hertstone, Pale, Brecost—Newton and Somers—Daventry, Duel at—Passage in Burial Service—"They shot him on the nine-stane rig"—Wardhouse, and Fishermen's Custom there—"Adrian turn'd the bull"—Cary's "PalÆologia Chronica"—The Southwark Pudding Wonder—Roman Catholics confined in Fens of Ely—White Bell Heather transplanted—Green's "Secret Plot"—"The full Moon brings fine Weather"—Nash the Artist—Woodwork of St. Andrew's Priory Church, Barnwell—"The Mitre and the Crown"—Military Music

78

Minor Queries With Answers:—Stoven Church—The Statute of Kilkenny—Kenne of Kenne—Rents of Assize, &c.—Edifices of Ancient and Modern Times—Gorram—"Rock of Ages"

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Replies:—

Remuneration of Authors

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On the Use of the Hour-glass in Pulpits

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Ladies' Arms borne in a Lozenge

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Photographic Correspondence:—Multiplication of Photographs—Yellow Bottles for Photographic Chemicals

85

Replies To Minor Queries:—Donnybrook Fair—Abigail—Honorary Degrees—Red Hair—Historical Engraving—Proverbs quoted by Suetonius—"Sat cito, si sat bene"—Council of Laodicea, Canon 35.—Anna Lightfoot—Jack and Gill—Simile of the Soul and the Magnetic Needle—Gibbon's Library—St. Paul's Epistles to Seneca—"Hip, Hip, Hurrah!"—Emblemata—Campvere, Privileges of—Slang Expressions: "Just the cheese"—The Honorable Miss E. St. Leger—Queries from the Navorscher—"Pity is akin to Love"

86

Miscellaneous:—

Notes on Books, &c.

89

Books and Odd Volumes wanted

90

Notices to Correspondents

90

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