Notes:—

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Peter Brett

533

Richard's "Guide through France," by Weld Taylor

534

Women and Tortoises

534

Weather Rules, by W. Winthrop

535

Occasional Forms of Prayer, by Rev. Thomas Lathbury

535

Minor Notes:—Chair Moving—Epitaph on Politian in the Church of the Annunciation at Florence—Epitaph in Torrington Churchyard, Devon—The early Delights of Philadelphia—Misapplication of Terms—"Plantin" Bibles in 1600—Ancient Gold Collar found in Staffordshire

537

Queries:—

Pictures in Hampton Court Palace

538

Minor Queries:—Helmets—The Nursrow—City Bellmen—Pope's Elegy on An Unfortunate Lady—"Too wise to err, too good to be unkind"—Passage in the "Christian Year"—David's Mother—Emblems—"Kaminagadeyathooroosoomokanoogonagira"—"Quid facies," &c.—Will of Peter the Great—H. Neele, Editor of Shakspeare—MS. by Rubens on Painting—Peter Allan—Haschisch or Indian Hemp—Crieff Compensation—Admission to Lincoln's Inn, the Temple, and Gray's Inn—Orders for the Household of Lord Montagu

538

Minor Queries with Answers:—Cateaton Street—Portrait of Lee, Inventor of the Stocking-Frame—Cocker's Arithmetic—Lyke Porch or Litch Porch—Henry Burton—British Mathematicians—"Les Lettres Juives"

540

Replies:—

Attainment of Majority

541

Lord Halifax and Mrs. Catherine Barton

543

Milton's Widow, by T. Hughes

544

Anticipatory Use of the Cross, by J. W. Thomas and Eden Warwick

545

Decorative Pavement Tiles from Caen, by Albert Way and Gilbert J. French

547

Mottos of the Emperors of Germany

548

Photographic Correspondence:—Simplicity of Calotype Process—Albumized Paper—New Developing Mixture—Queries on the Albumenized Process

548

Replies to Minor Queries:—Poems in connexion with Waterloo—Richard Oswald—Grammont's Marriage—Life—Muscipula—Berefellarii—Harmony of the Four Gospels—Picts' Houses and Argils—Boswell's "Johnson"—Pronunciation of "Humble"—Continuation of Robertson—Nostradamus—Quantity of Words—"Man proposes, but God disposes"—Polarised Light

549

Miscellaneous:—

Notes on Books, &c.

552

Books and Odd Volumes wanted

553

Notices to Correspondents

553

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554