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Edmund Burke, and the "Annual Register," by James Crossley 441

Jews in China 442

The Dutch Martyrology 443

Lady Flora Hastings' Bequest 443

Witchcraft in the Seventeenth Century 444

Indulgences proposed to Benefactors to the Church of St. George the Martyr, Southwark 444

Gray's Plagiarisms, by Henry H. Breen 445

On the Application of the Word "Littus" in the Sense of Ripa, the Bank of a River 446

Minor Notes:—Epigrams by Coulanges and Prior—Brewhouse Antiquities—Joseph of Exeter de Bello Antiocheno—Illustrations of Welsh History 446

QUERIES:

The Window-tax, Local Mints, and Nobbs of Norwich 447

Minor Queries:—Gillingham—"We hope, and hope, and hope"—What is Champak?—Encorah and Millicent—Diogenes in his Tub—Topical Memory—St. Paul's Clock striking Thirteen—A regular Mull: Origin of the Phrase—Register book of the Parish of Petworth—Going to Old Weston—"As drunk as Chloe"—Mark for a Dollar—Stepony—Longueville MSS.—Carling Sunday—Lion Rampant holding a Crozier—Monumental Symbolism—Ptolemy's Presents to the Seventy-two—Baronette—Meaning of "Hernshaw"—Hogan—"Trepidation talk'd"—Lines on the Temple—Death—Was Stella Swift's Sister? 448

MINOR QUERIES ANSWERED:—John Marwoode—St. Paul—Meaning of Zoll-verein—Crex, the White Bullace 450

REPLIES:

The Outer Temple, by Edward Foss 451

The Old London Bellman and his Songs or Cries, by Dr. E. F. Rimbault 451

The Travels of Baron Munchausen, and the Author of "The Sabbath" 453

The Penn Family, by Hepworth Dixon 454

On the Word "Prenzie" in "Measure for Measure" by S. W. Singer, S. Hickson, &c. 454

Replies to Minor Queries:—Countess of Pembroke's Epitaph—Court Dress—Ex Pede Herculem—Day of the Accession of Richard III.—Tennyson's "In Memoriam"—Cardinal Azzolin—Babington's Conspiracy—Robert de Welle—Family of Sir John Banks—Charles Lamb's Epitaph—QuebeÇa and his Epitaph—The Frozen Horn—West Chester—Registry of Dissenters—Poem upon the Grave—Round Robin—Derivation of the Word "Yankee"—Letters on the British Museum—Names of the Ferret—Anonymous Ravennas—The Lion, a Symbol of the Resurrection—Paring the Nails, &c.—Meaning of Gig-Hill—The Mistletoe on the Oak—Spelling of "Britannicus"—T. Gilbert on Clandestine Marriages—Dog's Head in the Pot—Pope Joan—"Nettle in Dock out"—Mind your P's and Q's—Lay of the Last Minstrel—Tingry—Sabbatical and Jubilee Years of the Jews—Luncheon—Prophecy respecting the Discovery or America—Shakespeare's Designation of Cleopatra—Harlequins—Christ's-cross Row, &c. 456

MISCELLANEOUS:

Notes on Books, Sales, Catalogues, &c. 470

Books and Odd Volumes wanted 470

Notices to Correspondents 471

List of Notes & Queries volumes and pages

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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