NOTES:— The Pantheon at Paris Churchill the Poet English Medals: William III. and Grandval, by W. D. Haggard Readings in Shakspeare, No. I. Folk Lore:—Salting a New-born Infant—Lent Crocking—Devonshire Superstition respecting Still-born Children Goldsmith's Pamphlet on the Cock Lane Ghost, by Jas. Crossley Minor Notes:—Traditions of remote Periods through few Links—Preservation of Life at Sea—Epigram QUERIES:— Minor Queries—Count Konigsmark—"O Leoline! be absolutely just"—Lyte Family—Sir Walter Raleigh's Snuff-box—"Poets beware"—Guanahani, or Cat Island—Wiggan, or Utiggan, an Oxford Student—Prayers for the Fire of London—Donkey—French and Italian Degrees—The Shadow of the Tree of Life—Sun-dials—Nouns always printed with Capital Initials—John of Padua—St. Kenelm—Church MINOR QUERIES ANSWERED:—Hieroglyphics of Vagrants and Criminals—Muggleton and Reeve—Rev. T. Adams—The Archbishop of Spalatro—Bishop Bridgeman—Rouse, the Scottish Psalmist—"Count Cagliostro, or the Charlatan, a Tale of the Reign of Louis XVI."—Churchyard Well and Bath REPLIES:— Collars of SS. On the First, Final, and Suppressed Volume of the only Expurgatory Index of Rome, by the Rev. J. Mendham The First Paper-mill in England, and Paper-mill near Stevenage, by A. Grayan The Pendulum Demonstration The Cross and the Crucifix, by Sir J. Emerson Tennent Yankee Doodle, by C. H. Cooper Perpetual Lamp Kibroth Hattavah and Wady Mokatteb: Num. xi. 26. critically examined, by Moses Margoliouth Replies to Minor Queries:—"Theophania"—Royal Library—Reichenbach's Ghosts—Marriage Tithe in Wales—Paul Hoste—John of Halifax—Age of Trees—"Mirabilis Liber"—CÆsarius, &c.—Tripos—"Please the Pigs"—Basnet Family—Serjeants' Rings—"Crowns have their Compass"—Hell paved with the Skulls of Priests—Cooper's Miniature of Cromwell—King Street Theatre—Groom, Meaning of—Schola Cordis, &c. MISCELLANEOUS:— Notes on Books, Sales, Catalogues, &c. Books and Odd Volumes wanted Notices to Correspondents Advertisements |