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Ben Jonson's Verses on the Marriage of the Earl of Somerset 193

Junius and the Quarterly Review 194

Simon of Sudbury, Archbishop of Canterbury, by W. Sparrow Simpson, B.A. 194

Paraphrase on the Lord's Prayer, by Wm. Durrant Cooper 195

Folk Lore:—Suffolk Legend—Theodoric, Legend of 195

Names of Places; Provincial Dialects 196

Minor Notes:—The Banking Company in Aberdeen, and the Bank of England—Which are the Shadows?—Antiquity of County Boundaries—Zachary Pearce not a Pupil of Busby—The Poet Gay and his Relatives 196

QUERIES:—

Thomas Bastard, and Song against Sheep-farming 197

Inundations and their Phenomena, by Sydney Smirke 198

A Bibliographical Query 198

New Arrangement of the Old Testament 199

Minor Queries:—Pasquinades—Sir John Fenner's Bequest of Bibles—Friday at Sea—Meaning of "Knarres"—Sir John Cheke—Arms of Yarmouth—"Litera Scripta Manet"—Bull the Barrel—Nuremberg Token—Weber on the Material Media of Musical Art—Clement's Inn—Was Queen Elizabeth dark or fair—The "Black Book of Paisley"—"The Trial of the Princess of Wales, afterwards Queen Caroline"—Frith the Martyr, and Dean Comber—BÉocherie, alias Parva Hibernia; BÉocera Gent 200

MINOR QUERIES ANSWERED:—Augmentation Office—"Smectymnus" 201

REPLIES:—

Liber Conformitatum 202

Traditions of Remote Periods; George III.'s Garter 203

Many Children at a Birth; Large Families 204

Pedigree of Richard Earl of Chepstow 204

Isabel, Queen of the Isle of Man, by John Gough Nichols 205

Replies to Minor Queries:—Bastides—BrunÉhaut—Job—Parish Registers—Ornamental Hermits—Collars of SS—Herschel Anticipated—Monastic Establishments in Scotland—Kissing under the Mistletoe—The Ring Finger—Sanctus Bell—Slang Dictionaries—Modern Greek Names of Places—Baskerville the Printer—Story of Genevra—Gospel Oaks—"Asters with Trains of Fire," &c.—Wiggan, or Utiggan, an Oxford Student—Hieroglyphics of Vagabonds—"The bright lamp that shone in Kildare's holy fane"—Hyrne—Stops, when first introduced—Heraldical MSS. of Sir H. St. George Garter—Kingswei, Kings-way, or Kinsey—FouchÉ's Memoirs—The Pelican as a Symbol of our Saviour—Bow-bell—Cou-bache—White-livered—"Experto crede Roberto"—"Oh! Leoline," &c.—The Word "Blaen"—Stoke—A Baron's Hearse—The Bed of Ware—Symbolism of Death—General Wolfe—Proverb 206

MISCELLANEOUS:—

Notes on Books, &c. 213

Books and Odd Volumes wanted 214

Notices to Correspondents 214

Advertisements 215

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