NOTES:— Lord King, the Sclaters, Dr. Kellet, &c. Passage from Dover to Calais, by J. Lewelyn Curtis Popular Stories of the English Peasantry, Nos. II. and III. Goldsmith's History of Mecklenburgh, by James Crossley Folk Lore:—Eagles' Feathers—East Wind on Candlemas Day—Placing Snuff on a Corpse On a Passage in King Henry IV., Part I., Act V. Sc. 2., by S. W. Singer Minor Notes:—Author of "Thirty days hath September"—"When found, make a note of"—The Dodo, existing Specimen of—A Proof that a Man can be his own Grandfather—Memoria Technica—Portrait of George Fox—Lines on Crawfurd of Kilbirnie QUERIES:— Where was Anne Boleyn buried? Tortoiseshell Tom Cats Minor Queries:—Oasis—Ballad on Shakspeare—Dr. Toby Matthew—Hart and Mohun—Burial without Religious Service—Ganganelli's Bible—Wherland Family—Flemish Proverb quoted by Chaucer—Derivation of the Word "Callis," an Almshouse—Nashe's "Terrors of the Night"—Did Orientals ever wear Spurs?—Badges of Noblemen in the Fifteenth Century—Sir Roger de Coverley—Lines on Elizabeth—Twyford—Irish Titles of Honour: The Knight of Kerry; The O'Conor Don: The O'Gorman Mahon—Sir Hobbard de Hoy—The Moon and her Influences—St. Ulrich's, Augsburg—The late Mr. Miller of Craigentinny—Whipping Boys—Edwards of Essex MINOR QUERIES ANSWERED:—Polynesian Languages—Arms of Thompson—The Silent Woman—Review of Hewett's Memoirs of Rustat—Robert Recorde—Strange Opinions of great Divines—Inquisitiones Post Mortem—Derivation of Carmarthen—"MediÆval and Middle Ages"—Garlands hung up in Churches REPLIES:— Ancient Timber Town-halls, by J. B. Whitborne Old Sir Ralph Vernon Old Trees: Fairlop Oak, by Shirley Hibberd Taylor Family, by J. B. Whitborne Replies to Minor Queries:—Portrait of Mesmer—Sleeveless—Barbarian—"O wearisome condition"—The Meaning of "to be a Deacon"—Dr. Richard Morton—Moravian Hymns—Junius Rumours—Wyned—The Tradescants—Movable Organs and Pulpits—Scologlandis and Scologi—St. Botolph—Which are the Shadows?—Nightingale and Thorn—Groom of the Stole—The De Clares—Book of Jasher—Chantrey's Sleeping Children—Daniel De Foe, &c. MISCELLANEOUS:— Notes on Books, &c. Books and Odd Volumes wanted Notices to Correspondents Advertisements |