PREFACE.
INDEX.
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS
THE ENVIRONS OF LONDON.
The late J. M. W. Turner, Esq. R.A.
Monumental Brasses Removed from the Churches of Fulham and Chelsea.
Sterne's Autograph.
Ward's "Grand Rebellion."
Date of Thomas Hood's Death.
Blackwood's Magazine. I. P. (Philadelphia, Nov. 18, 1851), writes to G. W.:
Fraser's Magazine.
Caussin's Holy Court.
The Sons of Noah.
Turkish Coin.
Richard III.
American Testimonial to Mrs. Cowden Clarke.
Catherine Hayes and Father Mathew.
The Jarvis Library Sale.
The Periodical Press of the Methodists in the United States.
" Woodman, spare that Tree. "
The Bawdrick or Baldrock. ( Illustrated. )
Sketch of the Gear of an Old Bell Clapper.
Architectural Restorations in Ireland.
The Historical Society of Lancashire and Cheshire.
Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Autographic Biography.
Rowland Hill and the Penny Postage.
Enquiry.
Robert Hoblyn.
Prints of Oliver Cromwell and "St. Luke's Day."
Admission of Literary Inquirers to the Public Records.
Literary and Scientific Obituary.
WILLIS'S
CURRENT NOTES:
A SERIES OF ARTICLES
ON
Antiquities, Biography, Heraldry, History, Language,
Literature, Topography, Curious Customs, &c.
SELECTED FROM
ORIGINAL LETTERS AND DOCUMENTS
ADDRESSED DURING THE YEAR
1852,
TO THE PUBLISHER,
G. WILLIS,
GREAT PIAZZA, COVENT GARDEN, LONDON. MDCCCLIII.
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