Notes and Queries
Reading edition
Series 1, Vol. 1, Saturday, November 3, 1849
Notes and Queries was the mid-19th century equivalent of an antiquarian newsgroup. It fulfilled the needs of the legions of amateur early Victorian enthusiasts in many fields: the etymology of words, the origin on local customs, the meaning of heraldic emblems; it was also (as the title suggests) a medium of intercommunication between the growing number of professional writers in these fields.
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