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No. 3. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1849. Price Threepence. Stamped Edition 4d.
CONTENTS.
NOTES:— Page
Travelling in England 33
Sanuto's Doges of Venice, by Sir F. Madden 35
Letters of Lord Nelson's Brother, immediately after the Battle of Trafalgar, by the Rev. A. Gatty 36
Misquotations 38
Herbert's and Dibdin's Ames—Rowland's Choise of Change—Greene's Royal Exchange 38
Notes from Fly Leaves, No. 3. 39
Abdication of James II. 39
Writers on English History 40
Queen Elizabeth's Domestic Establishment 41
Register of East Peckham Church, Kent 41
Pawnbrokers' Golden Balls 42
Lions in the Tower 42
Notes on Authors and Books, No. 1, by Belton Corney 42
QUERIES:—
Form of Petition 43
Query as to Notes—Greene of Green's Norton 43
Busts of Charles I. and James I.—Ancient Tapestry 43
Origin of the term "Factotum" 43
Inscriptions on ancient Church Plate 44
MISCELLANEOUS:—
Notes of Book-Sales, Catalogues, &c. 44
Queries still on our List 45
Books and Odd Volumes wanted 46
Notices to Correspondents 46
Advertisements 46