CONTENTS.
Reading edition
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High Church and Low Church 117
Concluding Notes on several misunderstood Words, by the Rev. W. R. Arrowsmith 120
Sneezing an Omen and a Deity, by T. J. Buckton 121
Abuses of Hackney Coaches 122
Shakspeare Correspondence, by C. Mansfield Ingleby, Thomas Falconer, &c. 123
Minor Notes:—Falsified Gravestone in Stratford Churchyard—Barnacles in the River Thames—Note for London Topographers—The Aliases and Initials of Authors—Pure—Darling's "Cyclopædia Bibliographica" 124
Queries:—
Delft Manufacture, by O. Morgan 125
Minor Queries:—The Withered Hand and Motto "Utinam"—History of York—"Hauling over the coals"—Dr. Butler and St. Edmund's Bury—Washington—Norman of Winster—Sir Arthur Aston—"Jamieson the Piper"—"Keiser Glomer"—Tieck's "Comœdia Divina"—Fossil Trees between Cairo and Suez: Stream like that in Bay of Argastoli—Presbyterian Titles—Mayors and Sheriffs—The Beauty of Buttermere—Sheer Hulk—The Lapwing or Peewitt (Vanellus cristatus)—"Could we with ink," &c.—Launching Query—Manliness 125
Minor Queries with Answers:—Pues or Pews—"Jerningham" and "Doveton" 127
Replies:—
Battle of Villers en Couché, by T. C. Smith, &c. 127
Snail-eating, by John Timbs, &c. 128
Inscription near Cirencester, by P. H. Fisher, &c. 129
Curious Custom of ringing Bells for the Dead, by the Rev. H. T. Ellacombe and R. W. Elliot 130
Who first thought of Table-turning? by John Macray 131
Scotchmen in Poland 131
Anticipatory Use of the Cross, by Eden Warwick 132
Photographic Correspondence:—Glass Chambers for Photography—Dr. Diamond's Replies—Trial of Lenses—Is it dangerous to use the Ammonio-Nitrate of Silver? 133
Replies to Minor Queries:—Burke's Marriage—The House of Falahill—Descendants of Judas Iscariot—Milton's Widow—Whitaker's Ingenious Earl—Are White Cats deaf?—Consecrated Roses—The Reformed Faith—House-marks—Trash—Adamsoniana—Portrait of Cromwell—Burke's "Mighty Boar of the Forest"—"Amentium haud Amantium"—Talleyrand's Maxim—English Bishops deprived by Queen Elizabeth—Gloves at Fairs—St. Dominic—Names of Plants—Specimens of Foreign English, &c. 134
Miscellaneous:—
Notes on Books, &c. 138
Books and Odd Volumes wanted 138
Notices to Correspondents 138
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