CONTENTS.
Reading edition
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Extinct Volcanos and Mountains of Gold in Scotland 285
Thomas Blount, Author of "Fragmenta Antiquitatis," &c., by J. B. Whitborne 286
"Give him a Roll."—A Plea for the Horse, by C. Forbes 287
Dream Testimony, by C. H. Cooper 287
Shakspeare Correspondence 288
Minor Notes:—Epitaph from Stalbridge—Curious Extracts: Dean Nowell: Bottled Beer—A Collection of Sentences out of some of the Writings of the Lord Bacon—Law and Usage—Manichæan Games—Bohn's Hoveden—Milton at Eyford House 289
Queries:—
Earl of Leicester's Portrait, 1585 290
Early Use of Tin 291
St. Patrick—Maune and Man, by J. G. Cumming 291
Passage in Bingham, by Richard Bingham 291
Minor Queries:—"Terræ filius"—Daughter pronounced Dafter—Administration of the Holy Communion—Love Charm from a Foal's Forehead—A Scrape—"Plus occidit Gula," &c.—Anecdote of Napoleon—Canonisation in the Greek Church—Binometrical Verses—Dictionary of English Phrases—Lines on Woman—Collections for Poor Slaves—The Earl of Oxford and the Creation of Peers—"Like one who wakes," &c. 292
Minor Queries with Answers:—Glossarial Queries—Military Knights of Windsor—"Elijah's Mantle" 294
Replies:—
Milton and Malatesti, by S. W. Singer 295
Attainment of Majority 296
John Frewen 296
"Voiding Knife," "Voider," and "Alms-Basket," by W. Chaffers 297
The Letter "h" in Humble 298
School Libraries, by Mackenzie Walcott, M.A., &c. 298
Dr. John Taylor 299
Portrait of Sir Anthony Wingfield, by John Wodderspoon, &c. 299
Barnacles 300
Photographic Correspondence:—Precision in Photographic Processes—Tent for Collodion—Mr. Sisson's Developing Solution—Mr. Stewart's Pantograph 301
Replies to Minor Queries:—George Browne of Shefford—Wheale—Sir Arthur Aston—"A Mockery," &c.—Norman of Winster—Arms of the See of York—Roger Wilbraham Esq.'s, Cheshire Collection—Pierrepont—Passage in Bacon—Monumental Inscription in Peterborough Cathedral—Lord North—Land of Green Ginger—Sheer, and Shear Hulk—Serpent with a Human Head—"When the maggot bites"—Definition of a Proverb—Gilbert White of Selborne, &c. 301
Miscellaneous:—
Notes on Books, &c. 306
Books and Odd Volumes wanted 306
Notices to Correspondents 306
Advertisements 307