CONTENTS.
Reading edition
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Notes on Grammont, by G. Steinman Steinman 461
Change of Meaning in Proverbial Expressions, by Thos. Keightley 464
Extracts from Colchester Corporation Records, by Jas. Whishaw 464
Convocation in the Reign of George II., by W. Fraser 465
Parallel Passages, by Harry Leroy Temple 465
Shakspeare Correspondence, by J. O. Halliwell 466
Minor Notes:—Local Rhymes, Kent—Samuel Pepys's Grammar—Roman Remains—To grab—Curfew at Sandwich—Ecclesiastical Censure—The Natural History of Balmoral—Shirt Collars 466
Queries:—
"Days of my Youth" 467
Minor Queries:—Randall Minshull and his Cheshire Collections—Mackey's "Theory of the Earth"—Birthplace of King Edward V.—Name of Infants—Geometrical Curiosity—Denison Family—"Came"—Montmartre—Law of Copyright: British Museum—Veneration for the Oak—Father Matthew's Chickens—Pronunciation of Bible and Prayer Book proper Names—MSS. of Anthony Bave—Return of Gentry, temp. Hen. VI.—Taylor's "Holy Living"—Captain Jan Dimmeson—Greek and Roman Fortification—The Queen at Chess—Vida on Chess 467
Minor Queries with Answers:—Thornton Abbey—Bishop Wilson's "Sacra Privata"—Derivation of "Chemistry"—Burning for Witchcraft—The small City Companies—Rousseau and Boileau—Bishop Kennett's MS. Diary 469
Replies:—
Milton's Widow, by S. W. Singer 471
Oaths, by Honoré de Mareville, &c. 471
Comminatory Inscriptions in Books, by Philarète Chasles 472
Liveries Worn, and Menial Services performed, by Gentlemen, by J. Lewelyn Curtis 473
Female Parish Clerks 474
Poetical Epithets of the Nightingale, by W. Pinkerton 475
Photographic Correspondence:—Photographic Exhibition—How much Light is obstructed by a Lens?—Stereoscopic Angles—To introduce Clouds 476
Replies to Minor Queries:—Death of Edward II.—Luther no Iconoclast—Rev. Urban Vigors—Portrait of Baretti—Passage in Sophocles—Brothers of the same Name—High Dutch and Low Dutch—Translations of the Prayer Book into French—Divining-rod—Slow-worm Superstition—Ravailliac—Lines on the Institution of the Garter—Passage in Bacon—What Day is it at our Antipodes?—Calves' Head Club—Heraldic Query—The Temple Lands in Scotland—Sir John Vanbrugh—Sir Arthur Aston—Nugget 477
Miscellaneous:—
Books and Odd Volumes wanted 481
Notices to Correspondents 481
Advertisements 481