CONTENTS.

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Peter Brett 533

Richard's "Guide through France," by Weld Taylor 534

Women and Tortoises 534

Weather Rules, by W. Winthrop 535

Occasional Forms of Prayer, by Rev. Thomas Lathbury 535

Minor Notes:—Chair Moving—Epitaph on Politian in the Church of the Annunciation at Florence—Epitaph in Torrington Churchyard, Devon—The early Delights of Philadelphia—Misapplication of Terms—"Plantin" Bibles in 1600—Ancient Gold Collar found in Staffordshire 537

Queries:—

Pictures in Hampton Court Palace 538

Minor Queries:—Helmets—The Nursrow—City Bellmen—Pope's Elegy on An Unfortunate Lady—"Too wise to err, too good to be unkind"—Passage in the "Christian Year"—David's Mother—Emblems—"Kaminagadeyathooroosoomokanoogonagira"—"Quid facies," &c.—Will of Peter the Great—H. Neele, Editor of Shakspeare—MS. by Rubens on Painting—Peter Allan—Haschisch or Indian Hemp—Crieff Compensation—Admission to Lincoln's Inn, the Temple, and Gray's Inn—Orders for the Household of Lord Montagu 538

Minor Queries with Answers:—Cateaton Street—Portrait of Lee, Inventor of the Stocking-Frame—Cocker's Arithmetic—Lyke Porch or Litch Porch—Henry Burton—British Mathematicians—"Les Lettres Juives" 540

Replies:—

Attainment of Majority 541

Lord Halifax and Mrs. Catherine Barton 543

Milton's Widow, by T. Hughes 544

Anticipatory Use of the Cross, by J. W. Thomas and Eden Warwick 545

Decorative Pavement Tiles from Caen, by Albert Way and Gilbert J. French 547

Mottos of the Emperors of Germany 548

Photographic Correspondence:—Simplicity of Calotype Process—Albumized Paper—New Developing Mixture—Queries on the Albumenized Process 548

Replies to Minor Queries:—Poems in connexion with Waterloo—Richard Oswald—Grammont's Marriage—Life—Muscipula—Berefellarii—Harmony of the Four Gospels—Picts' Houses and Argils—Boswell's "Johnson"—Pronunciation of "Humble"—Continuation of Robertson—Nostradamus—Quantity of Words—"Man proposes, but God disposes"—Polarised Light 549

Miscellaneous:—

Notes on Books, &c. 552

Books and Odd Volumes wanted 553

Notices to Correspondents 553

Advertisements 554