CONTENTS.
Reading edition
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Original Royal Letters to the Grand Masters of Malta, by William Winthrop 557
Penny Sights and Exhibitions in the Reign of James I., by A. Grayan 558
The Impossibilities of our Forefathers 559
Parallel Passages, by the Rev. John Booker 560
Astrology in America 561
Minor Notes:—"Hierosolyma est perdita"—Quaint Inscription in a Belfry—The Chronicles of the Kings of Israel and Judah—The Using a Circumstance as a "Peg," or "Nail," to hang an Argument on, &c.—Turkish and Russian Grammars—Chronograms in Sicily—Stone Pulpits—Advertisements and Prospectuses 561
Queries:—
English Refugees at Ypenstein 562
Minor Queries:—Petrarch's Laura—"Epitaphium Lucretiæ"—M‘Dowall Family—Arms of Geneva—Webb of Monckton Farleigh—Translation Wanted—Latin Translation from Sheridan, &c.—Gale of Rent—Arms of Sir Richard de Loges—Gentile Names of the Jews—Henry, Earl of Wotton—Kicker-eating—Chadderton of Nuthurst, co. Lancashire—George, first Viscount Lanesborough, and Sir Charles Cotterell—"Firm was their faith," &c.—The Mother of William the Conqueror—Pedigree of Sir Francis Bryan 562
Minor Queries with Answers—"The Whole Duty of Man"—"It rained cats and dogs and little pitchforks:" Helter-skelter—Father Traves—Precise Dates of Births and Deaths of the Pretenders—Clarence 564
Replies:—
Mackey's "Theory of the Earth" 565
Sincere, Simple, Singular 567
Poetical Tavern Signs 568
Homo Unius Libri 569
The Forlorn Hope, by W. R. Wilde 569
Tieck's "Comœdia Divina" 570
Liveries worn by Gentlemen 571
Photographic Correspondence.—Queries on Dr. Diamond's Calotype Process—Albumenized Paper 572
Replies To Minor Queries:—Marcarnes—X on Brewers' Casks—No Sparrows at Lindham—Theobald le Botiller—Vault at Richmond, Yorkshire—Lord Audley's Attendants at Poictiers—Portraits at Brickwall House—The Words "Mob" and "Cash"—English Clergyman in Spain—The Cid—Exterior Stoups—Green Jugs used by the Templars—"Peccavi," I have Scinde—Raffaele's "Sposalizio"—Early Use of Tin: Derivation of the Name of Britain—Unpublished Epigram by Sir Walter Scott—Derivation of the Word "Humbug"—Bees—Topsy Turvy—Parish Clerks and Politics, &c. 572
Miscellaneous:—
Notes on Books, &c. 577
Books and Odd Volumes wanted 578
Notices to Correspondents 578
Advertisements 578