CONTENTS.
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The Rolliad, by Sir Walter C. Trevelyan, &c. 129
Note on Palamon and Arcite 131
Folk Lore:—"Snail, Snail, come out of your Hole"—The Evil Eye—"Millery, Millery, Dousty-poll," &c.—"Nettle in, Dock out" 132
The Scaligers, by Waldegrave Brewster 133
Inedited Ballad on Truth, by K. R. H. Mackenzie 134
Minor Notes:—Ayot St. Lawrence Church—Johannes Secundus—Parnel—Dr. Johnson—The King's Messengers, by the Rev. W. Adams—Parallel Passages—Cause of Rarity of William IV.'s Copper Coinage—Burnett—Coleridge's Opinion of Defoe—Miller's "Philosophy of Modern History"—Anticipations of Modern Ideas or Inventions—"Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon!"—Langley's Polidore Vergile, &c. 135
Queries:—
Bibliographical Queries 138
Shakspeare's "Antony and Cleopatra" 139
Green's " Groatsworth of Witte," by J. O. Halliwell 140
Minor Queries:—Fronte Capillatâ—Prayer of Bishop of Nantes—Advantage of a Bad Ear—Imputed Letters of Sullustius or Sallustius—Rev. W. Adams—Mr. Beard, Vicar of Greenwich—Goddard's History of Lynn—Sir Andrew Chadwick—Sangaree—King John at Lincoln—Canes lesi—Headings of Chapters in English Bibles—Abbot Eustacius and Angodus de Lindsei—Oration against Demosthenes—Pun—Sonnet (query by Milton?)—Medal given to Howard—Withers' Devil at Sarum—Election of a Pope—Battle in Wilshire—Colonel Fell—Tennyson's "In Memoriam"—Magnum Sedile—Ace of Diamonds: the Earl of Cork—Closing of Rooms on account of Death—Standfast's Cordial Comforts—"Predeceased" and "Designed"—Lady Fights at Atherton, &c. 140
Replies:—
The Episcopal Mitre and Papal Tiara, by A. Rich, Jun., &c. 144
Dryden's Essay upon Satire, by J. Crossley 146
Foundation-stone of St. Mark's at Venice 147
Histoire des Sévarambes 147
Touching for the Evil, by C. H. Cooper 148
Replies to Minor Queries:—Forged Papal Bulls— Obeism—Pillgarlick—Hornbooks—Bacon—Lachrymatories —Scandal against Queen Elizabeth—Meaning of Cefn—Portrait of Archbishop Williams—Sir Alexander Cumming—Pater-noster Tackling—Welsh Words for Water—Early Culture of the Imagination—Venville—Cum Grano Salis—Hoops—Cranmer's Descendants—Shakspeare's Use of the Word "Captious"—Boiling to Death—Dozen of Bread—Friday Weather—Saint Paul's Clock—Lunardi—Outline in Painting—Handbell before a Corpse—Brandon the Juggler—"Words are Men's Daughters"—"Fine by degrees, and beautifully less"—"The Soul's dark Cottage"—"Beauty Retire"—Mythology of the Stars—Simon Bache—Thesaurarius Hospitii—Winifreda—Queries on Costume—Antiquitas Sæcula Juventus Mundi—Lady Bingham—Proclamation of Langholme Fair, &c. 149
Miscellaneous:—
Notes on Books, Sales, Catalogues, &c. 158
Books and Odd Volumes wanted 158
Notices to Correspondents 158
Advertisements 159