CONTENTS.
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On Portraits of Distinguished Men, by Lord Braybrooke 233
Story of a Relic 234
Illustration of Chaucer, No. II: Complaint of Mars and Venus 235
Charles the First and Bartolomeo della Nave's Collection of Pictures, by Sir F. Madden 236
Minor Notes:—Nonsuch Palace—Ferrar and Benlowes—Traditions from remote Periods through few Links—Longevity—Emendation of a Passage in Virgil—Poems discovered among the Papers of Sir K. Digby—Matter-of-Fact Epitaph 236
Queries:—
Ancient Danish Itinerary: Prol in Angliam, by R. J. King 238
Chiming, Tolling, and Peal-ringing of Bells, by Rev. A. Gatty 238
Mazer Wood: Gutta Percha, by W. Pinkerton 239
Minor Queries:—Paul Pitcher Night—Disinterment for Heresy—"Just Notions," &c.—Pursuits of Literature—Satirical Medal—Matthew's Mediterranean Passage—Inscription on an Oak Board—Expressions in Milton—Saints' Days—Chepstow Castle—The Wilkes MSS. and "North Briton"—"O wearisome Condition of Humanity!"—Epitaph in Hall's "Discovery" 239
Minor Queries Answered:—Canon and Prebendary—What Amount of Property constitutes an Esquire?—Cromwell Family—Daughters of the Sixth Earl of Lennox—Wife of Joseph Nicholson—Six Abeiles—Southey—Epigram against Burke—Knight's Hospitallers 242
Replies:—
Mesmerism, by Dr. Maitland 243
Lord Howard of Effingham 244
Iovanni Volpe, by William Hughes 244
Replies to Minor Queries:—Sir Andrew Chadwick—Manuscript of Bede—Closing of Rooms on account of Death—Enigmatical Epitaph on Rev. J. Mawer—Haybands in Seals—Notes on Newspapers—Duncan Campbell—Christmas-day—MS. Sermons by Jeremy Taylor—Dryden's Absolom and Achitophel—Rev. W. Adams—Duchess of Buckingham—"Go the whole Hog"—Lord Bexley's Descent from Cromwell—Morse and Ireton Families—The Countess of Desmond—Aristophanes on the Modern Stage—Denarius Philosophorum—On a Passage in the Tempest—Meaning of Waste-book—Arthur's Seat and Salisbury Craigs—Meaning of "Harrisers" &c. 247
Miscellaneous:—
Notes on Books, Sales, Catalogues, &c. 253
Books and Odd Volumes wanted 254
Notices to Correspondents 254
Advertisements 255