Notes And Queries, Issue 206

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Author

Various

Title

Notes and Queries, Number 206, October 8, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.

Credits

Produced by Charlene Taylor, Jonathan Ingram, Keith Edkins and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Library of Early Journals.)

Language

English

LoC Class

AG: General Works: Dictionaries and other general reference books

Subject

Questions and answers -- Periodicals

Category

Text

eBook-No.

27005

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/27005

Release Date

October 24, 2008

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.NOTES AND QUERIES:
2. 2.A MEDIUM OF INTER-COMMUNICATION FOR LITERARY MEN, ARTISTS, ANTIQUARIES, GENEALOGISTS, ETC. — "When found, make a note of." — Captain Cuttle .
3. 3.CONTENTS.
4. 4.Notes. — NOTES ON NEWSPAPERS: "THE TIMES," DAILY PRESS, ETC. — "IN QUIETNESS AND CONFIDENCE SHALL BE YOUR STRENGTH." — BINDERS OF THE VOLUMES IN THE HARLEIAN LIBRARY. — FRENCH VERSE. — A SPANISH PLAY-BILL. — SHAKSPEARE CORRESPONDENCE.
5. 5.Minor Notes.
6. 6.Queries. — DESCENDANTS OF MILTON. — AN ANXIOUS QUERY FROM THE HYMMALAYAS.
7. 7.Minor Queries.
8. 8.Minor Queries with Answers.
9. 9.Replies. — SIR W. HANKFORD-GASCOIGNE'S TOMB. — TRANSLATION OF THE PRAYER BOOK INTO FRENCH. — PRAYING TO THE WEST. — JACOB BOBART. — EARLY USE OF TIN.—DERIVATION OF THE NAME OF BRITAIN. — YEW-TREES IN CHURCHYARDS. — STARS ARE THE FLOWERS OF HEAVEN. — BOOKS BURNED BY THE COMMON HANGMAN. — PHOTOGRAPHIC CORRESPONDENCE.
10. 10.Replies to Minor Queries.
11. 11.Miscellaneous. — NOTES ON BOOKS, ETC. — BOOKS AND ODD VOLUMES WANTED TO PURCHASE.
12. 12.Notices to Correspondents. — WESTERN LIFE ASSURANCE AND ANNUITY SOCIETY. — MURRAY'S HANDBOOKS FOR TRAVELLERS IN ITALY.

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