Notes And Queries, Issue 26
by Various
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About this eBook
- Author
- Various
- Title
- Notes and Queries, Number 26, April 27, 1850
- Credits
- Produced by Jon Ingram, David King, the PG Online Distributed Proofreading Team, and 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.
- 13822
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/13822
- Release Date
- October 21, 2004
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.NOTES AND QUERIES:
- 2.A MEDIUM OF INTER-COMMUNICATION FOR LITERARY MEN, ARTISTS, ANTIQUARIES, GENEALOGISTS, ETC. — "When found, make a note of." —CAPTAIN CUTTLE.
- 3.CONTENTS.
- 4.NOTES — NICHOLAS BRETON. — NOTES UPON CUNNINGHAM'S HANDBOOK FOR LONDON. — NOTES ON THE DODO. — DERIVATION OF "STERLING" AND "PENNY". — HANNO'S PERIPLUS. — FOLK LORE. — BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES. — POPE, PETRONIUS, AND HIS TRANSLATORS.
- 5.QUERIES. — WHEN WERE UMBRELLAS INTRODUCED INTO ENGLAND? — MINOR QUERIES.
- 6.REPLIES. — GRAY'S ALCAIC ODE. — REPLIES TO MINOR QUERIES. — MISCELLANIES. — ON A VERY TALL BARRISTER NAMED "LONG." — "NEC PLURIBUS IMPAR."
- 7.MISCELLANEOUS. — NOTES ON BOOKS, CATALOGUES, SALES, &C. — WANTED TO PURCHASE. — Odd Volumes. — NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS.
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