Notes and Queries Vol. V., No. 117, Saturday, January 24, 1852

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Notes and Queries, Vol. V, Number 117, January 24, 1852 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.

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40678

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1. 1.Vol. V.—No. 117. NOTES AND QUERIES: A MEDIUM OF INTER-COMMUNICATION FOR LITERARY MEN, ARTISTS, ANTIQUARIES, GENEALOGISTS, ETC.
2. 2.CONTENTS.
3. 3.Notes. — THE PANTHEON AT PARIS. — CHURCHILL THE POET. — ENGLISH MEDALS.—WILLIAM III. AND GRANDVAL. — READINGS IN SHAKSPEARE, NO. I. — FOLK LORE. — Salting a New-born Infant. — Lent Crocking. — Devonshire Superstition respecting Still-born Children. — GOLDSMITH'S PAMPHLET ON THE COCK LANE GHOST. — Minor Notes. — Traditions of remote Periods through few Links (Vol. iv., p. 484.). — Preservation of Life at Sea. — Epigram
4. 4.Queries. — Minor Queries. — Count Konigsmark. — "O Leoline! be absolutely just. "— — Lyte Family. — Sir Walter Raleigh's Snuff-box. — " Poets beware. " — Guanahani, or Cat Island. — Wiggan, or Utiggan, an Oxford Student. — Prayers for the Fire of London. — Donkey. — French and Italian Degrees. — The Shadow of the Tree of Life. — Sun-dials. — Nouns always printed with Capital Initials. — John of Padua. — St. Kenelm. — Church. — Minor Queries Answered. — Hieroglyphics of Vagrants and Criminals. — Muggleton and Reeve. — Rev. T. Adams. — The Archbishop of Spalatro (Vol. iv., pp. 257. 295.). — Bishop Bridgeman. — Rouse, the Scottish Psalmist. — " Count Cagliostro, or the Charlatan, a tale of the Reign of Louis XVI. " — Churchyard Well and Bath.
5. 5.Replies. — COLLARS OF SS. (Vol. iv., pp. 147. 236. 456.) — Collar of SS. (Vol. iv., p. 147.). — ON THE FIRST, FINAL, AND SUPPRESSED VOLUME OF THE ONLY EXPURGATORY INDEX OF ROME. (Vol. iv., p. 440.; Vol. v., p. 33.) — THE FIRST PAPER-MILL IN ENGLAND, AND PAPER-MILL NEAR STEVENAGE. (Vol. ii., p. 473.; Vol. iii., p. 187.) — THE PENDULUM DEMONSTRATION. (Vol. iv., pp. 129. 177. 235. 277.) — THE CROSS AND THE CRUCIFIX. (Vol. v., p. 39.) — YANKEE DOODLE. (Vol. iv., p. 344.) — PERPETUAL LAMP. (Vol. iv., p. 501.) — KIBROTH HATTAVAH AND WADY MOKATTEB: NUM. XI. 26. CRITICALLY EXAMINED. (Vol. iv., p. 481.; Vol. v., p. 31.) — Replies to Minor Queries. — " Theophania " (Vol. i., p. 174.). — Royal Library (Vol. iv., p. 446.). — Reichenbach's Ghosts (Vol. iv., p. 5.). — Marriage Tithe in Wales (Vol. v., p. 29.). — Paul Hoste (Vol. iv., p. 474.). — John of Halifax (Vol. iii., p. 389.; Vol. v., p. 42.). — Age of Trees (Vol. iv., p. 401.). — " Mirabilis Liber " (Vol. iv., p. 474.). — Cæsarius, &c. — Tripos (Vol. iv., p. 484.). — " Please the Pigs " (Vol. v., p. 13.). — Basnet Family (Vol. iii., p. 495.; Vol. iv., p. 77.). — Serjeants' Rings (Vol. v., p. 59.). — " Crowns have their Compass " (Vol. iv., p. 428.). — Hell paved with the Skulls of Priests (Vol. iv., p. 484.). — Cooper's Miniature of Cromwell (Vol. v., p. 17.). — King Street Theatre (Vol. v., p. 58.). — Groom, Meaning of (Vol. v., p. 57.). — Schola Cordis (Vol. iv., p. 404.). — Greek Names of Fishes (Vol. iv. p. 501.). — Dutch Commentary on Pope (Vol. v., p. 27.). — Sir William Hankford (Vol. v., p. 43.). — Abigail (Vol. iv., p. 424.; Vol. v., p. 38.). — Moravian Hymns (Vol. iv., p. 502.; Vol. v., pp. 30. 63.).
6. 6.Miscellaneous. — NOTES ON BOOKS, SALES, CATALOGUES, ETC. — BOOKS AND ODD VOLUMES WANTED TO PURCHASE. — Notices to Correspondents.

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