Notes and Queries Vol. V., No. 121, Saturday, February 21, 1852

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Notes and Queries, Vol. V, Number 121, February 21, 1852 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.

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Questions and answers -- Periodicals

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40773

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September 15, 2012

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Contents

1. 1.Vol. V.—No. 121. NOTES AND QUERIES: A MEDIUM OF INTER-COMMUNICATION FOR LITERARY MEN, ARTISTS, ANTIQUARIES, GENEALOGISTS, ETC.
2. 2.CONTENTS.
3. 3.Notes. — READINGS IN SHAKSPEARE, NO. II. — NATIONAL DEFENCES. — NOTES ON HOMER, NO. II. ( Continued from Vol. v., p. 100.) — FOLK LORE. — Fernseed. — Cornish Folk Lore. — DICTIONARY OF ARCHAIC AND PROVINCIAL WORDS. — THE LAST OF THE PALÆOLOGI. — THE LAST LAY OF PETRARCH'S CAT. — Minor Notes. — Sobriquet. — Origin of Paper. — Persistency of Proper Names. — Cheap Maps.
4. 4.Queries. — DID ST. PAUL QUOTE ARISTOTLE? — Minor Queries. — Silver Royal Font. — L'Homme de 1400 Ans. — Llandudno, on the Great Orme's Head. — Johnson's House, Bolt Court. — Bishop Mossom. — Orlando Gibbons. — Portraits. — Barnard's Church Music. — The Nelson Family. — Letters to the Clergy. — Margaret Burr. — Northern Ballads. — "Blamed be the man," &c. — " Quid est Episcopus. " — Henry Isaac. — German Poet quoted by Camden. — American Degrees. — Derivation of News. — Passage in Troilus and Cressida. — Bachelor's Buttons. — Princes of Wales and Earls of Chester, eldest Sons of the Kings of England. — Authenticated Instances of Longevity. — Minor Queries Answered. — Laud's Letters and Papers. — Scot's Philomythie. — Robin of Doncaster. — Horæ Belgicæ. — Dulcarnon.
5. 5.Replies. — NUMBER OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL. (Vol. v., p. 11.) — SERJEANTS' RINGS AND MOTTOES. (Vol. v., pp. 59. 92. 110.) — LEARNED MEN OF THE NAME OF BACON. (Vol. iii., pp. 41. 151.) — COLLAR OF SS. (Vol. v., p. 81.) — THE KÖNIGSMARKS. (Vol. v., pp. 78. 115.) — BOILING CRIMINALS TO DEATH. (Vol. v., pp. 32. 112.) — "ADMONITION TO THE PARLIAMENT." (Vol. v., p. 4.) — "SIR EDWARD SEAWARD'S NARRATIVE." (Vol. v., p. 10.) — GENERAL WOLFE. (Vol. v., pp. 34. 136.) — Replies to Minor Queries. — Commemoration of Benefactors (Vol. v., p. 126.). — King Robert Bruce's Watch (Vol. v., p. 105.). — Hornchurch (Vol. v., p. 106.). — Buzz (Vol. v., p. 104.). — " Buzz ," to empty the Bottle (Vol. v., p. 104.). — Melody of the Dying Swan (Vol. v., p. 107.). — "From the Sublime to the Ridiculous is but a Step" (Vol. v., p. 100.). — " Carmen perpetuum ," &c. (Vol. v., p. 104.). — Sterne at Paris (Vol. v., p. 105.). — The Paper of the present Day (Vol. iii., p. 181.). — Cimmerii, Cimbri (Vol. iv., p. 444.). — Rents of Assize (Vol. v., p. 127.). — Monastic Establishments in Scotland (Vol. v., p. 104.). — History of Brittany (Vol. v., p. 59.). — Marches of Wales, and Lords Marchers (Vol. v., pp. 30. 135.). — The Broad Arrow (Vol. iv., pp. 315. 371. 412.; Vol. v., p. 115.). — Miniature of Cromwell (Vol. iv., p. 368.; Vol. v., pp. 17. 92.). — The Sinaïtic Inscriptions (Vol. iv., p. 382.) — Why cold Pudding settles One's Love (Vol. v., p. 50.). — Covines (Vol. iv., p. 208.). — " Arborei fœtus alibi ," &c. (Vol. v., p. 58.). — Poniatowski Gems (Vol. v., p. 140.).
6. 6.Miscellaneous. — NOTES ON BOOKS, ETC. — BOOKS AND ODD VOLUMES WANTED TO PURCHASE. — Notices to Correspondents.

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