Notes and Queries Vol. V., No. 125, Saturday, March 20, 1852

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Notes and Queries, Vol. V, Number 125, March 20, 1852 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.

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40910

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October 1, 2012

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Contents

1. 1.Vol. V.—No. 125. NOTES AND QUERIES: A MEDIUM OF INTER-COMMUNICATION FOR LITERARY MEN, ARTISTS, ANTIQUARIES, GENEALOGISTS, ETC.
2. 2.CONTENTS.
3. 3.Notes. — THE CAXTON COFFER. — JOHN TRADESCANT THE YOUNGER, AN ENGLISHMAN. — COWLEY AND HIS MONUMENT. — COUNT KÖNIGSMARK AND THE DUCHESS OF SOMERSET. — FOLK LORE. — LONDON STREET CHARACTERS. — Minor Notes. — Dean Swift on Herbert's Travels. — Joe Miller. — Hints to Book-buyers. — Birmingham Antiquities. — Buchanan and Voltaire. — Indignities on the Bodies of Suicides.
4. 4.Queries. — "GOD'S LOVE," ETC., AND OTHER POEMS. — PRAYING TO THE DEVIL. — Minor Queries. — John Ap Rice's Register. — Prideaux's Doctrine of Conscience. — John Adair, Geographer for Scotland (alive in 1715). — Clergymen first styled Reverend. — Rev. Nathaniel Spinckes. — Meaning of the Word "Elvan." — Wiclif. — Showing the White Feather. — Gray and Locke. — Horses and Sheep, Remains of in Churches. — Archæologia Cambrensis, Vol I., Reprint. — Presbyterian Oath. — " A Pinch of Snuff from Dean Swift's Box. " — Cromwell's Skull. — Guy, Thomas, Founder of Guy's Hospital, and M.P. for the Borough of Tamworth, d. s. p. 1724. — Episcopal Mitre (Vol. iii., p. 62. et seq. ). — John Lord Berkeley, Bishop of Ely. — Palace of Lucifer. — Ecclesiastical Geography. — History of Commerce. — Merchant Adventurers to Spain. — King's College Chapel Windows. — The King's Standard. — James Wilson, M.D. — Minor Queries Answered. — Prestwich's Respublica. — Instance of Longevity. — — Solidus Gallicus, &c. — Sept. — Essay towards Catholic Communion (Vol. v., p. 198.). — Bigot.
5. 5.Replies. — AGE OF TREES; TILFORD OAK. (Vol. iv., p. 401., &c.) — ST. PAUL'S QUOTATION OF HEATHEN WRITERS—ST. PAUL AND PLATO. (Vol. v., p. 175.) — SIR ALEXANDER CUMMING. (Vol. v., p. 257.) — GENERAL WOLFE. (Vols. iv. and v., passim. ) — Replies to Minor Queries. — Song of "Miss Bailey" (Vol. v., p. 248.). — Fern Storms (Vol. v., p. 242.). — The last of the Paleologi (Vol v., p. 173.). — " Whipping Graves " (Vol v., p. 247.). — Rev. John Paget (Vol. iv., p. 133.; Vol. v., p. 66.). — Old Scots March, &c. (Vol. v., p. 235.). — Sir R. Howard's "Conquest of China" (Vol. v., p. 225.). — Mary Howe (Vol. v., p. 226.). — Dutch Chronicle of the World (Vol. v., p. 54.). — Thistle of Scotland (Vol. i., pp. 24. 90. 166.). — Bull the Barrel (Vol. v., p. 200.). — Bishop Kidder's Autobiography (Vol. v., p. 228.). — Which are the Shadows? (Vol. v., p. 196.). — Welsh Names "Blaen" (Vol. v., p. 128.). — The Verb "to commit" (Vol. v., p. 125.). — Beócera-gent (Vol. v., p. 201.). — New Zealand Legend (Vol. v., p. 27.). — Twenty-seven Children (Vol. v., p. 126.). — Reeve and Muggleton (Vol. v., pp. 80. 236.). — Black Book of Paisley (Vol. v., pp. 201.). — Pasquinades (Vol. v., p. 200.). — Elegy on Coleman (Vol. v., p. 137.). — Liber Conformitatum, &c. (Vol. v., p. 202.). — Grimesdyke; Grimes Graves (Vol. v., p. 231.). — Junius and the Quarterly Review again (Vol. v., p. 225.). — Ink (Vol. v., p. 151.). — Maps of Africa (Vol. v., p. 236.). — Learned Men of the Name of Bacon (Vol. iii., pp. 41. 151.; Vol. v., p. 181.). — Paring the Nails (Vol. iii., p. 462.; Vol. v., p 142.). — Mottoes on Dials. — Mispronounced Names of Places (Vol. v., p. 196.). — "There's ne'er a villain," &c. (Vol. v., p. 242.).
6. 6.Miscellaneous. — NOTES ON BOOKS, ETC. — BOOKS AND ODD VOLUMES WANTED TO PURCHASE. — Notices to Correspondents.

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