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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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Vol. V.—No. 121. NOTES AND QUERIES: A MEDIUM OF INTER-COMMUNICATION FOR LITERARY MEN, ARTISTS, ANTIQUARIES, GENEALOGISTS, ETC.
CONTENTS.
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.
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.
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.).
Miscellaneous.
- NOTES ON BOOKS, ETC.
- BOOKS AND ODD VOLUMES WANTED TO PURCHASE.
- Notices to Correspondents.