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ed at all Railway Stations, but have no means of securing it. If frequently asked for, we have no doubt that the supply will follow the demand._ MONTROSE'S _reply has been anticipated. Thanks._ A QUERIST. _We wish our Correspondents would take the trouble of just referring to our volumes before forwarding Queries upon well-known subjects. We have repeatedly answered similar inquiries, and again only in our last Number, by referring, for the history and illustration of_ "God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb," _to our_ First Volume. H. MARTIN. _Mr. Keble's edition of Hooker is more carefully edited than Hanbury's._ ABHBA. _The reference must certainly be to Richard Sterne, Archbishop of York, one of the supposed authors of the_ Whole Duty of Man: _see our_ Sixth Volume, p. 537. A. P. HAYES. _We suspect the following is the title of the work required:--"Pedestrianism; or, an Account of the Performances of celebrated Pedestrians during the last and present Century: with a full Narrative of Captain Barclay's public and private Matches: and an Essay on Training. By Walter Thom. Aberdeen, 1813. 8vo."_ NEISON ON RAILWAY ACCIDENTS. _A Correspondent wishes to know where this pamphlet may be seen, and whether it is on sale._ W. S. _For the etymology of lampoon, see Todd's_ Johnson, _and Richardson's_ Dictionary. _Bailey derives it from_ Lampons, _a drunken song. It imports_ Let us drink, _from the old French_ lamper, _and was repeated at the end of each couplet at carousals_. W. A. W. (Brighton). _The specked appearance is entirely owing to your having the wrong paper for your negatives. When Turner's paper is really good it is invaluable, but the specks so abundant in it are a great drawback._ H. H. (Glasgow). _We think a practical lesson from some _experienced_ hand would put you right in all your little failures. It is evident from your perseverance that great success will ultimately attend you. It is very difficult to describe all the minutiae by correspondence._ A SUBSCRIBER (Atherstone). _1. We think your failures appear to arise from defective iodized paper. If the least portion of iodide of potash remains, the browning will take place; or the acetic acid may not be pure: add a little more. 2. If the least portion of hypo. contaminates your silver solutions, they are useless; to reduce it to its metallic state again is the only remedy. 3. The views taken_ instantaneously _are with collodion. It may b
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