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Accession of George I. THOMAS LATHBURY. Bristol. * * * * * Minor Notes. _Chair Moving._--Recent occurrences made me look back at Glanvill's _Blow at Modern Sadducism_, and I observed that in his account of the "Daemon of Tedworth," who was supposed to haunt the house of Mr. Mompesson, and who was the original of Addison's "drummer," it is stated that on the 5th November, 1662, "in the sight and presence of the company, the chairs walked about the room," p. 124. N. B. _Epitaph on Politian in the Church of the Annunciation at Florence._-- "Politianus in hoc tumulo jacet Angelus, unum Qui caput, et linguas (res nova) tres habuit."--From _Travels of Sir John Reresby_. Y. B. N. J. [The following translation of this epitaph is given in the _Ency. Britannica_, but it is there stated to be in St. Mark's, Florence: "Here lies Politian, who, things strange indeed, Had, when alive, three tongues, and but one head."] _Epitaph in Torrington Churchyard, Devon._-- "She was--my words are wanting to say what. Think what a woman should be--she was that." Which provoked the following reply: "A woman should be both a wife and mother, But Jenny Jones was neither one nor t'other." BALLIOLENSIS. _The early Delights of Philadelphia._--In Gabriel Thomas's _Description of the Settlement of Philadelphia_ occurs the following passage: "In the said city are several good schools of learning for youth, for the attainment of arts and sciences, also reading and writing. Here is to be had, on any day in the week, cakes, tarts, and pies; we have also several cook-shops, both roasting and boiling, as in the city of London: happy blessings, for which we owe the highest gratitude to our plentiful Provider, the great Creator of heaven and earth." Is not this a superb jumble? A LEGULEIAN. _Misapplication of Terms._--_Legend_ is a thing "to be read" (_legendum_), but it is often improperly applied to traditions and _oral_ communications. Of this there have been some instances in "N. & Q." One has just turned up, Vol. v., p. 196.: "I send you these legends _as I have heard them from the lips_ of my nurse, a native of the parish." J. W. THOMAS. Dewsbury. _"Plantin" Bibles in 1600._--While looking over the "Stackhouse Library" (see "N. & Q.," Vol. viii., p. 327.), I observed on the fly-leaf of an Hebrew Bible, 1600
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