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Title: Notes & Queries 1850.01.12

Author: Various

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NOTES AND QUERIES

A MEDIUM OF INTER-COMMUNICATION
FOR
LITERARY MEN, ARTISTS, ANTIQUARIES, GENEALOGISTS, ETC.

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"When found, make a note of."--CAPTAIN CUTTLE.

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NO. 11.]
SATURDAY, JANUARY 12. 1850.
[Price Threepence. Stamped Edition, 4d.

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CONTENTS.

NOTES:--
Sir E. Dering's Household Book, by E. Rimbault
Bayswater and its Origin
Eva, Daughter of D. MacMurrough
Plagiarisms, or Parallel Passages
Billingsgate
Notes from Fly-Leaves, No. 4.
Opinions on English Historians, No. II.--Lord Clarendon

MISCELLANIES:--
Books by the Yard--Thistle of Scotland--Miry-land
Town--Richard Greene of Lichfield--Lobster on
Medal of Pretender--Marescantia--Macaulay's Young
Levite--Travelling in England--Warning to Watchmen
--AElfric's Colloquy--Humble Pie--By Hook or
by Crook--Origin of Grog--Barnacles--Vondel's
Lucifer--Dr. Faustus--To Fettle, &c.

QUERIES:--
Catacombs and Bone-houses, by Rev. A. Gatty
Contradictions in Don Quixote, &c., by S.W. Singer
Ancient Alms-Basins
Minor Queries:--Cupid Crying--Was Sir G. Jackson
Junius?--Ballad of Dick and the Devil--Erasmus'
Paraphrase--Iland Chest--Court of Wards--Ancient
Tiles--Pilgrimage of kings--Anthony Bek--Welsh
Custom--Fall of Rain--Metal for Telescopes--Colonel
Blood's House--Lucas's MS.--Theophania--MS.
Account of Britain

MISCELLANEOUS:--
Notes on Books, Catalogues, Sales, &c.
Books and Odd Volumes wanted
Notices to Correspondents
Advertisements

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SIR EDWARD DERING'S[1] HOUSEHOLD BOOK, A.D. 1648-52.

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