mon in heraldry. It is supposed to have been brought into
England by the Teutonic knights, who have migrated here. It did not
originate in England.

BESSIE.--St. Hilda founded her double house for nuns and monks at
Streoneshalk in 657 A.D. In 867 the Danes burnt her abbey, and changed
the name to Whitby, or Priest-by (white, or priest's house). The abbey
was refounded, for monks only, under the Benedictine rule, in 1073, by
William de Percy. The nuns in Scott's "Marmion" are mythical ones. The
Ammonites of the Scar are said to be headless snakes turned into a coat
of stone by St. Hilda's prayers.

IVY.--The Lord Chancellor's office is at the House of Lords. There is a
private secretary, a permanent secretary, and a secretary of commissions
and of presentations. Letters should be addressed as above.

MARGUERITE.--1. The name "Epipsychidion," given by Shelley to a poem, is
a diminutive for "Epipsyche," "on the soul." If so, it means "a little
thing" (whether poem or essay) "on the soul." Your second question has
been many times answered. 2. Read "Dinners in Society," page 314, vol.
ii., and "The Habits of Polite Society," page 162, vol. iii. Never,
under any pretext, put a knife to your mouth. Cut a small piece of bread
and place the cheese on it, and convey it thus.

ROSE WALNUT.--In addressing an archdeacon, you should say Mr.
Archdeacon ----; that is his proper title and style. You say, "which is
the most fashionable hand-writing," etc., but do not name those to which
you refer. It should be small, roundish (without angles), without
spidery tails and flourishes; and it should slope from right to left.

READER OF THE G.O.P.--We regret we cannot help you. We suppose you must
apprentice your daughter in the usual way.

PORTIA.--The use of curling-irons is likely to dry and wither the hair.
Many burn the hair in using them. The "oe" in Goethe should be
pronounced as the French word, _moeurs_. Our English letters would not
produce the sound.

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