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Title: Notes and Queries, Number 215, December 10, 1853
A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists,
Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc

Author: Various

Other: George Bell

Release Date: December 4, 2009 [EBook #30594]

Language: English

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{557} NOTES AND QUERIES:

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

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

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No. 215.]
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10. 1853.
[Price Fourpence. Stamped Edition 5d.

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CONTENTS.

NOTES:-- Page
Original Royal Letters to the Grand Masters of Malta,
by William Winthrop 557
Penny Sights and Exhibitions in the Reign of James I.,
by A. Grayan 558
The Impossibilities of our Forefathers 559
Parallel Passages, by the Rev. John Booker 560
Astrology in America 561

MINOR NOTES:--"Hierosolyma est perdita"--Quaint Inscription
in a Belfry--The Chronicles of the Kings of Israel and
Judah--The Using a Circumstance as a "Peg," or "Nail," to
hang an Argument on, &c.--Turkish and Russian Grammars--
Chronograms in Sicily--Stone Pulpits--Advertisements and
Prospectuses 561

Queries:--

English Refugees at Ypenstein 562