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Title: Notes and Queries, Number 186, May 21, 1853
A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists,
Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.

Author: Various

Editor: George Bell

Release Date: January 21, 2007 [EBook #20409]

Language: English

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{493} 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. 186.]
Saturday, May 21, 1853.
[Price Fourpence. Stamped Edition 5d.

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CONTENTS.

NOTES:-- Page
Lord Bacon's "Advancement of Learning" 493
Erection of Forts at Michnee and Pylos, by C. Forbes 495
Hoveden's Annals: Bohn's "Antiquarian Library," by
James Graves 495
FOLK LORE:--Raven Superstition--African Folk Lore
--Funeral Custom 496
Shakspeare Readings, No. VII. 496
MINOR NOTES:--Portrait of Luther--Randle Wilbraham
--Unpublished Epigram by Sir W. Scott--Crassus'
Saying 498

QUERIES:--
Bees and the Sphynx atropos, by Sydney Smirke 499
"The Craftsman's Apology," by James Crossley 499
Palissy and Cardinal Wiseman 499
MINOR QUERIES:--Polidus--