ges of the See of Canterbury--Heraldic
Colour pertaining to Ireland--Descendants of Judas
Iscariot--Parish Clerks and Politics--"Virgin Wife
and widowed Maid"--"Cutting off the little Heads of
Light"--Medal of Sir Robert Walpole--La Fete des
Chaudrons--Who first thought of Table-turning?--
College Guide 55

MINOR QUERIES WITH ANSWERS:--Done Pedigree--Scotch
Newspapers, &c.--Dictum de Kenilworth--Dr. Harwood 57

REPLIES:--
Names of Places, by J. J. A. Worsaae 58
Cleaning old Oak, by Henry Herbert Hele, &c. 58
Burial in an Erect Posture, by Cuthbert Bede, B.A. 59
Lawyers' Bags 59

PHOTOGRAPHIC CORRESPONDENCE:--New Photographic
Process 60

REPLIES TO MINOR QUERIES:--The Ring Finger--The
Order of St. John of Jerusalem--Calvin's Correspondence--
Old Booty's Case--Chatterton--House-marks, &c.--
Bibliography--Parochial Libraries--Faithful Teate--
Lack-a-daisy--Bacon--Angel-beast: Cleek: Longtriloo--
Hans Krauwinckel--Revolving Toy--Rub-a-dub--Muffs worn
by Gentlemen--Detached Church Towers--Christian
Names--Hogarth's Pictures--Old Fogie--Clem--Kissing
Hands--Uniform of the Foot Guards--Book Inscriptions--
Humbug--Sir Isaac Newton and Voltaire on Railway
Travelling--Engine-a-verge--"Populus vult decipi," &c.--
Sir John Vanbrugh--Erroneous Forms of Speech--
Devonianisms 61

MISCELLANEOUS:--
Books and Odd Volumes wanted 65
Notices to Correspondents 66
Advertisements 66

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Notes.

DERIVATION OF THE WORD "ISLAND."

Lexicographers from time to time have handed down to us, and proposed for
our choice, two derivations of our English word _Island_; and, that one of
these two is correct, has, I believe, never yet been called in question.
The first which they offer, and that most usually accepted as the true one,
is the A.-S. _Ealand_, _Ealond_, _Igland_; Belg. _Eylandt_: the first
syllable of which, they inform us, is _ea_, Low Germ. _aue_, water, _i.e._
water-land, or land surrounded by water. If this etymon be deemed
unsatisfactory, they offer the following: from the Fr. _isle_, It. _isola_,
Lat. _insula_, t