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Title: Notes & Queries, No. 6. Saturday, December 8, 1849
A Medium Of Inter-Communication For Literary Men, Artists,
Antiquaries, Genealogists, Etc.

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. 6.] SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1849 [Price Threepence. Stamped Edition 4d.

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CONTENTS

A few Words of Explanation. 81
NOTES:--
Letter from the Earl of Shaftesbury respecting
Monmouth's Ash. 82
Drayton's Poems. 83
On a Passage in Goldsmith. 83
Ancient Libraries, by Rev. Dr. Todd. 83
Defence of a Bald Head, by J. Payne Collier. 84
Royal Household Allowances. 85
Adversaria:--Printers' Couplets--Charles Martel. 86
Bodenham and Ling. 86
Travelling in England. 87
Minor Notes:--Ancient Alms Dish--Bishop that
Burneth--Ironworks in Sussex, &c.--Order of
Minerva, &c. 87
Queries Answered:--
Dorne the Bookseller. 88
Henno Rusticus. 89
Myles Blomefylde. 90
Answers to Minor Queries:--Curse of Scotland--Katherine
Pegg--Rev. T. Leman--Burnet Prize--Humble Pie, &c. 90

MINOR QUERIES:
Eva, Daughter, &c.--John de Daundelyon--Genealogy
of European Sovereigns--Duke of Ashgrove, &c. 92

MISCELLANEOUS:--
Notes on Books, Catalogues, Sales, &c. 94
Books and Odd Volumes wanted. 95
Notices to Correspondents. 95
Advertisements. 95

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A FEW WORDS OF EXPLANATION.

It was in no boastful or puffing spirit that, when thanking a
correspondent in our last number for "his endeavour to enlarge our
circul