vli"--
Mantelpiece: Mantelshelf: Mantleboard: Mantell and
Brace--Passage in Job--Provincial Glossaries--
Chadderton of Nuthurst, co. Lancaster--A marvellous
Combat of Birds--Battle of the Gnats--Sandford of
Thorpe Salvine, co. York--"Outlines of the History of
Theology"--"Mawkin"--"Plain Dealer"--Hymn attributed
to Handel--Degrees in Arts--"Goloshes:"
"Kutchin-kutchu"--Cornwalls of London--Flasks for
Wine-bottles--Froxhalmi, Prolectricus, Phytacus,
Tuleus, Candos, Gracianus, and Tounu or Tonnu 302
MINOR QUERIES WITH ANSWERS:--Postmaster at Merton
College--"Lyra Apostolica"--East Dereham Manor--
Quakers executed in North America--Inscription in
Fulham Church--Hero of the "Spanish Lady's Love"--
"Bothy"--"Children in the Wood" 304
REPLIES:--
Brydone the Tourist, by John Macray 305
"The Red Cow"--Cromwell's Carriages, &c. 306
Fox-hunting, by F. M. Middleton 307
Weather Rules, by E. MacCulloch, &c. 307
Bingham's Antiquities 308
Ancient Tenure of Lands 309
PHOTOGRAPHIC CORRESPONDENCE:--Spots on Collodion
Pictures, &c.--The Double Iodide Solution--Mounting
Photographs 310
REPLIES TO MINOR QUERIES:--Books on Bells--Medal in
Honour of Chevalier St. George--Dean Swift's
Suspension--"Vanitatem observare"--Ballina Castle,
Mayo--Dorset--Judicial Rank hereditary--Tolling the
Bell on leaving Church--Archpriest in the Diocese of
Exeter--Dogs in Monumental Brasses--The Last of the
Palaeologi--Long Names, &c. 310
MISCELLANEOUS:--
Notes on Books, &c. 313
Books and Odd Volumes wanted 314
Notices to Correspondents 314
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