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    Notes and Queries, Number 222, January 28, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc
    Notes and Queries, Number 222, January 28, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc
    Notes and Queries, Number 222, January 28, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc
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      Notes and Queries, Number 222, January 28, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc - Archive Classics

      The Project Gutenberg EBook of Notes and Queries, Number 222, January 28,

      1854, by Various

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      Title: Notes and Queries, Number 222, January 28, 1854

             A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists,

                    Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc

      Author: Various

      Release Date: February 4, 2013 [EBook #42002]

      Language: English

      *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK NOTES AND QUERIES, JANUARY 28, 1854 ***

      Produced by Charlene Taylor, Jonathan Ingram, Keith Edkins

      and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at

      http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images

      generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian

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      NOTES AND QUERIES:

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

      When found, make a note of.—Captain Cuttle.

      CONTENTS.

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      W. H. HART, RECORD AGENT and LEGAL ANTIQUARIAN (who is in the possession of Indices to many of the early Public Records whereby his Inquiries are greatly facilitated) begs to inform Authors and Gentlemen engaged in Antiquarian or Literary Pursuits, that he is prepared to undertake searches among the Public Records, MSS. in the British Museum, Ancient Wills, or other Depositories of a similar Nature, in any Branch of Literature, History, Topography, Genealogy, or the like, and in which he has had considerable experience.

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      THE QUARTERLY REVIEW, No. CLXXXVII., is published THIS DAY.

      Contents:

      VIII. LIFE AND WORKS OF GRAY.

      VIII. HUMBOLDT'S COSMOS—SIDEREAL ASTRONOMY.

      VIII. MISSIONS IN POLYNESIA.

      IIIV. M. GUIZOT.

      IIIV. RELIGION OF THE CHINESE REBELS.

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      IVII. MEMOIRS OF KING JOSEPH.

      VIII. TURKEY AND RUSSIA.

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      Titles, Dignities, &c.

      Names, Trades, Professions.

      Parliament, Laws, &c.

      Universities and Religious Sects.

      Epithets and Phrases.

      Remarkable Customs.

      Games, Field Sports.

      Seasons, Months, and Days of the Week.

      Remarkable Localities, &c. &c.

      By WILLIAM PULLEYN.

      The Third Edition, revised and improved,

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      The additions to this book indicate the editor to be his father's own son. He deals in folk lore, chronicles old customs and popular sayings, and has an eye to all things curious and note-worthy. The book tells everything.—Gentleman's Magazine.

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