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Notes and Queries, Number 55, November 16, 1850

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Title: Notes and Queries, Number 55, November 16, 1850

Author: Various

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Language: English

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{401} NOTES AND QUERIES:

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"When found, make a note of."--CAPTAIN CUTTLE.

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No. 55.] SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16. 1850. [Price Threepence. Stamped Edition 4d.

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CONTENTS.

NOTES:-- Authorship of "Henry VIII." by Samuel Hickson 401 On Authors and Books, No. IX., by Bolton Corney 403 Notes on the Second Edition of Mr. Cunningham's Handbook of London, by E.F. Rimbault 404 Folk-lore:--Laying a Ghost--A Test of Witchcraft 404 Minor Notes:--Quin's incoherent Story--Touchstone's Dial--America and Tartary--A Deck of Cards--Time when Herodotus wrote--"Dat veniuam corvis." &c. 405

QUERIES:-- Dryden's "Absalom and Achitophel" 406 Minor Queries:--The Widow of the Wood--Edward the Confessor's Crucifix and Gold Chain--Cardinal Erskine--Thomas Regiolapidensis--"Her Brow was fair"--Hoods worn by Doctors of D

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