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Stops, when first introduced, by Sir Henry Ellis 1
Preaching from Texts in Cornwall, by E. Smirke 2
On the Expression "Richly deserved," by D. Jardine 3
The Caxton Coffer, by Bolton Corney, &c. 3
Admonition to the Parliament, by J. Payne Collier 4
Folk Lore:—New Year's Rain; Saxon Spell—Fishermen's Superstitions 5
The Author of Hudibras at Ludlow Castle, by Peter Cunningham 5
Dr. Franklin's Tract on Liberty and Necessity, by Jas. Crossley 6
Early Flemish Illustrations of EarlyEnglish Literature, by William J. Thoms 6
Minor Notes:—Family Likenesses—Bloomerism in the Sixteenth Century—Inscriptions at Much Wenlock and on Statue of Queen Anne at Windsor 7
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The Age of Trees—The Great Elm at Hampstead, by John Bruce 8
Minor Queries:—"Inveni portum;" "For they, 'twa