Vol. V.—No. 119.NOTES AND QUERIES: A MEDIUM OF INTER-COMMUNICATION FOR LITERARY MEN, ARTISTS, ANTIQUARIES, GENEALOGISTS, ETC.

Stone-Pillar Worship still existing in Ireland,by Sir J. Emerson Tennent 121

The Invasion of Britain 123

Hermits, Ornamental and Experimental 123

David Mallet, his Character and Biography, by Dr. E. F. Rimbault 124

Minor Notes:—The Hyphen—Old Books and New Titles—Eugene Aram—Inscription at Hardwicke Hall 124

Junius Queries 125

What is the Derivation of "Garsecg?" 126

Minor Queries:—Commemoration of Benefactors—Pedigree of Richard, Earl of Chepstow—Twenty-seven Children—Esquires of the Martyred King—Braem's "Mémoires touchant le Commerce"—Newspapers—Serjeant Trumpeter—Lunhunter—Family of Bullen—Burnomania—Rent of Assize—White Livers—Welsh Names Blaen—Jesuits—"The right divine of Kings to govern wrong"—Valentines, when first introduced 126

MINOR QUERIES ANSWERED:—The Bed of Ware—Merry Andrew—A Baron's Hearse—Saint Bartholomew—Moravian Hymns; Tabitha's Dream—Story of Ginevra—Play of "Pompey the Great" 128

The Three Estates of the Realm 129

Legend of St. Kenelm; in Clent cou Bache, by S. W. Singer, &c. 131

Isabel, Queen of the Isle of Man, by W. Sidney Gibson 132

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