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    Notes and Queries, Number 227, March 4, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.
    Notes and Queries, Number 227, March 4, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.
    Notes and Queries, Number 227, March 4, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.
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      Notes and Queries, Number 227, March 4, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. - Archive Classics

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      Title: Notes and Queries, Number 227, March 4, 1854

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

      Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc

      Author: Various

      Other: George Bell

      Release Date: December 24, 2008 [EBook #27605]

      Language: English

      *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK NOTES, QUERIES, MARCH 4, 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 Library of Early

      Journals.)

      NOTES AND QUERIES:

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

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

      CONTENTS.

      Bohn's Standard Library for March.

      COWPER'S COMPLETE WORKS, edited by SOUTHEY: comprising his Poems, Correspondence, and Translations; with Memoir. Illustrated with Fifty fine Engravings on Steel, after designs by Harvey. To be completed in 8 vols. Vol. III., continuation of Memoir and Correspondence. Post 8vo., cloth, 3s. 6d.

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      HENRY G. BOHN, 4, 5, & 6. York Street, Covent Garden.

      Bohn's Classical Library for March.

      ATHENÆUS. The Deipnosophists, or the Banquet of the Learned, translated by C. D. YONGE, B.A., with an Appendix of Poetical Fragments rendered into English Verse by various Authors, and General Index. Complete in 3 vols. Vols. II. and III. Post 8vo. Cloth, 5s. each.

      HENRY G. BOHN, 4, 5, & 6. York Street, Covent Garden.

      Bohn's Illustrated Library for March.

      MUDIE'S BRITISH BIRDS, or History of the Feathered Tribes of the British Islands. Fifth edition, revised by W. C. L. MARTIN, ESQ. Complete in 2 vols. post 8vo. Illustrated with 28 Plates, containing 52 Figures of Birds, and 7 additional Plates of Eggs. Cloth, 5s. per volume; or, WITH THE PLATES COLOURED, 7s. 6d. per vol.

      HENRY G. BOHN, 4, 5, & 6. York Street, Covent Garden.

      Bohn's Antiquarian Library for March.

      INGULPH'S CHRONICLE OF THE ABBEY OF CROYLAND, with the Continuations by Peter of Blois and other Writers. Translated, with Notes and an Index, by H. T. RILEY, B.A. Complete in 1 vol. post 8vo. Cloth 5s.

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      TO BOOK-BUYERS.—Just published, gratis, Part XIII., CATALOGUE of SECOND-HAND BOOKS in the various Classes of English Literature (including Numerous Illustrated Works) in excellent Condition and at very Low Prices.

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      ART UNION JOURNAL, complete from the Beginning 1839 to Dec. 1853. Very fine Plates. 4to. 14l. 14s.

      CHALMERS'S BRITISH POETS. Royal 8vo., 21 vols., bds., uncut. 8l. 8s.

      CHALMERS'S BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY. 8vo., 32 vols., bound in 16, half vell., 7l. 16s.

      A CIRCULATING LIBRARY, including Works of MARRYATT, D'ISRAELI, BLESSINGTON, HOOKE, &c., &c., &c., and others of the best MODERN NOVELS, mostly in good half-binding, being 448 vols., besides 32 vols. of broken sets, 18l. 18s.

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      DRYDEN'S WORKS, by SCOTT, 1808. Post 8vo., 18 vols., half calf, neat, 8l. 18s.

      GEOLOGICAL TRANSACTIONS, 1807-1835. Many coloured Plates. 4to., 8 vols., calf, neat, 12l. 12s.

      MANNING AND BRAY'S SURREY. 3 vols., half russia, 10l. 10s.

      MURCHISON'S SILURIAN SYSTEM. 4to., 2 vols., with the large separate Map. 6l. 16s.

      NICHOLS'S LITERARY ANECDOTES, and ILLUSTRATIONS, 1812-1848. 8vo., 17 vols., in 16, calf extra, gilt, a very handsome set with uncut edges, 13l. 13s.

      PAXTON'S MAGAZINE OF BOTANY. 800 Coloured Plates, and above 1200 Wood Engravings. Royal 8vo., 16 vols., complete, handsomely bound, half morocco, gilt edges. 15l. 15s.

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      QUARTERLY REVIEW, 1809 to 1829, with INDEXES. 8vo., 85 vols., half calf, neat, uniform, 12l. 12s.

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      SMITH'S CATALOGUE OF PAINTERS, with Supplement, 1829-42. Royal 8vo., 9 vols., 8l. 8s.

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      Madame D'Arblay lived to be a classic. Her Diary is written in her best manner. It ought to be consulted by every person who wishes to be well acquainted with the history of our literature and our manners.—Edinburgh Review.

      Published for HENRY COLBURN, by his Successors, HURST & BLACKETT, 13. Great Marlborough Street.

      NOTICE.

      PEPYS' DIARY AND CORRESPONDENCE.

      THE NEW AND IMPROVED LIBRARY EDITION of this Popular Work, in 4 vols. demy 8vo., price 10s. 6d. per vol., illustrated with Portraits and other Plates, and with numerous additional Letters, Notes, &c. &c. Edited by LORD BRAYBROOKE, is NOW READY.

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      For 1854,

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      Orders received by all Booksellers.

      Published for HENRY COLBURN, by his Successors, HURST & BLACKETT, 13. Great Marlborough Street.

      THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE FOR MARCH contains the following articles:—

      Lord John Russell's Life of Fox.

      Grotius on War and Peace.

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