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Farmer, vii. 298 Upper Norwood Athenæum, Record, 1903, i. 100; Record, 1904, iii. 119; Record, 1905, v. 119; Record, 1907, ix. 379 Vagabond Songs and Ballads of Scotland, ed. Ford, ii. 419 Vaughan's (A. O.) Old Hendrik's Sales, ii. 260 Vaughan's (H.) Poems, ed. E. Hutton, i. 400 Vauthier's (C. M.) L'Homme et son Image, v. 17 Books recently published: Verney Family Memoirs, compiled by F. P. and M. M. Verney, ii. 378; vii. 177 Vernon's (H. M. and K. D.) A History of the Oxford Museum, xii. 519 Vickers's Newspaper Gazetteer, 1908, ix. 238 Virgil's Eneid, trans. by H. S. Wright, xi. 118 Visitation of England and Wales, Vol. XIII., ed. F. A. Crisp, vii. 119 Vizetelly's (E. A.) The Wild Marquis, iii. 499 Voice of the Mountains, ed. Baker and Ross, v. 260 Waddington's (S.) Chapters of my Life, xii. 259 Wade's (G. W. and J. H.) Monmouthshire, xii. 139 Wagner, by J. F. Runciman, iv. 440 Wakeman's (H. O.) Charles James Fox, xii. 399 Walker's Septem Psalmi Pœnitentiales, iv. 117 Wall's (J. C.) Shrines of British Saints, iii. 299, 486 Walpole's (H.) Letters, ed. by Mrs. Paget Toynbee, Vols. I.-IV., i. 38; Vols. V.-VIII., 498; Vols. IX.-XII., iii. 79; Vols. XIII.-XV., iv. 459; Vol. XVI., 538; Castle of Otranto, viii. 318; Last Journals, xii. 519 Walpole's (Sir Spencer) History of Twentyfive Years, 1856-80, ix. 419 Wandesforde of Kirklington and Castlecomer, ed. McCall, ii. 318 Ward's (H. Snowden) The Canterbury Pilgrimages, iii. 199 Ware's (J. R.) Passing English of the Victorian Age, xi. 440 Watson's (Foster) English Grammar Schools, xi. 499 Watson's (G.) The Black Rood of Scotland, viii. 340 Watson's (R. Spence) Joseph Skipsey, x. 519 Watts-Dunton (Theodore), by J. Douglas, iii. 58; Aylwin, vi. 17 Webb's (S. and B.) English Local Govern ment: the Manor and the Borough, x. 39 Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, vii. 40 139 Wessely's (J. E.) Pocket Dictionary of the English and French Languages, iii. 418 Weston's (Jessie L.) Legend of Sir Perceval, vi. 79 Wever's (R.) Dramatic Writings, ed. J. S. Farmer, v. 299 Wheatley's (H. B.) Gerrard Street, i. 200 Wheeler (H. F. B.) and Broadley's (A. M.) Napoleon and the Invasion of England, viii. 519 Whetham's (C. D. and W. C. D.) Col. N. White's (J.) The Falstaff Letters, iii. 199 Whittaker's (T.) Apollonius of Tyana, and other Essays, v. 358 Whittier's Poems, selected by A. C. Benson, vi. 320 Who's Who-Who's Who Year-Book, 1905, ii. 520; 1906, iv. 539, 540; 1907, vi. 500; 1908, viii. 498; 1909, x. 519 Wieland's (C. M.) Adventures of Don Sylvio Wight, Isle of, "Little Guides" series, ii. 240 Wilkin's (M. H.) Quaint Sayings from Sir Wilkins's (W. H.) Mrs. FitzHerbert and Willcock's (J.) A Scots Earl in Covenanting Williams's (W. H.) Specimens of the Eliza Willson's (Beckles) George III. as Man, Wilson's Art of Rhetorique, 1560, ed. G. H. Wine, Woman, and Song, trans. Symonds, Wise's (C.) Northamptonshire Legends put Wordsworth (C.) and Littlehales's (H.) Old Wordsworth's The Prelude, ed. B. Worsfold, Worke for Cvtlers, ed. Sieveking, ii. 378 Worley's (G.) Southwark Cathedral and See, Wreath of Christmas Carols, chosen by Wright's (H. S.) trans. of Eneid, xi. 118 Wright's (J. and E. M.) Old English Gram- Writers' and Artists' Year-Book, 1909, x. 519 Yeats's (W. B.) Poems, 1899-1905, vi. 320 Yorkshire Archæological Journal, v. 340 ; vi. Yorkshire Notes and Queries, ed. C. F. Young's (A.) 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A. W.) on Booth family, ix. 388 xii. 308 Booth family, ix. 388; x. 448, 517 Boothroyd (N.) on Matthew Arnold and the yew, 167 Boot-top, verbal use of the word, x. 225 Borgard or Borgaard (Major-General Albert), Born in the purple, origin of the phrase, vi. 187 Borrett (Elizabeth)= Henry Palmer, iv. 288 Bosgrave (James), imprisoned in Tower, 1580, ix. 184 Bosh, origin of the word, xii. 325 Bosham's Inn, Aldwych, its history, i. 105 Boss, on Victor Hugo: reference wanted, viii. 90 Bossing, use and meaning of the word, vii. 192 Bosting, in dressing stone, xi. 508; xii. 75, 113, Bostock coat of arms, ix. 130 the letter h in his Bottle, Stoughton, explanation of the term, vi. 8 Bottles, coloured, in chemists' shop-windows, Botzheim (Johannes von), an early teetotaller, Boucher (Jonathan) and Washington, viii. 188 Bourdon House, Mayfair, its history, xii. 183 Bourne (H.) on Geneviève Collection, ii. 369 Bourne, curious survival at White Bread Meadow, iii. 365 Bourne, in place-names, xi. 361, 449 ; xii. 130, 191, 272, 372, 434 Bouvear, Bouvière, or Beauvais family, viii. Bovate, use and meaning of the word, i. 101, 143 Bowdon Parish Church, Cheshire, curious in- Bowen (H. P.) on Beth Reynolds, viii. 209 v. 29 Bower (Col. John), our oldest military officer, x. 97 Bowes (Richard), his parentage, iv. 427 295 Bowes family of Elford, iv. 408, 457; v. 12, 57 66 Bowet, architectural lantern, the term, v. 126, 214 Bowls for reception of fees, x. 46, 98 Bow-rake, use and meaning of the word, i. 85 Bowtell (J.), his substitute for leather in bookbinding, iii. 309 Bowtell family, iv. 29, 134 Box, black, and the Mayor of Bodmin, 1680, v. 408 Boy Scouts, their war-song, x. 225 Boyce family, ix. 370 politan toe," v. 46. Mill-dog, vi. 87. Mill stone of Spain, vi. 87. Miniver, vi. 266. Minority waiter, v. 510. Minuet, vi. 266. Mitis, vii. 68. Moaler, a kind of lamp, vii. 127. Mobarship, an office, vii. 267. Mohock, vii 267. Moke, a donkey, vii. 68. Moral courage, viii. 229. Morellianism, viii. 268. Mouch araby, viii. 390. Multum, ix. 211. Plus and Minus, vi. 27. Quotations from Bacon and from Lamb, vi. 427. Sabariticke, ix. 488; x. 53. Samnitis, xi. 187. Saskatoon, xi. 207. Scarpine, instrument of torture, xii. 407. Waterloo Charlotte, x. 271. Boydell (Alderman John), his gifts to the Guild- Bradley (James), Astronomer Royal, his family, hall, x. 101 Boyle (J. R.) on Meaux Abbey, vi. 290 Boyle (M. C.) on Rev. Arthur Galton, i. 349 Boyne, battle of, William III.'s charger at, ii. Boys (H. W.) on name-puzzle in Spenser, ix. 48 Boz-pole, use of the word, vii. 106 Bozzaris: authorship of Death of Bozzaris,' i. 268 Br. on A Scourge for the Assirian,' vii. 373. Cathay, vii. 418 Brabrook (Sir E.) on Lintot Society, vi. 431. Marchetti collection of drawings, xii. 47. Raper (Matthew), xii. 367 Brachet (A.), his Dictionnaire Etymologique de la Langue Française,' iii. 222, 445 Brackenbury (H.) on Sir C. Hatton's title, i. 267 Brackenbury (T.) on "faseole," a bean, xii. 274 Bradbrook (W.) on B.V.M. and the birth of children, vii. 378. Carlyle on painting foam, vii. 373. Cowper's John Gilpin, vii. 516. Cricket: pictures and engravings, v. 177. Motherhood late in life, ix. 57. Population of a country parish, iv. 495. Royal arms in churches, v. 230. Shakespeare's bones, ix. 196. Upton Snodsbury discoveries, ii. 312. Village Blacksmith parodied, xi. 193. Williams (Erasmus), x. 258 Bradbury (W. L.) on Punch' Exhibition, x 327 Braddon (Paul), artist, vi. 28; viii. 489; x. 417; xii. 91, 139, 177 Bradford (J. G.) on Chingford Church, vi. 117. Edwards (Samuel Bradford), ii. 377. Tottenham Churchyard, viii. 356 Bradford-on-Avon, Steward monument at, ii. 444; curious epitaph, xii. 507 Bradlaugh (Charles), his pseudonym Iconoclast, v. 191, 212, 274; on Monism and Spinoza, x. 347 Bradlaugh medal, ii. 348 Bradley (A. G.), his Highways and Byways in xii. 489 Bradley (John), his Narrative of Travel,' iv. 407 Bradley (J. W.) on St. Sidwell, xi. 377 Bradley, co. Southampton, in the seventeenth century, i. 389, 456 Bradshaw's Railway Time-Tables,' pub. 1839, viii. 441 Bragadino (Marcantonio), flayed alive by Turks, ii. 14 Braham (Charles), his children, viii. 33 Brahé (Tycho), his star in 1572, iii. 346 Braile, Belgian engineer, proposed big well, xii. 367 Bramble (Col. J. R.) on Clifford Priory,' vi. 218. 'Directions to Churchwardens,' iii. 317. Nailsea Court, Somerset, vi. 311. Roman mound, v. 296. St. Wilgefortis, v. 205. Soga, vi. 216 Brampton, near Carlisle, Capon Tree at, ii. 285 Brampton Bridge, Northants, and Charles I., viii. 209 Bramwell family, sextons of Chapel-en-le-Frith 277 years, x. 246 Brandenburgh House Sale Catalogue, ix. 128, 196, 277 Brander (Gustavus), his MS. inventory of armour, vii. 268 Brandon (Charles), Duke of Suffolk, his parentage, v. 9, 74 Brandreth (H. S.) on Molière on opium, xi. 88. "That 's another pair of shoes," xi. 169 Brandt (H. C. G.) on haze, vii. 214. Portmanteau words and phrases, v. 512 Branne and water diet, xii. 9, 78 Brass, Fleetwood, at Chalfont St. Giles, vi. 88, 137, 198, 316 Brass rubbings, vii. 49 Brass surname, its origin, viii. 350; ix. 358; x. 74, 136 Brasses, in the Meyrick collection, v. 8; bibliography of, vi. 47, 210, 275, 315; at Fivehead, vii. 27; at Faceby, 28; at the Bodleian, 42, 92; at Brown Candover and Wylson family, ix. 189, 315; at Ryton-on-Tyne, 389 Brassington (W. S.) on Shakespeare Visitors' Books, x. 515. Shakespeariana, ix. 284 Brathwait (Richard), Huntsman's Raunge,' 1633, iv. 467 Braxton (Carter) and Herbert Spencer, i. 405 Bray (Mrs. A. E.), her Autobiography,' iv. 410 Bray (Sir R.), Speaker of House of Commons, xi. 267, 349 Brayley (E. W.), his error in Londiniana,' iii. 406; Memoirs of the Tower of London,' v. 47, 114; description of Staines Bridge in his Surrey,' 52 Brazen bijou, kitchen utensil, i. 369, 455 Breaking the flag, the term in Royal Navy, vi. 69, 196 Breakspear (Nicholas), Pope Adrian IV., his death, x. 449; his biography, xi. 70 Bream's Buildings, notes on, v. 66, 133, 517; demolition of St. Thomas's Church, viii. 26; origin of the name, viii. 206; x. 127 Breath, foul, versions of the story, iii. 71 L Breda (C. F. de), portrait painter, viii. 309, 416 Breese in Hudibras,' meaning of the word, vii. 446, 515; viii. 77, 113 Bregandiris, Court Roll term, its meaning, vii. 249, 317 Bréguet (Abraham), clockmaker to Napoleon, i.446 Brelan, old French card game, v. 29, 114, 177 Bremar (Mrs.), her ladies' school, Blackheath Hill, x. 30 Brembre (Tresilian), executed 1388, x. 236; his name, 306, 458, 516 Bremond family, ix. 149 Brenan (G.) on Sir Robert Howard, iv. 141. Brent, the, as an ancient waterway, iii. 349 Brereton (J. Le G.) on William Carpenter, ix. 248 Brerewood (Edward), of B.N.C., his portrait, v. 208, 258, 337 Breslar (M. L. R.) on Alderman's Walk, x. 290. Amel of Ujda, vii. 515. Beaconsfieldiana, vi. 429. Bell inscriptions at Siresa, viii. 17. Buchanan (R.), his descent, xi. 489. Cambridge Heath: Bernales Buildings, xi. 289. Candlemas and Passover, xi. 324. ChoveviZion,' x. 453. Coffee, its etymology, xii. 112. "Come live with me," ii. 89, 434. Cromwell and Milton, ix. 214. De Tabley (Lord), x. 229. Ellison (Henry), x. 8, 95, 137. Epitaphiana, iii. 24. Fast short of, ix. 209. Godfrey of Bouillon and Rashi, xii. 149. Hackney celebrities, viii. 86. Hampstead omnibus, viii. 157. His end was peace,' x. 517. Houses of historical interest, vi. 356; vii. 413; viii. 12. "In essentials, unity,' viii. 347. Intellectual harvest, late, ii. 54. Irish soil exported, iv. 113. Ito: Itoland, vi. 461; vii. 93. Jean Paul in English, x. 294. Jews and Jewesses in fiction, xii. 118. Jonson (Ben), his name, x. 158. "Just before the battle, mother," iv. 208. Kaboose, ii. 106. Kean (Edmund), i. 449. Kennington, iii. 88. Lamb (C.), his Jewish extraction, vii. 121. Literary pastimes, vi. 28. Longfellow's' Psalm of Life," x. 272. Lopez (Sir Menasseh Massey), x. 96. Maginn (W.) and Moses Mendez, ix. 211. Mediterranean, x. 456. Milton and Hackney, xi. 388. Moloker, Yiddish term, X. 435. Monoux (Sir George), viii. 10. Mors janua vitæ," viii. 456. Musical genius, vii. 433. "Nit Behamey," Yiddish phrase, viii. 135. "Old Sir Simon," xii. 490. Parnell (C. S.), his descent, x. 210. Pearl, x. 236. Pinto (Mendez), x. 488. Portfolio Society, ix. 510. Pot-gallery, viii. 254. Potter's Bar: Seven Kings, xi. 89, 335. Prayer for twins, iv. 176. Salarino, Salanio, and Salerio, ix. 113; x. 132, 333. Shacklewell, iii. 288. Shacklewell Lane, x. 126. Slink: slinking, viii. 478. Sneezing superstition, xi. 7. "Sorrow's crown of sorrows,' ix. 68. Spring Hill Park: diversion of path, viii. 447. Story of my Heart,' xi. 130. 66 Taping shoos," vii. 259. Touching wood, vi. 476. Treloar (Sir William) and B. L. Farjeon, viii. 287. Turner: Canaletto, i. 168. Vanished pastimes, iii. 26. Weeping willow, iv. 115. Whitman (Walt) on Alamo, Texas, xi. 510. Wordsworth and Browning, ix. 93. Worksop epitaphs, x. 503. Yale University, ix. 110. Breton (Nich.) and Shakespeare, literary parallel, vii. 247 Brett, Bart., killed 1644, his identification, vii. 88 Brett (Sir Alexander), killed 1627, x. 289, 352, 417 Breviary or Missal, its use, iv. 34, 75, 138 469 Brewer (E. Cobham), errors in Dictionary of Phrase and Fable,' ii. 362; his school at Mile Brewetts, meaning of the word, iii. 371, 449 Brice and Den families, iv. 326 Brickmaking and beerbrewing, early, viii. 465 Brickwork, rod as measure for, x. 388; xi. 77, 116, 237 Bridal Stone, Cornish, ix. 509 Bridge, Fulham, coloured print of, iv. 509 Bridges (Wm. Thomas), Winchester Commoner, iii. 7, 73 Bridgewater Borough, foundation charter, xii. 88, 132 Bridle, a Pelham, the name, ii. 267 Bridlington, pronunciation of the name, i. 471; ii. 36, 77 Bridlington, St. John of, canonized by Boniface IX., vii. 497 41 Brie (F. W. D.) on an Anglo-Norman chronicle, ii. Brief for Greek Christians, c. 1630, xi. 289, 357, 458 Briefs, discovered at Claverley, Shropshire, i. 474; in 1742, x. 330, 375 Brien (Viscount) and Kerr family of Lothian, iv. 448 Brierley (H.) on Richard Mosley Atkinson, xi. 178. Auriol (Charles James), xi. 177. Barton Grammar School, vii. 488; xii. 110. Crest and motto, xii. 289. Gowdike, viii. 131. Greenteeth (Jenny), i. 365. Langbaine (Gerald) 1645-57, viii. 229. Martindale, Westmorland, vii. 230. Unthank, ix. 351 |