B. Back, Bristol localities, 517. Bacon (Lord) and Bishop Andrews, 466. * Bacon (Lord) and Sir Simon D'Ewes, 76. Baker (Thomas), letter to Humphry Wanley, 7. Balaam box, 483. Bale (John), Bishop of Ossory, 324. 407. * Bale (John), his work on libraries, 589. Ballina Castle, Mayo, 311. Barbour (John), Scottish metrical historian, 453. Barmecides' feast, 543. Barrels regiment, 63. 159. 545. Barrett (Eaton Stannard), poem on Woman, 17. Barristers' gowns, 323. * Bart (Jean), his descent on Newcastle, 451. Barton (Mrs. C.) and Lord Halifax, 18. Bateman (Christopher), bookseller, 585. Bathurst (Dr.), Bishop of Norwich, 422. Battel at the universities, 326. * Battles, description of, wanted, 246. Baxter (Richard) on apparitions, 12. 62. ----, inscription on his pulpit, 31. B. C. Y. characters, 149. Beattie (Dr.) on the English liturgy, 466. Bee, the wandering, 370. Bees, legends respecting, 167. ---- on bartering for, 446. Belgium ecclesiastical antiquities, 386. Bell inscriptions, 109. 592. Bell at Rouen, 233. 529. Bell literature, 240. 310. Bell, why tolled on leaving church, 125. 311. 567. Belle Sauvage, its derivation, 44. 89. Bellman at Newgate, 565. * Berkhampstead records, 56. * Bersethrigumnue, its meaning, 373. Bible, an illustrated one of 1527, 352. 504. Bible, Breeches, an imperfect one, 273. Bible Society of the Roman Catholics, 41. 111. Bibles, errata in, 391. ---- reprints of early, 487. Bickford (Wm.), letter to Rev. Mr. Amory, 7. Bigot, its derivation, 560. Binding of old books, how polished, 401. Bingham's Antiquities, queries in, 197. 308. * Bingham (Sir John) noticed, 450. * Birds, marvellous combat of, 303. Birm-bank, its derivation, 12. Bishops' kennel of hounds, 247. 432. ---- tombs, 146. * Black cap of the judges, 399. Blackguard, its original meaning, 15. 153. 503. Blase (St.), his festival at Norwich, 353. * Blechenden family, 422. Blessington (Countess of), her letter to Sir Wm. Drummond, 268. B. L. M., Italian subscription, explained, 43. Bloater or herring, explained, 347. Bloet (Robert) noticed, 105. 181. Blue Bell and Blue Anchor, sign, 86. Blue Bells of Scotland, 209. 600. * Board of Trade in seventeenth century, 562. * Bohemia (Queen of) and a foreign order, 10. Böhme (Jacob), 151. Bolle (Sir John) of Thorpe Hall, 305. Books burnt by the hangman, 78. 226. 425. Books in parts not completed, 147. 258. BOOKS, NOTICES OF NEW:-- Ackerman's Remains of Pagan Saxondom, 313. Ada's Thoughts, or the Poetry of Youth, 21. Addison's Works, by Bishop Hurd, 90. 313. 458. Arundel Society publications, 289. Autograph Miscellany, 90. Banfield's Statistical Companion, 458. Beauties of Byron, 21. Bell's edition of the British Poets, 138. 554. Bray's Peep at the Pixies, 21. Bristol, Curiosities of, 210. Brook's Russians of the South, 90.