NOTES AND QUERIES: A MEDIUM OF INTER-COMMUNICATION FOR LITERARY MEN, ARTISTS, ANTIQUARIES, GENEALOGISTS, ETC. * * * * * "When found, make a note of."--CAPTAIN CUTTLE. * * * * * No. 4.] SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1849 [Price Threepence. Stamped Edition 4d. * * * * * {49} CONTENTS. Our Progress and Prospects. 49 NOTES:-- Luther and Erasmus, by John Bruce. 50 Hallam's Middle Ages. 51 Adversaria I.--Writers of Notes on Fly-leaves. 51 Origin of Grog and Ancient Alms-Basins. 52 Dyce v. Warburton and Collier. 53 Food of the People, by J.T. Hammack. 54 Bishop Barnaby. 55 Trade Editions. 55 Dibdin's Typograph Antiquities, by Rev. Dr. Maitland. 56 Queries answered, II., by Bolton Corney. 56 Madoc's Expedition to America. 57 QUERIES:-- "Clouds" or Shrouds, in Shakspeare. 58 Medal of Pretender, by B. Nightingale. 58 Roger de Coverley. 59 Landed and Commercial Policy of England. 59 The Rev. Thomas Leman. 59 Gothic Architecture. 59 Katherine Pegg. 59 Queries on Mediæval Geography. 60 Myles Bloomfylde and William Bloomfield on Alchymy. 60 Thynne's Collection of Chancellors. 60 Cold Harbour. 60 Statistics of the Roman Catholic Church. 61 Incumbents of Church Livings. 61 Curse of Scotland, by Edward Hawkins. 61 MISCELLANEOUS:-- Notes of Book-Sales, Catalogues, &c. 61 Books and Odd Volumes wanted. 63 Notices to Correspondents. 63 * * * * * OUR PROGRESS AND PROSPECTS. When we consulted our literary friends as to the form and manner in which it would be most expedient to put forth our "NOTES AND QUERIES," more than one suggested to us that our paper should appear only once a month, or at all events not more frequently than once a fortnight, on the ground that a difficulty would be experienced in procuring materials for more frequent publication. We felt, however, that if such a medium of Inter-communication, as we proposed to establish was, as we believed, really wanted, frequency of publication was indispensable. Nothing but a weekly publication would meet what we believed to be the requirements of literary men. We determined, therefore, to publish a Number every Saturday; and the result has so far justified our decision, that the object of our now addressing our readers is to apologise to the many friends whose communications we are again unavoidably compelled to postpone; and to explain that we are preparing to carry out such further improvements in our arrangements as will enable us to find earlier admission for all the communications with which we are favoured.