CONTENTS:--Dissertation on the Dialects of Northamptonshire--Glossary of the Provincialisms, showing their Derivation from the Anglo-Saxon and Danish, and pointing out Affinities in the other English and Germanic Dialects--The Fairy Creed and its Legends--Witchcraft, Charms; Superstitions relating to Animals, Plants, Wells, and Fountains--Popular Legends of the Devil; Christmas and Easter Customs; Local Proverbs, &c. &c. "The Fairy Stories are told with an arch humour which charms the reader exceedingly."--_Athenæum._ "The first work that has appeared on the subject, and Mr. Sternberg has evinced in it a striking and peculiar aptitude for this branch of inquiry."--_Northampton Mercury._ J. RUSSELL SMITH, 36. Soho Square. * * * * * Printed by THOMAS CLARK SHAW, of No. 8. New Street Square, at No. 5. New Street Square, in the Parish of St. Bride, in the City of London; and published by GEORGE BELL, of No. 186. Fleet Street, in the Parish of St. Dunstan in the West, in the City of London, Publisher, at No. 186. Fleet Street aforesaid.--Saturday, June 19. 1852. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Notes and Queries, Number 138, June 19, 1852, by Various