{49} NOTES AND QUERIES: A MEDIUM OF INTER-COMMUNICATION FOR LITERARY MEN, ARTISTS, ANTIQUARIES, GENEALOGISTS, ETC. "When found, make a note of."--CAPTAIN CUTTLE. * * * * * No. 221.] SATURDAY, JANUARY 21. 1854 [With Index, price 10d. Stamped Edition 11d. * * * * * CONTENTS. NOTES:-- Page A Plea for the City Churches, by the Rev. R. Hooper 51 Echo Poetry 51 Ambiguity in Public Writing 52 A Carol of the Kings 53 Sir W. Scott and Sir W. Napier 53 MINOR NOTES:--Sign of Rain--Communications with Iceland--Starvation, an Americanism--Strange Epitaphs 53 QUERIES:-- Buonaparte's Abdication 54 Death Warnings in Ancient Families 55 The Scarlet Regimentals of the English Army 55 MINOR QUERIES:--Berkhampstead Records--"The secunde personne of the Trinetee"--St. John's, Oxford, and Emmanuel, Cambridge--"Malbrough s'en va-t-en guerre"-- Prelate quoted in Procopius--The Alibenistic Order of Freemasons--Saying respecting Ancient History--An Apology for not speaking the Truth--Sir John Morant--Portrait of Plowden--Temperature of Cathedrals--Dr. Eleazar Duncon--The Duke of Buckingham--Charles Watson--Early (German) coloured Engravings 56 MINOR QUERIES WITH ANSWERS:--History of M. Oufle--Lysons' MSS.--"Luke's Iron Crown"--"Horam coram Dago" 57 REPLIES:-- Hoby Family, by Lord Braybrooke 58 Poetical Tavern Signs 58 Translation from Sheridan, &c. 59 Florins and the Royal Arms 59 Chronograms, by the Rev. W. Sparrow Simpson 60 Oaths, by James F. Ferguson 61 PHOTOGRAPHIC CORRESPONDENCE:--Splitting Paper for Photographic Purposes--Curling of Iodized Paper--How the Glass Rod is used 61 REPLIES TO MINOR QUERIES:--Wooden Tombs and Effigies-- Epitaph On Politician--Defoe's Quotation from Baxter on Apparitions--Barrels Regiment--Sneezing--Does "Wurm," in modern German, ever mean Serpent?--Longfellow's Reaper and the Flowers--Charge of Plagiarism against Paley--Tin --John Waugh--Rev. Joshua Brooks--Hour-glass Stand--Teeth Superstition--Dog-whipping Day in Hull--Mousehunt--St. Paul's School Library--German Tree--Derivation of the Word "Cash" 62 MISCELLANEOUS:-- Notes on Books, &c. 66