FLORENCE A. JEFFERY.--A halfpenny of William and Mary, with plain edge, and the date under Britannia, "1694" (in copper) is worth from 1s. to 5s.; but some examples have sold for much more. Three halfpennies, one Irish, have been sold for £1 12s., but they were very fine specimens. Another of 1694, of bold work, extremely fine, realised £7 10s. A halfpenny of George II. is worth from 6d. to a 1s. The head of the date you name, "1754," is an old one. H. MAXWELL.--We must refer you to the 1st volume of _The Oracle Encyclopædia_ (Geo. Newnes, Ltd.), page 619, where you will read--"In the old Church of St. Martin, built in the 12th or 13th c., Roman bricks and Norman sculpture have been worked-up in the walls!" M. D.--We recommend you to dispose of the medical books through the _Exchange and Mart_ (70, Strand, W.C.). SILKWORM might offer her silk for disposal through the medium of the above-named paper. LIZZIE.--The French obtained the soubriquet of "frogs" not because of their using these creatures as food, because we find that the southern Germans, Austrians, and Italians esteem the green ones in the same way, as delicacies of the table, but the name was derived from the original heraldic device of their kings, who bore on their escutcheons "three toads (or frogs) erect, saltent." In the year 1791, "What will the frogs say?" was a common phrase of the Court at Versailles, applied to the citizens of Paris. The site of this city was once a quagmire, or swamp, like that of London, and was called _Lutétia_, or "mud land," its inhabitants living like the frogs, in the mud. September 20th, 1885, fell on a Sunday. C. W. N.--We like your "Reverie." It shows much poetical feeling; but a little flaw at the commencement might be corrected. The nave cannot be said to be "pierced" by the aisle, an arch, nor even by the column. They do not go through the roof. We do not say this satirically, but because the full and correct meaning of words must be remembered and strictly employed in their true sense. MAY.--Hermanszoon van Rhyn Rembrandt was a Dutch painter and engraver; born in 1608, and died in 1669. If your picture be signed, it is valuable. Search the corners carefully for any initials, date, or mark. You do not name the subject. * * * * * Transcriber's note--the following changes have been made to this text: Page 195: might changed to night. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. XX, No. 991, December 24, 1898, by Various