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O.) on "Chalk on the door," 38 Hexham Priory and the Augustales, 241 Afficher, its derivation, 224 African names mispronounced, 52, 96, 152, 193, 310, Afterthink to repent, 287, 335 Aiden thorough, 208 Abbot (Bridget), her biography, 87, 155, 433, 476, 512 Alabaster group, its subject, 427 Aberdeen University theses, 1626-1701, 367 Ackerley (F. G.) on bacilli, 5 Celtic words, 387 Alarmist, origin of the word, 166 Alba Longa and Sir William Gell, 201 Albany (Robert Stewart, Duke of), his heirs, 489 Alcuin Club, its formation, 265, 356, 372 Aldenham (Lord) on Cheltenham: Chiswick, 349 Pattens and clogs, 494 Aldersgate, its etymology, 10 Alexandre the ventriloquist, his biography, 305, 450 Algernon, Christian name, 248, 293, 389, 454, 517 Allnutt (W. H.) on Anthony Clerke, 145 Altamaha, its origin and meaning, 47 Alton Towers, catalogue of sale in 1857, 53 Alured or Averay. See Cornburgh. Ambresbury or Amesbury, 325 America, its discovery, and Madoc ap Owen Gwynedd, American bibliographies, 509 Amesbury or Ambresbury, 325 Anderson (P. J.) on Aberdeen University theses, 367 André family, 47, 119, 528 Andrews family of Cornwall, 508 'Big an' bug," 375 Cowslip, its local names, 192 Good Friday custom, 164 Horse Guards, 134 Lever (Sir A.), his "Holophusikon," 250 Arnold (General Benedict), his death, 18 Arnold (Michael), M.P. for Westminster, 1685-7, 443 Croke (Dr. Richard), 47 St. Leonards and Hollington, 363 Artist on silhouettes of children, 353 Ascetic, its derivation, 154 Ascock (Sir Bartholomew), M.P. for Cheshire, Ashburner (Rev. Edward), M.A., his biography, 228, Astarte on Brimpsfield Monastery, 216 Shakspeare (W.), his conversation, 284 Astley (J.) on weight of books, 33 Atkins (Tommy), his history and genealogy, 64 Attwell (H.) on epitaphs, 106, 506 Whiskey or whisky, 426 Augustales and Hexham Priory, 241, 391 Keats (John) and Shakspeare, 324 Poetry, compound words in, 505 Aurora borealis, poets on, 423 Australia, Bentham's prophecy about, 165 Austria (Archduke of) in Shakspeare's 'King John,' Authors, their obscurities, 438 Autographs, best way of keeping, 35, 175, 195 Averay or Alured. See Cornburgh. Axon (W. E. A.) on well-known epitaph, 229 Ayeahr on Grub Street, 57 B. on Old English letters, 275 B. (A. W.) on Shepherd or Shephard family, 529 B. (C. C.) on Arthurian puzzles, 293 Barrow (William), clockmaker, 388 Grass of Parnassus, 208 Helpmate and helpmeet, 185, 453 Cox (James), his museum, 78 Crockford's Clerical Directory,' 224 Bacilli, Defoe on, 5 Bacon family, 136 Baddeley (St. C.) on Alba Longa, 201 Claret and vin-de-grave, 434 Rome, S. Andrea delle Fratte, 297 Siena, its siege, 49 Silchester, church (?) at, 101, 277 Bagration (Prince), his wife, 167, 195 Baldock (G. Y.) on "Bogie," 92 Balzac (Honoré de), his house Jardies at Ville Bamburgh (W. C.) on book-borrowers, 376 China (Emperor of), 108 Banausic mechanical, 168 Bancks (G. W.) on Yate family, 307 Bandello (Matteo), his birth and death, 368 Banners, silk, their preservation, 247 Barbaros on Cecil, 168 Barbers, famous, 191, 413; lady, 476 Barclay (John), his 'Argenis,' 428, 538 Barker (W. R.) on brothers with same Christian name, 217 Stukeley (Sir Nicholas), 96 Barker (William), Dean of Raphoe, 169 Barrington (George), pickpocket and poet, 384; and the Botany Bay Theatre, 404 Barrow (William), clockmaker, 388, 497 Barry peerage, 448 Barsham, East, its manor house, 144 Barton and Stedman families, 489 Baskerville family, 467 Bathoe (G.), catalogue of collections by, 308, 377 'Dictionary of National Biography,' 122, 342, Battle-axes and Romans, 154 483 Baulk, its spelling, 308, 377 Bayard horse, 18 Bayley (A. R.) on book-borrowers, 115 Church tradition, 58, 394 Gladstone (Mr.), his maternal ancestry, Read or Reade family, 293 "Tata," brass inscription, 88 Bayne (T.) on Burns and Coleridge, 97 Card-sharper, noble, 109 'Comin' thro' the Rye,' 197, 434 "Dewy-feathered," 116 Eclecticism, bold, 382 Helpmate and helpmeet, 105, 310, 496 Inverury and Inverurie, 81 243 Morning "betuix midday and nicht," 193 Progressing, its pronunciation, 208 |