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--Pilgrims' Road to Canterbury--"Ædricus qui signa fundebat"--Osmund, the Waterman--Logic--Darbon Gatherall--Damasked Linen--Flourish--Drax Abbey and Free School--Ancient Catalogue of Books. 198
REPLIES:-- Shakspeare's Use of the Word "Delighted," by S.W. Singer. 200 Family of Love. 201 Translation of the Philobiblon. 202 Etymological Queries, by S.W. Singer. 203 Replies to Minor Queries:--Lord Richard Christophilus--Poker--Querela Cantabrigiensis--"One Bell"--Fabulous Account of the Lion--Pomfret on the Thames--Walrond Family--Armenian Language--Genealogical Query--Richard Baxter's Descendants--Duresme and Dunelm. 204
MISCELLANEOUS:-- Notes on Books, Sales, Catalogues, &c. 207 Books and Odd Volumes Wanted. 207 Notices to Correspondents. 207 Advertisements. 207
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NOTES AND QUERIES
The history of books and periodicals of a similar character ought to be the object of interest to the readers of this work. The number of works in which answers have been given to proposed questions is not small. Not to mention the Spectator and its imitators, nor the class of almanacs which give riddles and problems, nor mathematical periodicals of a more extensive character,--though all these ought to be discussed in course of time,--there yet remains a class of books in which general questions proposed by the public are answered periodically, either by the public or by the editors. Perhaps an account of one of these may bring out others.
In 1736 and 1737 appeared the _Weekly Oracle; or, Universal Library. Published by a Society of Gentlemen._ One folio sheet was published weekly, usually ending in the middle of a sentence. (Query. What is the technical name for this mode of publication? If none, what ought to be?) I have one folio volume of seventy numbers, at the end of which notice of suspension is given, with prospect of revival in another form probably no more was published. The introduction is an account of the editorial staff to wit, a lear