Various. Notes and Queries, Number 09, December 29, 1849
OUR PROGRESS
SIR E. DERING'S HOUSEHOLD BOOK
BERKELEY'S THEORY OF VISION VINDICATED
BISHOP BARNABY
MATHEMATICAL ARCHÆOLOGY
SONG IN THE STYLE OF SUCKLING—THE TWO NOBLE KINSMEN
"GOTHIC" ARCHITECTURE
DR. BURNEY'S MUSICAL WORKS
ANCIENT INSCRIBED DISHES
MINOR NOTES
NOTES IN ANSWER TO QUERIES
QUERIES
THE LAST OF THE VILLAINS
THE DORE OF HOLY SCRIPTURE
TURNER'S MS. HISTORY OF WESTMINSTER—CRUCIFIX OF EDWARD THE CONFESSOR
THE TALISMAN OF CHARLEMAGNE
DICK SHORE—ISLE OF DOGS—KATHERINE PEGG
MINOR QUERIES
BOOKS AND ODD VOLUMES
WANTED TO PURCHASE
NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS
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