| No. 59. | SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14. 1850. | Price Threepence. Stamped Edition 4d. |
| NOTES:— | Page |
| The First Paper-mill in England, by Dr. E.F. Rimbault | 473 |
| Specimens of Foreign English | 474 |
| Folk Lore:—May-dew—Piskies—The Dun Cow—Lady Godiva—"Can du plera meleor cera" | 474 |
| Minor Notes—Circulation of the Blood—Origin of the Word "Culprit"—Collar of SS.—The Singing of Swans—Sir Thomas Herbert's Memoirs—Portraits of Stevens and Cotton and Bunyan—Sonnet: Attempting to prove that Black is White—Nicholas Bretons Fantasticks | 475 |
| QUERIES:— | |
| The Wise Men of Gotham | 476 |
| Herstmonceux Castle | 477 |
| Minor Queries:—Yorkshire Ballads—Ringing a Hand-bell before a Corpse—Church of St. Savior, Canterbury—Mock Beggar's Hall—Beatrix Lady Talbot—English Prize Essays—Rev. Joseph Blanco White—History of the Inquisition—Lady Deloraine—Speke Family—Pope's Villa—Armorial Bearings—Passage From Tennyson—Meaning of "Sauenap"—Hoods worn by Doctors of the University of Cambridge—Euclid and Aristotle—Ventriloquism—Fanningus, the King's Whisperer—Frances Lady Norton—Westminster Wedding—Stone's Diary—Dr. King's poem of "The Toast"—"Anima Magis" etc.—The Adventures of Peter Wilkins—Translations of the Talmud—Torn by Horses—The Marks *, †, ‡, &c.—Blackguard | 478 |
| REPLIES:— | |
| Church History Society, by S.R. Maitland | 480 |
| Defender of the Faith, by W.S. Gibson | 481 |
| Meaning of Jezebel |