Notes and Queries, Jan. 29, 1916.
SUBJECT INDEX.
525
Names, Russian, the pronunciation of, 340, 382
Names, use of tee-names in Scotland, 198
Napoleon. See Bonaparte.
Napoleon (Prince Louis) and flying machines,
1830, 158
Narthex, term used in architecture, 220, 271 Nauscopy= sighting ships or land at a great
distance, 217, 501
Naval and military allegiance in Germany, 99 Naves in monastic churches, sub-dedication of,
68
Navy, date of introduction of ensigns, 463 Nelson (Horatio, Lord), history of memorial rings,
233, 361, 402, 469 ; his letter to Sir E. Berry,
408
Nelson (Robert), Nonjuror, his birth, 301, 345 Nelson (Viscount), use of the title, 422, 486 Nettles, the sting a cure for rheumatism, 298,
363, 506 ; used to ripen pears, 301, 347 New England, Puritan names in, 1794, 399, 419,
439, 459, 479, 500
' New English Dictionary,' additions and cor- rections, 86-144, 99, 137, 220-271, 260, 320-
370, 339-506 New Street, Manchester Square, London, 48,
125
Newgate Prison, Dublin, 1773, 376 Newspaper placard, the history of, 483 Newton (Sir Isaac) and " tobacco-stoppers," 49,
105
Nicol (William), b. c . 1770, his death, 183 Nile, methods of eliminating impurities from the
water, 443, 510 ' Notes and Queries,' the future of, 41, 80, 153,
413 ; early allusion to, 317 Nottingham freeholders and Parliamentary vote,
303
Novalis, English translations from, 280, 329 Novel, the best historical, 69 Nursery rimes. See Rimts.
Oatway (John), clockmaker of Torrington, 160
Obituary:
Rollings (H. de Burgh), 92 Murray (Sir James Augustus Henry), 92 Tavenor-Perry (John), 272 Officers of the Reserve Forces, undergraduates as,
502
Offley (George), of Covent Garden, 1752, 14 Oldmixon (Sir J.), c. 1800, his wife, 54 ' Omne Bene,' " breaking-up " song, 38, 78 Onions, the virtues of, 101, 149, 167, 209, 245, 286,
367, 406, 449 Onslow (First Lieut. Phipps Vansitlart), Royal
Reg. Artillery, d. 1867, 421, 491 " Opoltcheniye," Russian military term, 181 Oracle, American, of 1803, 216 Othello in the original Italian, 460 O'Toole (Lady), her epitaph, 441, 504 Oughtred or Outred (Rev. W.), c. 1610, his
children, 279, 384 " Outward " and " inward," use of the words,
267 Overbury (Sir T.), his ' Characters,' Webster
and, 282
Overland panorama, referred to 1852, 140, 204
- Oxford English Dictionary.' See ' New English
Dictionary? Oysters, Hungarian traveller and, 1642, 441
Palestine, earthquake in, c. 810-750 B.C., 422
Palmerston (Mary, Viscountess), leaves from her
diary, 1796, 373
Panorama, overland, reference to, 1852, 140, 204 " Papagei," " popinjay," origin of the words,
440, 509
Papillon (Lucy) and Soldiers' Clubs, 1858, 418 Parish registers, straved volumes located, 39, 66,
72, 511
" Parke," the locality of, 221 Parliament, a phantom story of, 29, 306 Parthenon Club, c. 1820, its history, 99, 149 ' Passionate Pilgrim,' original edition, 1599, 259,
487
Patterson family, 221, 289, 308 Payne & Foss, publishers, c. 1800, 139, 190, 244 Peake and Halley families of Virginia, 339 Pears, cut nettles help to ripen, 301, 347 Peat family, 29, 105 Pegler : Hetty Pegler 's Tump, tumulus so called,
9, 78
Pegler, origin of the surname, 9, 78 Pendrell family, pensions of, 99, 167 Perrin (John), b. 1769, his relations, 49, 88 Philipi (Salamoni), artist in stained glass, c. 1780,
379
Phosphorescent birds, the belief in, 213, 306 Phylacteries, rule for use of, 37 Piccadilly, " the Terrace in," 1815, 110 Pictet, part author of ' A Complete System of
Geography,' 1811, 302
Pig-iron, called ; ' sow metal," c. 1840, 278, 366 Pimlico, the exact locality of, 364 Pindar, Ben Jonson's quotation from, 17 Pindar (Peter), and stamp in red, " J. W.," 118 Pirate haul, English, from Spain, 1579, 199, 266 Pitt (G. Dibdin), his dramas, c. 1842, 67 Pitt (William), and ' An Extraordinary Ode,' 462 Pitts (Lewis) = Bacon, c. I860, 442 Placard, newspapers, its history, 483
Place-Names:
Alcester, 257
Alice Holt Forest, 258, 306, 346
Anzac, 238
Coxsdell, 380, 466
Crooklets, 160
Dray or Bray, 302, 351
Gibraltar Square, 160
Hanwell, 377, 446
Hassocks, 29, 90, 130
Lacey, 50, 124
Lilliput, 120
St. Johnston, 320
Salonika, 400, 489
Southampton, 259, 327 Plague-pit, site of, in London, 183 Plain = affable, use of the word, 137, 187,
267, 330
Planta (Miss), Mrs. H. Stephens, c. 1760, 201 Players, strolling, in the 18th century, 454 Plays at Hampstead, c. 1709, 377 Plowden family of Lasham, Hants, 161 " Plumed wars," origin of the phrase, 279 Plunket (Baron) and Hugh Price Hughes, 3; " Podden Place," and " Upper Podden Place," in Lytton's novel * What will He do with It ? 277, 348, 388
Poe (Edgar Allan), his family genealogy, 302, 350, 365, 510 ; and " anastatic printing," 359, 403
