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GENERAL INDEX.
. Peak and Pike, ii. 110. Pightle : Pikle, v. 93.
Pliny: flint chippings in barrows, ii. 188.
. Ploughgang and other measures, i. 101, 143. Railway, its antiquity, vi. 390. St. Peter Steintheked, vi. 375. "Sal et saliva," i. 431. Scallions, iv. 375. Scottish churches, their ownership, xii. 168. Sheep fair on an ancient earthwork, viii. 250. Thumb-hand side= right- hand side, vii. 467. Tideswell and Tideslow, i. 91, 229, 371 ; ii. 36. Tolsey at Gloucester, x. 469. Twizzle-twigs, v. 91. Wassail, ii. 503 ; iii. 112. Whitsunday, ii. 218. Yule-waiting, x. 501.
Adelphi names, v. 186, 236 Adespota, use of the word, vii. 105, 215
'Adeste Fideles,' the Portuguese Hymn, 1 its origin, i. 10, 54
Adjectives with participial endings, ii. 172
Adlati, fictitious Latin plural, i. 193
Adler (Elkan Nathan), his ' Auto de F and Jew,' x. 288
Admirable, pronunciation of i in, vi. 329, 371
Admirable Crichton, his identification, vi. 465
Admiral, Athenian, and owl, ii. 9
Admiral Christ epitaph at various places, vi. 425 517 ; vii. 38 475
Admiralty Bill Books as new sources of genealogy, i. 396, 512
Admiralty carrier pigeons sold, ix. 485
Adnil, curious Christian name, i. 171
Adolphus (A. E.) on Chauceriana, viii. 202, 514
Adoxography, meaning of the word, xii. 387
Adrian IV. (Pope), his death, x. 449 ; xi. 70
Adullam, Cave of, and John Bright, vi. 230, 331
Adulterism, bibliographical term, x. 484
Advent sermons by A. Spiera in the Bodleian, vii. 370
Advertising, its history, ix. 286
Advertising epitaph, xi. 112
,3Mric, Duke of Mercia, his biography, vi. 469 ; vii. 51
JEdric Sylvaticus, or " the Wilde," his descend- ants, vii. 51 ; vi. 469
JElian : " patron of the living and JElian," mean- ing of the term, iii. 89
Aeronautics, early, viii. 170, 311
Aeroplanes, early flying machines, xi. 8, 98, 145, 425, 465
JEschylus and Milton compared, v. 489
JEsop, Greek edition, i. 268
JEsop's Fables, Abstemius in, iv. 149, 234 ; ed. 1821, its illustrations, xi. 270, 398
Affery as a Christian name, v. 32, 78
Affirmation and dissent, signs of, viii, 205
Afghanistan, title of the Amir, iv. 66
Africa, first crossing of, x. 229
Africa, South, snakes in, v. 428, 473 ; vi. 10, 115, 152,294; vii. 258
African sloths, v. 230, 313
African War. See Boer War.
Afterwale, origin of the word, x. 146
Agar (G.) on Bishop Colenso, iii. 187
Agassiz (Robert) and Mile. Langes, xii. 7
Aged, their deaths, iii. 5
Agime ziphres, phrase explained, ii. 224
Agincourt, battle of, English and French losses, iii. 121
Aglaus on Shakespeariana, vii. 302
Agnes and Anne, interchangeability of the names, ii. 389, 428, 473 ; viii. 507
Agnew (John)-* Anne Stayeley, iii. 348
Agnostic Poets, ii. 528 ; iii. 38
Agri on astronomy in the Middle Ages, xii. 9
Agriculture, electricity in, x. 207
Aguilar (Grace) and Hackney, viii. 86, 158
Aiguesparses (Christine) on Bradlaugh and
Spinoza, x. 347. Riehl (W. H.) in English, x.
247. Shields (Cuthbert), xi. 10. ' Village
Blacksmith ' parodied, xi. 10
Ailid on Disraeli on Gladstone, ii. 110
At/Act, its derivation, i. 515
Ainger (Canon Alfred), his death, i. 140
Ainoo and Baskish languages, i. 264, 297, 432, 513
Ainslie (Admiral Murray), vi. 469
Ainslie (John), surveyor, his biography, iii. 150
Ainsty of York, its meaning, ii. 25, 97, 455, 516 ;
iii. 133, 256, 335 ; v. 32 ; vi. 462, 511 ; vii.
36, 96
Ainsworth (W. Harrison), and Thames Darrell,
viii. 189 ; death of his daughter, x. 487 Air, composer and origin of, i. 107 Airault family, ii. 68
Airy (O.) on " Unconscionable time dying," vii. 8 Aisle, use of the term, xi. 267 Aitchison (A.) on Scots Guards : colours, ix. 51 Aitken (G. A.) on Daniel Defoe's wife, xi. 516.
Jonson's ' Works,' xi. 421 Akbar (Emperor), his likeness, ix. 211, 332 ;
x. 215
Akenside (Mark), his birth, 1721, vii. 407 Alabama veteran, John Low, his death, vi. 226 Alabaster, gallows of, iv. 189, 276 Aladdin and Saladin, their pronunciation, iv. 534 Alake, Abbeokutan ruler, his title, i. 468, 512 ; ii.
56 Alava (General) and Sir William H. De Lancy,
vi. 33
Alavoine family tomb at Tottenham, viii. 247, 355 ' Albania,' anonymous poem, and Sir. W. Scott,
ix. 422
Albany Baths, York Road, Lambeth, xii. 429 Albarosa and Polinda, picture by Cosway, vii. 190 Albemarle House or Ely House, Dover Street,
vii. 268, 312 Albert (Prince), as poet and musical composer, iii.
308, 374
Alberta, Canada, origin of the place-name, ix. 486 Albigna, place-name, its Arabic equivalent, iv. 489 " Albion Hotel," Aldersgate Street, its history,
vi. 6, 78 Alchemy, modern, iv. 167 Alciatus, Paris edition, 1574, v. 468 Alcott (Miss L. M.), her * Eight Cousins,' i. 489 Aldenham (Lord) on the cope, i. 278. ' Coryate's Crudities,' iii. 426. Dorsetshire snake-lore, i. 254. Forwhy, vii. 374. "I lighted at the foot," ii. 535. Kynan, v. 314. Oprower, i. 313. Quotations wanted, iv. 237. Spelling reform, iii. 31, 134. " Then with Rodney we will go," vii. 227. Tinterero, iv. 396 Alder (W. A.) on Nelson sale catalogue, vi. 209 Alderman's Walk, City, its history, x. 290, 354 Aldermen : of Aldersgate, ix. 249, 375 ; of
Bishopsgate, x. 466 ; of London, 1687, x. 167 Aldersgate signs, xi. 102 Aldersgate Street, Milton's house in, x. 404 Aldersgate Ward, Aldermen of, ix. 249, 375 Aldress, use of the word, 1541, xi. 346 Aldrich (S. J. ) on balance of power, ii. 94. Bonnets of blue, ii. 455. Horace, first edition, i. 103. ' Incendium Divini Amoris,' i. 2. Platea, Franciscus de, iii. 108. ' Poliphili Hypneroto- machia,' error in, i. 97. Sun and its orbit, i. 476 Aldridge (Ira), his acting as Titus Andronicus, ii.
366 Aldworth, Sussex, and Tennyson, xi. 325
