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GENERAL INDEX.
A. (W.) on General Edward Mathew, x. 87
A. (W. A.) on Little Gidding : Stourbridge Fair,
viii. 332 A. (W. W.) on Catherine Street Theatre, vii. 268.
Location of theatre, vii. 268 Aaron (D. H.) on early Jewish engravers, xi. 88 Aaron (Rev. Mr.), b. 1695, his biography, vi. 128,
219, 274
Abacus, use of the word by Sir W. Scott, viii. 305, 412 Abbatt (W.) on American worthies, v. 340. Andre'
family, ii. 528. Arnold (Benedict), iii. 69. ' Char-
lotte Temple : a Tale of Truth,' v. 218. Hereditary
apparition, vi. 289
Abbey, old, at Arley, Lancashire, iv. 130 Abbeys, county, vii. 327, 455 ' Abbeys around London,' defence of, xi. 167 'Abbeys around London' on Anselm, Abbot of
St. Edmunds, x. 414 Abbot (Bridget), her biography, ii. 87, 155, 433, 476,
512
Abbot family, iii. 387
Abbot of Westminster's plot, 1399, vii. 84, 197 Abbott (George), M.P. for Tamworth 1640-9, and
his namesake, vi. 490 ; rii. 36 Abbott (W.) on Capt. Arnold, ix. 447 Abercromby (J.) on the Huns, xi. 415 Aberdeen, Annals of, 1617, list of names in, vii. 486 Aberdeen, Grey Friars Church, vii. 285 Aberdeen University, its theses, 1626-1701, ii. 367 ;
Downie's slaughter, ix. 367, 474 Aberr, revival of the word, v. 314 Abham, Devonshire estate, iii. 89 Abingdon Abbey, chimney at, iv. 502 Abney-Hastings (Capt. Francis), his biography, iii.
167, 271
Abraham's bosom, origin of the phrase, i. 516 Abrahams (A.) on Autograph Cottage, ix. 368 ; x. 75.
Banking firm, disappearance of, x. 115. Centrifugal
Railway, x. 366 ; xi. 337. Experimental Gardens,
Caledonian Road, xi. 249. Houndsditch, ix. 348.
Lester's 'Illustrations of London, x. 286. Nash
(John), portraits of, x. 387. Polygraphic Hall, x.
109. Prince of Wales's Theatre, old, its sale, x. 176.
St. Katherine's Hospital, Regent's Park, x. 428.
Upcott, (W.), xii. 389 Absens on oldest borough in England, ix. 237.
Castor sugar, ix. 614. Dendy (Sergeant Edward),
x. 118. Dutch refugees in London in 1566, x. 77.
England's Darling, ix. 412. Fleetwood (Col.
George), miniature of, ix. 417. Frieze, ix. 511.
Genesis i, ix. 514. Heraldry before the Conquest,
x. 110. Molyneux, ix. 298. Pontefract-on-Thames,
ix. 316. Shakespeariana, ix. 342. Tressher, x. 218.
Ycleping the church, ix. 395 Abstinence, extraordinary, iv. 107 Acacia in Freemasonry, vii. 9, 112, 213, 497 Academy, British, charter granted by King
Edward VII., x. 161 Academy, Royal, its origin, v. 394 Accent, its different kinds, ii. 61, 316 Accent, English, and etymology, vi. 267, 335, 455 ;
vii. 15; xi. 408, 515; xii. 94, 158, 316, 475 Accon, its use and origin, xii. 29, 176 Accorder, its derivation, xii. 89, 137, 196, 296 Accredit, the verb, vi. 487
Accum (F. E.), his biography, v. 267, 361, 458
Acervation, the custom, vii. 485 ; viii. 70, 361, 468
Achill Island, its history and derivation, vi. 489 ; vii.
36, 133, 171, 254. Ruined castle on, x. 268, 356. Ackerley (F. G.) on apple-blossoms, xii. 133. Author of poem wanted, viii. 427. 'Aylwin,' ix. 369. Bacilli, ii. 5. Bird as crest, xii. 485. Borrow (G.), his 'Zincali,' viii. 523. Celtic words, ii. 387. Chal : Romany Chal, iii. 475. Clough, Cleugh, or Cliffe, iii. 90. Confessionals, ix. 48. Cork leg, viii. 532. Desemea, its etymology, iii. 448. Dewark, land measure, i. 146. Ghili, Romani, iii. 438. Gipsies, iv. 108. Gybbins, race of the, x. 214. Harvest bell, ix. 15. Hiung-nu or Huns, xi. 509. "Hoping against hope," x. 196. Insel Runo, viii. 385. Judgment, its spelling, iv. 288. Kurish German, x. 406 ; xii. 77. Kurland, English families in, x. 149; its geology, xii. 208. Lacy or De Lacy family, x. 148. Lancashire and Cheshire wills, xii. 485. Ligurians, the, xii. 221. Manx, viii. 424. Manx Gaelic, viii. 460. Mourning Sunday, x. 298. Northumberland (Duke of), iii. 187. Northumber- land, Celtic remains in, ii. 268. Races of mankind, xi. 169. Sarten, a language, viii. 345, 533. Snakes' antipathy to horsehair, xi. 349. Spice, x. 449. Square cap, xii. 28. Surrey etymologies, ii. 296. " When I am dead, my dearest," iii. 213 Ackerley surname, i. 109, 176, 296 Ackland or Acland (Charles Richard), his biography,
v. 228
Acland (John Dyke), his biography, ix. 169 Acland family of Chittlehampton, viii. 464 ; ix. 31 Acorus calamus, or sedge, ii. 305, 377, 457, 476; iii. 72 Acreware, land term, iii. 85, 190 Acrography, illustrations in, vi. 46 Actors, Jewish, vii. 289 Actresses, early mention of, v. 514 ; vi. 104 Acts of the Apostles as a Christian name, iii. 225, 312 Adam (Samuel and Walter), their biographies, vi. 149 Adam the Carthusian, his biography, xii. 184, 301, 373 Adam the Scot, or the Prsemonstrant, xii. 301 Adames (Andrew) and Bradley, co. Hants, v. 288 Adams (E. W.) on buff week, ix. 473 Adams (F.) on Alamains, its meaning, vi. 212. Algernon, ii. 389, 517. Almanac medals, x. 53. American invasion, vii. 293, 413. " Ance mariole " in a charter, its meaning, vii. 250. Anecdote, i. 512. Anyone : everyone, vii. 294, 432. " Ask no questions," iii. 157. Astre = hearth, vi. 426. Augmentation Office, i. 457. Babies' nails, their cutting, vi. 173. Baccy for tobacco, i. 64. Bar- bitonsor, x. 211. Beatific vision, xi. 236. Billy- cock hat, viii. 126. Bird-eyed, its meaning, v. 293. Boca Chica, vii. 154. Book inscription, i. 86. Bookbinding question, i. 151. Botanical christen- ing, vii. 87. " Broaching the admiral," i. 271. Brown (Tom), iii. 87. Bull-doze, i. 376. "Bull and Last," its meaning, vii. 411. " By Jingo," i. 350. Cahoot, its etymology, xi. 467. Callards, its meaning, vii. 455. Canouse, its meaning, vii. 412. Castlereagh, its meaning, i. 247. Castlereagh (Lord), i. 158, 197. Cavatina, xii. 276. Charade, its solution, iii. 331, 473. Chartists, disappearing, x. 211. Chintz gowns, ii. 150. Choriasmus, its meaning, i. 305. Churmagdea, its meaning, vii.
