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Merritt (E. P.) on envelopes, i. 58. Stansted Press, ix. 67. Strawberry Hill Catalogue, vii 461 ; xii. 430. Thrale (Mrs.) and Johnson's ' In Theatre,' iii. 161

Merry : ' God rest you merry," iii. 49, 116 Merry (Anthony), statesman," d. 1835, x. 228 Merry (William), 1735, his biography, xi. 89 Merry England, earliest use of the phrase, x. 88 Merryweather (G. ) on King Charles the Martyr, xi.

55

Merton, Statutes of, iii. 8, 195 Mervarid on Allen, iii. 208

Meschianza, meaning of the word, x. 30, 97, 258 Mesham (A.) on Abbots of Crokesden, vii. 449 Mesmerism in the Dark Ages, ii. 168, 314 Mesne, Manor, definitions of, vi. 68, 153, 238, 257,

292

Mess, canon of wine at, use of the word, viii. 390 Mess, Scotch title prefixed to clergyman, i. 322 Mess dress, its introduction, i. 168, 238, 277 Messenger family of Fountains and Cayton, v. 47, loO

Messiah =name of the Lord, iv. 529 Messianic medal, iii. 489 Mesteque, its etymology, vii. 105 Meston (William), poet, c. 1698, his biography, ix. 410

Meswinde the Fair, in Saxon song, ix. 8, 54, 77 ; xii. 196

Meteyard (Eliza), her ' Love Steps of Dorothy Vernon,' 208 ; her burial-place, v. 450, 496 ; her portrait, vi. 77

Methodism, early, in London, viii. 502

Methodism, Wesleyan, its organization, ix. 230

Methodists, Glory of the, i. 406, 476

Metropolitan Municipal Councils, early reference to, iv. 306

Metropolitan Railway, 1864, described, v. 6 Metropolitan toe," the term in 1642, v. 46 Metternich on Italy, iv. 249 Metwand, derivation of the word, viii. 60 Mevagissey duck, the expression, i. 467

.^ J :* on beU run g backwards, ix. 229. Keble's

Christian Year,' vii. 469 Mews Gate, Tom Payne at the, vii. 409 ; viii. 55

^L (Sir Peter) in Acts of the Priv 7 Council,

IX. 4oo

Mexico, Sir Francis Drake in, 1904, i. 325

r (Prof. Dr. F.) on authors of quotations, x. 4Uo

Meyer family, ix. 409 ; xii. 129

rbeer (G.), his La Jeunesse de Goethe,' viii. loo

Meyerbeer Scholarship for Music, viii. 190 Meynell (G. T.) on ships' periodicals, xi. 376

eynell (Mrs. ) on authors wanted, xi. 429. German

ufe, xi. 428

Meynell Langley, Derbyshire, and the Francis

family, m. 270, 331

Meynes, meaning of the term, i. 49, 92, 217, 251 (Rev. T.) and " Pretty Maid's Money,"

vm. JLoT

Meyrick collection, monumental brasses in, v. 8 Mezzofanti (Cardinal), pamphlet on, 1857, iv. 168 ;

his linguistic attainments, vii. 6, 57, 112 Mezzotmters, British, ii. 481, 521 ; iii. 113 Mezzotints in colour by Le Blon, x. 450 Michaelmas custom in Ireland, ii. 347, 431 Michaelmas Day, its date, x. 150, 194, 336

3hel (Francisque), his ' Les Ecossais en France,'

X. loL

Michell (G. B.) on Cabot and Mvchell, v. 357. Heraldic, iii. 409. Mitchell = Pell, v. 369

Michell (John), Mayor of London, xii. 361, 475 Michell (J. C.) on Beyle : Stendhal, i. 34. Montijo

(Madame de), vii. 310

Michell (O.) on Xavier de Maistre's allusions, v. 409 Michell (R. ) on Bishop Island, South Pacific, vi. 29 ; vii. 69. Duma, vi. 12. Gordon : the name in Russia, vi. 34. Peroun, ix. 155

Michell family, v. 445, 496

Mickle : Every mickle makes a muckle, mis- quotation, x. 286

Mickle ( W. J. ), his ' There's nae Luck about the House,' iv. 161

Mickleburgh (J. P.) on ' The Lovers,' 1683, iv. 47

Micklethwaite (John Thomas), his death, vi. 358

Midday at Bale, story of, x. 310, 392

Middle Ages, astronomy in, xii. 9

Middle English, glosses of, ix. 126

Middle Templar on Robert Goodwin of Derry, iv. 366

Middlebrook Museum, its sale, ix. 484

Middlesex, Page family estates in, vii. 322, 410 ; houses of the nobility, c. 1680, xii. 143

Middleton (Bishop Fanshawe), his name, vi. 151

Middleton (J.) and Cripplegate water supply, 1483, iii. 109

Middleton ("Memory"), of Calcutta, iv. 530; and Warren Hastings, v. 73

Middleton (T.), emendations in his dramas, ix. 301

Middleton family, vi. 329, 453

Middleton Races, 1781, described by Thomas Blore, ix. 5

Midhurst, Sussex, longevity at, v. 445

Midlavant Church, Dame Mary May's monument in, i. 449, 497

Midsummer Day, divination by eggs, iv. 27

Midsummer festivities, ix. 481 ; x. 52

Midwife toad, ix. 129, 236

Milan, Leonardo da Vinci in, i. 26 ; inscription on Byron's bust at, 205 ; inscriptions to English- speaking persons at, vi. 4 ; Alexandrian Library at, ix. 188 ; and Mediolanum, x. 374

Mildew in books, remedy for, xii. 387, 436

Mildmay (Sir Humphrey), his ' Diary,' i. 220

Mile End, Mr. Gordon's garden at, i. 349 ; " Vine ' Tavern at, ii. 167, 218, 252

Mileage computations, old-time, vii. 449, 496

Miles, English equivalent of the Latin word, vii. 109

Miles (J.) on c Memoirs of a Young Lady of Quality,' viii. 450

Miles (W.) on L. H., artist, xii. 29

Milestones in England, i. 7, 132, 195

Military and martial law, their difference, vi. 386

Military buttons, i. 349, 472

Military execution in 1861 at Malta, iii. 304, 375

Military musters, Tinners in, c. 1572, vii. 428 ; viii. 55 ; in the sixteenth century, xii. 422

Military officer, oldest British, i. 389 ; ii. 17 ; x. 97

Military punishments, the bastinado, x. 246, 355, 397

Military records, West Indian, prior to nineteenth century, vi. 428, 476

Militia, City of London, 1716, its records, v. 488 ; North Bungay Fencibles, x. 429

Militia lists, early, x. 489 ; xi. 55, 153

Milk, used in building, ii. 455 ; snakes drinking, x. 265, 316, 335, 377, 418 ; xi. 157, 336

Mill at Gosport, Hants, x. 68, 118 ; xi. 172

Mill (James) and Jeremy Bentham, their resi- dence, vii. 350

Mill (John Stuart), on franchise for women, i. 327 ; his house at Pentonville, vii. 413