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 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