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Bill," i. 111. Bonnet = toque, xi. 366. Boy- cottage = boycotting, vi. 366. Britain as "Queen of Isles," v. 369. Cabal, xii. 46. " Catcbing the Speaker's eye," iii. 211. Children hanged, x. 354. Club, early political, vi. 305. Coffee-letter = news- letter, xi. 225. Commandeer, official use of the word, vi. 66. " Comparisons are odious," v. 292. Conservative as a political term, iv. 333 ; viii. 489 ; ix. 487. Cricket between female teams, iv. 474. Cricket matches, early, iv. 17. Crowning of dra- matic authors, viii. 366. Defoe, his financial diffi- culties, v. 285 ; and the St. Vincent eruption of 1718, ix. 461. Dickens and Yorkshire schools, v. 464. Dutch courage, xi. 47. Editors, their evolution, v. 425. "Energetic Old Man," iv. 518. English cardinals, xii. 105. Bstcott (Richard), de Lanceston, vii. 444. Exeter Theatre in 1348, vii. 506. Expenditor, obsolete term, viii. 303. Foot- ball on Shrove Tuesday, v. 402. French prisoners of war in England, v. 465. George III.'s birthday, iv. 305. Giglet, ix. 418. Hanover or Saxe-Coburg, xi. 169. "Hear, hear!" iii. 133. "Hoping against hope," x. 63. Hopton (Sir Ralph), ii. 465. Hot waters = spirituous liquors, xi. 465. House of Commons, new hours of business, ix. 465 ; seats reserved in, xii. 376. King of Bantam, v. 18. Lea (Lady Alice), legend of, x. 138. "Let them all come," vii. 35. Lincoln's Inn Fields, iv. 512. Lord Mayors, unmarried, viii. 153. Ludlow clerks, xi. 514. M.P. and Parliament man, i. 26. Mr. Attorney, v. 474. Machine = public coach, viii. 462; ix. 515. Moral pockethand kerchiefs, v. 423. Morice (Humphry), his will, iii. 241. Morice (Mr. iSecre tary) and Lord Clarendon, xii. 182. Mug, xii. 231, 518. N. & Q.,' i. 1; x. 252; xii. 276, 454. Newspaper, earliest use of word, v. 34. Newspaper early evening, vi. 89. Nicknames for colonies, x. 10 Order of Merit, x. 341. "Parliamentary Ian guage," i. 27. Partridge (John), almanac-maker, v. 6. "Peace at any price," xii. 495. Peace retrenchment, and reform, xii. 333. Peeler xi. 265. Pennyworth : " A good pennyworth,' iv. 436. Peonage, xii. 105. Peremptory, its meaning, vii. 489. Pillow-ber, xi. 145. " Plough ing the sands," vi. 134. Politician, use of the word v. 500. Porte-manteau, vii. 478. Prime Ministei or Premier, ii. 99 ; iii. 15, 109 ; iv. 34 ; v. 94 vi. 416. Prince of Wales as Duke of Cornwall v. 4. Prisoners of war in our literature, vii. 469 Reporter, use of the word, v. 516. " Running amuck," ii. 406. Sea, its pronunciation, ix. 413 Selwyn (George), iii. 245. Shakespeariana, v. 63 Skaits= skates, v. 374. Slang, first use of th< word, v. 212. Sniper, its meaning, iii. 138 ; iv. 543 Stamp collecting, v. 404; ix. 438. Stop-pres editions, v. 8. Tapping and tipping, vii. 105. Te< as a decoction, vi. 87. Tea as a meal, vii. 511 xii. 351. 'Telegraph,' iv. 348. Telegraphy, it invention, vii. 516. Ten Whelps, The, vi. 477 Thackeray, rimes to, viii. 471. Theatre, stalls in iii. 297; electric light in, viii. 294. Tobacco ii England, ii. 86. Trousers, the word, iii. 126 " True Blue Club," iii. 122. " Unspeakable Turk, iii. 235. Verbs formed out of proper names, vi 494. Whitebait dinner, xii. 337. Zareba, viii. 15

bobbins (R.) on Major Burrington, vi. 415 Robert. D.G. Pristinensis Episcopus," x. 88, 212 loberts (E.) on Blistra, i. 407. Swansea, i. 148, 370 Roberts (J.) on seal and owner, x. 487 loberts (John), his biography, vii. 268 loberts (K. M.) on " In petto," ix. 58 loberts (Lord) and Suwarrow, v. 454, 521 ; his two

painter grand-uncles, viii. 203 loberts (Robert), of Boston, his death, ii. 340 Roberts (T. D.) on Anglo-Hebrew slang: kybosh,

viii. 347. Week-end, viii.. 292

loberts (W.) on Abbot andBentham families, iii. 387. Acrography, illustrations in, vi. 46. Ailantus, iv. 423. Alton Towers sale, ii. 53. Ashbee (H. 8.), vii. 347. Barns Elms House, v. 312. Beevor family, iv. 144. Board of Green Cloth, clerks of, iv. 487; v. 51. Bronte, x. 365. Browne (Wogan), iv. 438. Canning portraits by Romney, i. 47. Catalogue of first book auction in England, vi. 391. Catalogues of English book sales, v. 429, 490 ; vi. 22, 83, 142. Charles I. relics, iii. 130. City curio collector, vii. 496. Civil List, iii. 434. Congeries, iv. 46. Cowper and the 'Times,' ix. 47. Dance (George), portraits by, iv. 1 ; viii. 501. Dickson (Robert), xii. 257. ' Dictionary of National Bio- graphy,' iv. 5. Freaks of nature in London, iii. 243. Gilbert (Davies), his 'Cornwall,' iv. 246. Hanky-panky, v. 26. Hannays of Kirkdale, v. 195. Hastings (Warren), portrait by Lawrence, iv. 263. Haydon's pictures, vi. 438. Hodges (Mrs.), iv. 499. Hoppner (John), R.A., viii. 402. James (Major Charles), i. 106. Jowett's little garden, vii. 405. Kitcat (Dick), etchings by, vi. 87. Knights, list of, iii. 493; iv. 279. London exhibitions, iii. 83. Lurid, its meaning, iv. 93. Malone (E.), iv. 56. Manuscripts at Paris, vii. 258. Marat in London, xii. 235. Mary Queen of Scots Bible, viii. 482. Massage, its antiquity, i. 384. Merlin, viii. 234, 287, 386. Montaigne's birthplace, xi. 146. Murillo's iii 67. Paine (Tom), his portrait, iii. 285. Painted and engraved portraits, vii. 438. Parry family, iv. 448. Pepper (Capt.), xii. 448. Pitt portraits, iv. 346. Portland vase, viii. 330. Potter (Charles), xii. 325. Poultry, the, iv. 384. Ramus family, iii. 348. Reynolds portrait, xi. 471. "Rock- bottom prices," x. 26. Romney (George), his books, v. 426 ; and Royal Academy, ix. 7. Roubiliac's bust of Pope, xi. 56. Rutabaga, its etymology, iii. 315. Ruts (Nicholas), xii. 228. Sarcienne (Madame), iii. 368. Science and sorcery, viii. 302. Scotch " bull,' vi. 327. Shakespeare's portraits, v. 334. Shelley's mother, v. 169. Stamp collecting, i. 115. Stowe Missal, ix. 98. Stowe sale of pictures, iv. 91. Thackeray's early writings, ix. 57. Thorns (W. J.), his library, iv. 401. Truelove (Edward), viii. 420. ' Two Duchesses,' vii. 423. Tyrone (Earl of), iii. 171. Ussher (Archbishop), his portrait, vii. 195. Verdion (Theodora de), iii. 442. Voteless candidate, v. 413. Wardrobe Book, iv. 313. Water in blossom, i. 446. Welsh alliteration, vi. 437. Wesley's portrait by Romney, xii. 37. West Indian families, iii. 93. Whaley family, xii. 198. Yates (Mrs.), actress, iii. 134. Zoffany (J.), his portrait of Johnson, i. 186
 * La Vieja, ' iii. 58. Oxford Colleges, portraits at,