Chapter X: G. X., who inquires how the word "premises" came to be used of a

house and its adjuncts, is referred to our_ 4th Vol. p. 487.

S. K. (North Wilts). _Lord Stair not the executioner of Charles I. See Answer to Correspondents last week._

R. D. H. _We are not aware of any cheap_ ANNUAL REGISTER, _unless_ The Household Narrative of Current Events _(published monthly in twopenny numbers, and in annual volumes at three shillings) may be so considered. It is a work executed with great ability, and written in the lively style which our correspondent so desires._

G. P. P. _We cannot trace the queries respecting De Pratelli's and Prestwich's_ Republica _as having been received by us._

A. A. D. _The book referred to was Whitaker's._

G. W. R. _Manlove's_ Rhymed Chronicle _is published by Shaw and Sons, Fetter Lane, and noticed by us in our Notes on Books, &c.,_ No. 116. _The addition of the price to our Notices of New Books would convert such notices into advertisements, and render them liable to the duty._

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J. B. HARRISON. _The writer of the tract,_ The Holy Table, Name and Thing, _has clearly mistaken Dover for Canterbury, called_ Dorobernia _by Bede and the early chroniclers. St. Augustine's Abbey was originally consecrated to St. Peter and St. Paul._

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THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE for FEBRUARY 1852, contains: 1. Alfred and his place in the History of England. 2. Wanderings of an Antiquary, by Thomas Wright, F.S.A. Roman Cities on the Welsh Border (with Engravings). 3. A Paper on Puppets. 4. Letters of Mrs. Piozzi, on her Anecdotes of Johnson. 5. Ulrich von Hutten, Part VI. 6. Skirmish at Penrith in 1745. 7. The Life of T. Stothard, R.A. 8. Letter of Lord Byron, denying the Authorship of The Vampire. 9. Correspondence of Sylvanus Urban: Whifflers in Norwich and in London (with Engravings). Baronial Title granted to a Portuguese by Charles II. The ancient Timber Houses of Coventry. Palimpsest Sepulchral Brass found at Norwich. The OBITUARY contains Memoirs of 1. The Earl of Suffolk; 2. Sir John Cope, Bart.; 3. Sir John Gladstone, Bart.; 4. Sir W. B. Cooke, Bart.; 5. General Sir F. P. Robinson; 6. Lieut. Gen. Sir G. A. Quentin; 7. Rear-Adm. Daly; 8. Matthias Attwood, Esq.; 9. Charles Hoare, Esq.; 10. Rev. Dr. Sadleir, Provost of Dublin; 11. Rev. Mr. Canon Tyler; 12. Rev. Dr. Ellerton; 13. Professor Dunbar of Edinburgh; 14. Mr. Russell of Birmingham; 15. J. M. W. Turner, R.A.; 16. R. C. Taylor, Esq.; 17. Mr. Hudson Turner, &c. &c.

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