Notes and Queries, Number 211, November 12, 1853

Songs—"The Boatmen shout." Attwood. "Ah! godan lor felicita" (Faust). Spohr.

Wanted by C. Mansfield Ingleby, Birmingham.

Chapman's Architecturiæ Navales Mercaturiæ. 1768. Folio. Published in Sweden.

Wanted by Robert Stewart, Bookseller, Paisley.

The Spectator, printed by Alex. Lawrie & Co., London, 1804. Vols. I., II., III., VI., VII., and VIII.

Wanted by J. T. Cheetham, Firwood, Chadderton, near Oldham.

Notices to Correspondents

We beg to call the special attention of such of our readers as are Autograph Collectors to the advertisement which appears in the present Number, descriptive of certain family and historical papers, which have been missed within the last twelve months from the proper custody, and shall only be too glad to hear that by so doing we have at all contributed to their recovery.

Books Wanted. So many of our Correspondents seem disposed to avail themselves of our plan of placing the booksellers in direct communication with them, that we find ourselves compelled to limit each list of books to two insertions. We would also express a hope that those gentlemen who may at once succeed in obtaining any desired volumes will be good enough to notify the same to us, in order that such books may not unnecessarily appear in such list even a second time.

St. John's, who asks about the Stafford Knot, will see by our last Number, p. 454., that it is the badge or cognizance of the Earls of Stafford.

Mr. Van Laun's Query as to the derivation of Huguenot is anticipated in our 6th Vol., p. 317. Will the Note there given help him to a satisfactory solution?

The Testament of the Twelve Patriarchs, 1686.—The loan of this volume is offered by T. D. to the Correspondent who advertised for it some time since in our columns.

Amicus Veritatis, who inquires respecting Cleanliness is next to Godliness, is referred to our 4th Vol., p. 491., for its probable origin.

E. G. Ballard. The curious tenure of being the King's Vautrarius, kindly forwarded by this Correspondent, is already printed in Blount's Fragmenta Antiquitates, p. 142., ed. 1784.

C. E. F. We would strongly recommend our Correspondent to adopt the paper process described by Dr. Diamond in our first Number for the present year (with correction of using the gallic acid, which, as stated in a subsequent Number, was by accident omitted). Recent experience has more than ever convinced us that if the method there laid down be strictly followed, the photographer will not meet with failures.

An Amateur (Helston). Mr. Lyte is at present abroad, or we are sure he would readily answer the Query of our Correspondent, as to whether the chloride of barium recommended by him at p. 252., and the nitrate of lead at p. 373., are to be the crystallised or liquid preparations.

An Amateur Photographer (Manchester). If you will transmit us a specimen of the failures which you mention, especially of the waved appearance, we will do the best to answer your Queries: it is impossible otherwise satisfactorily to do so.

M. A. Always use your hyposulphite of soda saturated; it does not reduce the tone of pictures near so much as when it is used dilute.

"Notes and Queries" is published at noon on Friday, so that the Country Booksellers may receive Copies in that night's parcels, and deliver them to their Subscribers on the Saturday.

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