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CONTENTS

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Further Notes on Derivation of the Word "News", by
Samuel Hickson 81
More Borrowed Thoughts, by S. W. Singer 82
Strangers in the House of Commons, by C. Ross 83
Folk Lore:--High Spirits considered a Presage of impending
Calamity, by C Forbes 84
The Hydro-Incubator, by H. Kersley 84
Etymology of the Word "Parliament" 85
"Incidis in Scyllam, cupiens vitare Charybdim," by
C. Forbes and T. H. Friswell 85
A Note of Admiration! 86
The Earl of Norwich and his Son George Lord