and that the pamphlet refers to the
proceedings of Valentine Greatrakes, the
famous stroker, who claimed equal power

with the kings and queens of England in
curing the king's evil? This blunder will
be found uncorrected in Dr. Lankester's
_Memorials of John Ray_, published by the
Ray Society in 1846, and does not seem
to have been suspected until the Rev.
Richard Hooper called attention to it a
short time ago in _Notes and Queries_.[11]


[11] Seventh Series, iv. 225.



An amusing instance of the invention
of a new word was afforded when the
printer produced the words ``a noticeable
fact in thisms'' instead of ``this MS.''

The misplacement of a stop, or the
transposition of a letter, or the dropping
out of one, will make sad havoc of the
sense of a passage, as when we read of
the _immoral_ works of Milton. It was,
however, a very complimentary misprint
by which it was made to appear that a
certain town had a remarkably high rate