Notes and Queries, Number 36, July 6, 1850

The Project Gutenberg EBook of Notes & Queries, No. 36. Saturday, July 6, 1850, by Various This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: Notes & Queries, No. 36. Saturday, July 6, 1850 A Medium Of Inter-Communication For Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, Etc. Author: Various Release Date: September 3, 2004 [EBook #13361] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK NOTES & QUERIES, NO. 36. *** Produced by Jon Ingram, David King, the Online Distributed Proofreading Team and The Internet Library of Early Journals, {81} NOTES AND QUERIES: A MEDIUM OF INTER-COMMUNICATION FOR LITERARY MEN, ARTISTS, ANTIQUARIES, GENEALOGISTS, ETC. "When found, make a note of."—CAPTAIN CUTTLE. Price Threepence. No. 36. SATURDAY, JULY 6, 1850 Stamped Edition 4d. CONTENTS NOTES:— Page 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, 84 by C Forbes 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.