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NOTES:-Fairy-haunted Kensington, 1-Lady Anne Hol- Thus it was that young Albion, a prince of Hertford-"Churchyard Cough"-Long Public Service, 7. A foot in height! How stately did he show! QUERIES:-" Unconscionable time dying "- "Thune": Stepney-Eleanor of Castile-Rev. R. Rauthmel, 8- Cantus Hibernici'- - "Unbychid"- H. S. Kemble London and Neighbourhood,' 1750-Sea-Voyage of Aloysius' - Romney's Ancestry-Isle of Man and the Countess of Derby Doncaster: Image of the Blessed Virgin, 9-Authors of Quotations Wanted-Boddington Family Officers of State in Scotland-John Stivens- REPLIES:-First Female Abolitionist, 10-St. Oswald: "Gescheibte Turm "Cowper, Lamb, or Hood?-Mar- they sigh their love into each other's ears, In words so melting that, compared with those, gowns. quise de la Fayette-"Mony a pickle maks a mickle"- ladde"-"Poor Dog Tray," 14-March 25 as New Year's Day-Ausone de Chancel, 15-A Knighthood of 1603-mediate banishment of Albion from fairy- Dole Cupboards, 16-Sante Fé, 17-Courtesy Titles, 18. NOTES ON BOOKS: - Sheridan's Dramatic Works - land and the speedy marriage of Kenna to IN choosing Kensington Gardens for the haunt of Peter Pan and his elfish companions, Mr. J. M. Barrie has followed the example of an early eighteenth-century poet, Thomas On every hill, and danced in every shade. Jn Tickell's time Kensington Gardens was a fashionable resort, where, he tells us, The dames of Britain oft' in crowds repair, To gravel walks and unpolluted air; Here, while the Town in damps and darkness lies, They breathe in sunshine and see azure skies. But charming as Kensington was to the beaux and belles of early Hanoverian days, Far sweeter was it when its peopled ground With fairy domes and dazzling towers was crowned. In the dim past the seat of Oberon, the Elfin king, was situated here. Only fairies were admitted into the beautiful domain that We need not pursue the story further than to say that the death of Albion in battle is followed by the destruction of the fairy kingdom and the dispersal of the fairies. All except heart-broken Kenna haunt the grove where her mortal lover, Her faithful attachment to scenes endeared Such in brief is Tickell's story, and, after forgotten poets, though he wrote a good |