The Author apologises for ending, instead of commencing, his
former volumes, with an inquiry into his pedigree—How to improve
a family name—The cognomen of Alderman Sir W. Stammer—Vowel
_versus_ Consonant—The lady of “masculine understanding”—The
Alderman’s conditions on altering his surname—Unsuspected
presidency of _King James_ at the Dublin municipal
meetings—Ulster king-at-arms—George the Fourth’s visit to
Dublin—Various heraldic bearings 1