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Notices to Correspondents.
_We have this week been compelled to omit our usual NOTES ON BOOKS, &c._
W. W. (Malta) _is thanked for his suggestion_. _We fear, however, that the
difficulties in the way of carrying it out, which are far more than he
suspects, will still prevent our doing so, as we have often desired._
PETER THE SAXONIAN _is referred to our_ 1st Vol., p. 102., _where he will
find that both Blair and Campbell were anticipated by Norris of Bemerton,
who sang of_
"Angels' visits, short and bright."
R. G. L. _The meaning and derivation of_ DITTO _are obvious. It means_ "the
same," _from the Italian_ ditto, _the said_.
TOUCHSTONE. _Music is sometimes engraved, sometimes printed from moveable
types._
J. C., _who inquires whether Shelley first imagined the name of_ Mab, _has,
we fear, never read Shakspeare's Romeo and Juliet, or Mercutio's account of
"the Fairie's midwife." We almost envy him._
F. R. S. (Barkisland). _His Query shall appear, and_ we think _we may
promise him a full and satisfactory Reply._
H. C. K., _and other Correspondents respecting the inscription at Dewsbury,
are thanked_.