C. MANSFIELD INGLEBY.

Birmingham.

_Lord Bacon's Advice peculiarly applicable to the Correspondents of "N. &

Q."_--Lord Bacon has written that--

"A man would do well to carry a pencil in his pocket, and write down

the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are generally

the most valuable, and should be secured, because they seldom return."

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