_The Death Watch._--Has there appeared in any of your former Numbers a Note
upon the popular, but now exploded "death watch?" In earlier life, an
instance of it occurred in my presence, which did at the time, and does
even now, "puzzle the sense." The noise (like the ticking of a watch) was
so painfully distinct, that I endeavoured twice to discover the source of
it, but in vain. I made a note of it at the time, but the narrative
(although perfectly correct) reads so much like the speculation of a sick
brain, that I hesitate to send it. If you would put this Query (however
briefly), I should much like to see it discussed in your interesting pages.