Birmingham.
_Glass-making in England_ (Vol. v., pp. 322. 382.).--Allow me to refer
MR. CATO to the late Mr. Turner's work on _Domestic Architecture of the
Middle Ages_. He will there find (pp. 73-83.) an interesting digression
on the history of glass-making, and its introduction into domestic use.
In addition to the facts contained in that work, the following anecdote
from my common-place book may not be altogether uninteresting. It is
recorded with gratitude that Robert de Lindesay, chosen Abbot of
Peterborough in 1214, beautified thirty of the monastic windows with
glass, which previously had been stuffed with straw to keep out the cold
and rain. (Gunton's _Hist. Ch. Peterborough_, p. 27.; Stevens'
_Continuation of Dugdale's Monasticon_, vol. i. p. 478.)