Title: Notes and Queries, Number 01, November 3, 1849
Author: Various
Release date: August 1, 2005 [eBook #8603]
Most recently updated: January 17, 2013
Language: English
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Notes and Queries was the mid-19th century equivalent of an antiquarian newsgroup. It fulfilled the needs of the legions of amateur early Victorian enthusiasts in many fields: the etymology of words, the origin on local customs, the meaning of heraldic emblems; it was also (as the title suggests) a medium of intercommunication between the growing number of professional writers in these fields.
