A game which, while it amuses the family circle, will make its members acquainted with so many beautiful passages from our poets as are here assembled, must find a welcome in many a home at the present season.  The publisher of the Oracles has availed himself of the demand, at this period of the year, for “Song of knight and lady bright,” to re-issue in one volume instead of two, and at a reduced price, his Pictorial Book of Ballads Traditional and Romantic.

A Monumentarium of Exeter Cathedral, carefully compiled by the Rev. J.W.  Hewett, the result of six months regular labour, has been printed in the Transactions of the Exeter Architectural Society.  By this work Mr. Hewett has done good service to all genealogists, local and general historians, &c., and we know no greater benefit that could be conferred on this branch of literature, than that some of our now super-abundant brass-rubbers should follow Mr. Hewett’s example, and note with accuracy all the inscriptions, monuments, coats of arms, &c., preserved in the churches in their respective neighbourhoods.  They may then either hand them over for publication to the nearest Archaeological Society, or the Archaeological Institute, or the Society of Antiquaries; or transmit a copy of them to the MS. department of the British Museum.

Messrs. Sotheby and Wilkinson, of Wellington Street, will sell, on Monday next and two following days, the valuable Collection of Ancient and Modern Engravings of the late James Brown, Esq.

We have received the following Catalogues:—­W.S.  Lincoln’s (Cheltenham House, Westminster Road) Sixty-fourth Catalogue of Cheap Second-hand English and Foreign Books; John Miller’s (43.  Chandos Street) Catalogue Number Sixteen of Books Old and New.

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BOOKS AND ODD VOLUMES WANTED TO PURCHASE.

LELAND’S HISTORY OF IRELAND.  Vol.  II.

GRETSER OPERA OMNIA.  Folio.  Ingolst. 1616.

HEYWOOD’S SPIDER AND FLIE.  London. 1556.  Title-page and first leaf of
Table.

ESSAY ON MUSIC, ENCYC.  METROPOLITANA.

HODGSON’S LADY JANE GREY.

ZACCHIAS QUESTIONES MEDICO LEGALES.

PULLEYN’S ETYMOLOGICAL COMPENDIUM.  London. 8vo. 1850.

SHAKSPEARE’S DRAMATIC WORKS.  Vol.  IV. of Whittingham’s edition in 7 vols. 1814.

*** Letters, stating particulars and lowest price, carriage free, to be sent to MR. BELL, Publisher of “NOTES AND QUERIES,” 186.  Fleet Street.

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NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS.

ETYMOLOGICUS will find a full reply to his Query, under the word "Aiguillette,"_ in the Dictionnaire Infernal of M. Collin de Plancy; and by so doing he will also learn why we do not here enter into a fuller explanation_.

MARCH. There is no question but that we derived the name April fool_ from the French Poisson d’Avril.  See Ellis’_ Brand, vol. i. p. 82 (ed. 1841).