A Banbury Story of a Cock and a Bull.—The saying It is a cock and bull story is common enough, as every one knows, at the present day; but in former times—I mean in the last century—the phrase always ran thus It is a Banbury story of a cock and a bull. Can you inform me why was Banbury in particular fixed upon as the locality of the story? —Falgate.]

Me say sensie was found upon the grave of Solomon.

I sympathize in your resentment against the canonical Dons, who stumpify the heads of those good green people, beneath whose friendly shade so many of your happiest hours have glided away, — but they defy them; let them stumpify as much as they please, time will repair the mischief, — their verdant arms will again extend, and invite you to their shelter.

Mr. Alan Gardiner's Home Thoughts on Language emboldens one to ask whether there is not room for a science of Idiomatology* as a sister to Semantics.