Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 103, October 18, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.

A lively Victorian forum for scholars, collectors and curious minds, this issue invites readers to share discoveries, pose questions, and trace the tangled threads of literary and historical knowledge. Filled with short essays, correspondence and annotated excerpts, it serves as a communal notebook where antiquarians, genealogists and artists can cross‑reference each other’s findings in a conversational tone.

The opening article turns its attention to William Caxton, England’s first printer, proposing a “Caxton Memorial” that would catalogue his translated works and assess the effort needed to reproduce these rare texts. A detailed inventory lists titles such as The Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye, The Game and Playe of the Chesse and The Golden Legende, offering a glimpse into the breadth of early English printing. The issue also revisits a contentious 17th‑century episode, examining Archbishop Williams’s role in the attainder of Lord Strafford, and invites further comment on the moral and legal questions it raises.