OF THE HISTORIC SOCIETY OF LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE. NEW SERIES-VOLUME III. SESSION 1862-63. LIVERPOOL: ADAM HOLDEN, 48, CHURCH STREET. 1863. This Volume has been edited by the Assistant Secretary, under the direction of the Council. The Writers of Papers, however, are alone responsible for the facts and opinions contained in their respective communications. EXPLANATORY NOTE. Plate V is printed at the expense of the Society, from a drawing on the stone by Mr. Gregson; the Hilbre Cross and ancient Crotal are lent by the Rev. A. Hume, D.C.L., the Honorary Secretary. All the other Illustrations are furnished at the Society's expense, from original drawings or materials supplied by the respective authors. COUNCIL AND OFFICERS FOR 1862-8. President. Lieut.-General the Hon. Sir EDWARD CUST, K.C.H., D.C.L., Leasowe Castle. A. CRAIG GIBSON, F.S.A., Stonesfield, Bebington, Birkenhead. Treasurer. W. BURKE, Esq., 17, Bagot Street, Smithdown Road, Liverpool. Hon. Secretary. Rev. A. HUME, D.C.L., LL.D., 24, Clarence Street, Everton, Liverpool. Assistant Secretary. J. H. GENN, Esq., 9, Sugnall Street, Liverpool. * In accordance with Law XX the Council added the three elected Vice Presidents, the Librarian and the Curator to all the Sectional Committees. CONTENTS. [Papers marked thus * are illustrated.] *On Virgil's Plough, as illustrated by a rude Implement in modern use in Spain. By J. F. Marsh, Esq. On the Life and Writings of Schiller. By the Rev. Hermann On Micro-Geology. By Edward H. Birkenhead, F.G.S.......... Every-day Life of a Country Gentleman of Cheshire in the 17th Century; as shewn in the Private Expenditure Journal of PAGE *An Account of the Life and Writings of the late Henry Buckley. By T. T. Wilkinson, F.R.A.S., &c............................ On the Scarcity of Home-Grown Fruits in Great Britain; with Remedial Suggestions. By C. Roach Smith, F.S.A. &c... 129 *On the Typical Quadrumana; with especial reference to St. Hilaire's Division into Catarrhine and Platyrrhine Groups. By Cuthbert Collingwood, M.B., F.L.S., Hon. Sec. to the Liverpool Literary and Philosophical Society. 141 Popular Rhymes and Proverbs connected with Localities. Second Series. By A. Craig Gibson, F.S.A., Hon. Curator 159 *Local Chit-Chat of the "Forty-Five." By Lieutenant-General the Hon. Sir Edward Cust, D.C.L., President *Notes on Insects injurious to Fruit and Forest Trees. By |