Crossword-Solution: DEARDEN 7 letters, 1 clue 🏆 scrabble score: 9

Thomas Crossley, the 'Bard of Ovenden,' like Story, possessed of lyrical talents of the highest order, was a frequent contributor to the county papers; and he published, in 1837, an admirable and delightful volume, entitled, 'The Flowers of Ebor.' In the same year, William Dearden, the 'Bard of Caldene,' the possessor of high gifts, published his 'Star-Seer; a Poem in Five Cantos,' which was distinguished by great power, originality, and loftiness of conception.

Dearden's account, published eighteen years ago, saying, 'he took from his hat, the usual receptacle, &c.,' which suggests an impression of unconscious plagiarism.

Dearden (1958) studied the baculum in two Asiatic species of _Lagurus_, in six subspecies of _Lagurus curtatus_ of North America, and in six other species of microtines of other genera.

The differences between this specimen and others examined by Hamilton (1946:381), Dearden (1958:542), and myself, namely the relatively larger median ossification, the absence of ossification in lateral processes, and the distinctly bilobate base and larger size, may represent geographic differences, or individual variation.

Dearden states that the three bacula examined by him of _Phenacomys longicaudus_ differ markedly from the specimen described by Hamilton.