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to fpeak more properly, refemblir^ paper 

 which had been burnt. Where the baking 

 lias not been complete, and where any 

 part of" the vegetable juice has remained, 

 it is almoft impol'fible to unroll them, the 

 flieets towards the centre being lb clofely 

 united. In the others, as you approach 

 to the centre, or conclullon, the nianu- 

 fcripts become fmoother, and the work 

 proceeds with greater rapidity. At pre- 

 lent there are about fifteen men at work, 

 each occupied at a mauufcnpt; and as 

 pruflice has made them expert, we have 

 a right to expect a copy more perfect 

 than tliat of Epicurus, which was un- 

 rolled in March laft : twenty-feven flieets 

 of which were taken orF, not indeed lo 

 well as could iiave been hoped, but a 

 great part fufficiently intelligible, to judge 

 of the llyle of the author, and the nature 

 of its contents. It unfortunately fell to 

 the lot of a young beginner, who, in his 

 hurry to c'onclucle, fpoilcd much more 

 than he favcd. 



" The Papt/ri are very rough on the 

 outfide, and in fome there arc great holts. 

 In the plan (that accompanies this paper, 

 Plate I.) is the general form of the ine- 

 qualities, all of whicii are to he made 

 fmooth, previous to unrolling them with 

 facility ; in confequence much muft ine- 

 vitably be loft. Great care is taken, how- 

 ever, to profei've all the pieces, and whcu 

 broken otF, they are placed in the fame 

 flieet, prefcrving their ori^i^inal pofition. 



" When firft Mr. Hayter began this 

 proccfs, there was one man tolerably ex- 

 pert, and three only who had ever feen 

 the manner of it; confequently all were 

 to be taught. This may fer\e as a reu- 

 fon why as yet fo little has been done. 

 One Latin maimfcript has been found, 

 but it was in too bad a ftate to proniife 

 any chance of fuccefs They are of dif- 

 ferent fizes, fome containing only a kw 

 flieets, as a fingle play, others fome hun- 

 dreds, and a few perhaps two thoufund. 

 We may hope from the firft, Menander; 

 and from the others, the hiftories of Livy, 

 and Diodorus Siculus, perhaps the Done 

 poetry of the Sicilian Mufe, or the phi- 

 lofophy of the fchools of Agrigeutum and 

 of Syracufe. VVe arc led then from the 

 nature of the manufcripts to truft, that 

 the iii'lefatigable labours, the atleiitioii 

 and induftryof Mr. Hayter, will not be 

 thrown away; and that the alFifuince to 

 he derived from the EngUlh miniller, 

 Mr. Druminond, as well on account of 

 his flalTical knowledge, and his love of 

 literature, as the advantages arifmg from 

 Lis lituution, may cominaiid ultiuiale 



Mo.MULY -VIao'No. Ij'^. 



fuccefs, and fecure the attempters the 

 protection of the Neapolitan govern- 

 ment, and the thanks of the literary 

 world. I have inclofed the plan of the 

 procefs, and have the honour to be. 

 Your moft obedient and humble fervant, 

 IIenky Grlv Bennett." 



Other of the more remarkable papers 

 are, " Some Remarks on the ancient Cc~ 

 remony of the Feiijl of Fools," by Mr. 

 Douce ; a " Memoir on the Viciffitudes of 

 the Frincipiilitt/ of Antioch, during the 

 CrufiHlt:9." by Mr. Damian'i ; " Remarks 

 on the Fortrcffes of ancient Greece," hj 

 Mr. Hamilton; and two papers by Mr, 

 Smirke, on the " Re?naina of GothicArchi- 

 teflure in Italy and Sicily." The latter are 

 accompanied by a feries of Plates: and 

 form one of the moft entertaining por- 

 tions of the volume. They are too con- 

 nected for extracts, and too important to 

 abridge. — ^The plates are truly elegant. 



The " Picture of Edinburgh," by Mr, 

 Stark, will be found a very uleful Ma/-. 

 nual, artbrding a particular account, 

 not only of the city, but of every remark-" 

 able object connected with it. It is of a 

 .very convenient fize, and is illuftrated by 

 a map of Edinburgh, and a number of 

 fmall engravings on wood. The Biogra- 

 phia Scotica, by the fame author, was 

 noticed in a former Retrofpe6t. 



After tlie " Vicuria," and " Ducatus 

 Leodienfis" by Thoresby, nothing par- 

 ticularly new to the Antiquary will be 

 ex petted in the " Walk through Leeds.'' 

 The increafe of the town, however, lines 

 Thorelby's time, not only in popukuion, 

 but m opulenci', will make it a fervice- 

 ahle guide to ftrangcus. 



CLASSICAL ANTIQUITIES. 



Having alreaily placed l^r. Clarke's 

 Dilfertation on the To-.nb of Alexander, 

 among the works on Chiihc literature, it 

 becomes neceffary that we (hould con- 

 flder the " Review" of it by Heraclides-, 

 in Eight Letters, as an appendage to the 

 fame department. It is a publication, 

 which, in point of real learning, is per- 

 haps behind the Teftimonies adduced by 

 Dr. Clarke and Mr. Henley; and we 

 conlefs ourfelves olYended with thole fen-, 

 tences which feem to reflect on the Uni- 

 vedity of Cambridge, for rewarding Dr. 

 Clarke's travels and difcoveries with aca- 

 demic honours; though in the main ob- 

 ject of the Letters we perfectly aj^ivc. 

 The iinpiolKihility of the brecclated Sai- 

 coplidgus nt)w at the IMnfeum, having 

 once been the (hrine of Alexander, was 

 firft canva'.fed in our Magazine. Other 

 critics have fnice tntered deeper into ths 

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