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in Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, written in 
different languages in Runic character. He also 
mentions the fact of a Pagan Runic inscription 
occurring at Jellinge, Denmark, on the tomb of 
old King Gorm, a.p. c. 900, found in a huge 
barrow ; and, at the same place, a Christian Runic 
inscription on the tomb of his son Harold. Has 
this inquiry been extended to British Runes, and 
might it not throw much light upon many monu- 
ments of dates prior to the Conquest? Crossed 
slabs with Runes have been found at Hartlepool, 
Durham ; have the inscriptions been read? (Bou- 
tell’s Christian Monuments, p. 3.; Cutt’s Manual 
of Sepulchral Slabs, pp. 52. 60. plate m1.) 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
NOTES ON BOOKS, CATALOGUES, SALES, ETC. 
The Nibelungenlied, which has’ been aptly de- 
signated the German Iliad, has hitherto been a 
sealed book to the mere English reader. Mr. 
Lettsom has however just published a most suc- 
cessful translation of it under the title of The Fall of 
the Nibelungers. Few will rise from a perusal of the 
English version of this great national epic—which 
in its present form is a work of the thirteenth cen- 
tury — without being struck with the innate power 
and character of the original poem; and without 
feeling grateful to Mr. Lettsom for furnishing 
them with so pleasing and spirited a version of it. 
Captain Curling, Clerk of the Cheque of what 
was formerly designated the Band of Gentleman 
Pensioners, has, under the influence of a laudable 
esprit de corps, combined the disjointed materials 
which Pegge had collected upon the subject with 
the fruits of his own researches; and, under the 
title of Some Account of the Ancient Corps of Gen- 
tlemen-at-Arms, has produced a volume of great 
interest doubtless to his “ brothers in arms,” and 
containing some curious illustrations of court 
ceremonial.* 
Mr. Timbs, the editor of The Year-Book of 
Facts, &c., announces for early publication a work 
on which he has been engaged for some time, en- 
titled Curiosities of London. It will, we believe, be 
altogether of a different character from Mr, Cun- 
ningham’s Handbook, and treat rather of present 
London and its amusements than of those his- 
torical and literary associations which give a charm 
to Mr. Cunningham’s volume. 
We are glad to find that the most mysterious 
and mystified portion of the Greek Geometry is 
likely to receive at last a complete elucidation — 
we mean the “Porisms.” There are so many 
* We find at page 200, an Order of the Council, 
dated Dec. 5. 1737, respecting the disposition of the 
band at the funeral of Queen Caroline, signed by 
“ Temrve Sranyan,” the subject of a Query in No. 24. 
p. 382., and of several Replies in our last, No, 28. 
p. 460, 
questions arising out of this subject, respecting 
the development of the Grecian intellect, that a 
full discussion of them is no easy task ; especially 
of those arising out of the conflicting testimonies 
furnished by history, and by the internal evidences 
contained in the existing works of the “ fathers of 
Geometry.” We certainly anticipate, from the 
known character of the minds now engaged in 
this work, that some conclusive evidence as to the 
state of geometry anterior to the time of Euclid 
will be elicited by Messrs. Potts and Davies. The 
analysis of the writings of all the authors who 
have treated on the Porism, will form a subject of 
interest not only for its assigning to every author 
his fair share of credit for his contributions to- 
wards perfecting the poristic method; but for 
that critical discrimination of principles, which con- 
stitutes one of the marked features of Mr. Davies’s 
writings in the archeology of geometry. We shall 
be glad if this slight notice of the intended work 
shall bring some accession of aid to the under- 
taking in the form of subscriptions; as upon ade- 
quate support, it appears, must depend whether 
the work shall go to press, or the project be 
abandoned. 
We have received the following Catalogues :— 
Thomas Thorpe’s (13. Henrietta Street) General 
Catalogue of very Choice, Curious, Rare, and 
most Interesting Books recently purchased, in- 
cluding some hundred articles of the utmost rarity. 
Williams and Norgate’s (14. Henrietta Street) 
No. 24. of German Book Circular, a Quarterly 
List of the principal! New Publications on the 
Continent; C. J. Stewart’s (11. King William 
Street, West Strand) Catalogue of Dogmatical, 
Polemical, and Ascetical Theology. 
WANTED. — Manuscrirr or OLpd ENGLISH PoETRY. — 
Borrowed, within the last few months, from the Town Residence 
of a Gentleman, a large 4to, MS., in modern binding, of Early 
English Poetry, by Richard Rolle, of Hampole; containing, 
among other matters, Religious Pieces couched in the form of 
Legal Instruments, and a Metrical Chronicle of the Kings of 
England, in the style of Lydgate’s. As the owner does not recol- 
lect to whom it was lent, and is very anxious to refer to it, he will 
be obliged by its immediate return, either to himself directly, or, 
if more convenient, to the Editor of ‘‘ Norges AND Queries.” 
BOOKS AND ODD VOLUMES 
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(In continuation of Lists in former Nos.) 
TuHE Docrnkine of CONSCIENCE FRAMED ACCORDING TO THE FoRM 
IN THE COMMON PRAYER Book, by Y. N., London, 1656, 8vo., 
written by John Prideaux, Lord Bishop of Worcester. 
Odd Volume. 
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