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•^Vmen found, make a note of." — Captain Cuttj.e. 



No. 70.] 



Saturday, March 1. 1851. 



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eONTENTS. 



Notes : — 



A Word to the Literary Men of England, by K. R. H. 



Mackenzie ------ 



The E'say on Satire, bv Bolton Corney - ' „ „' 



Macklin's Ordinary and School of Criticism, by Dr. L. 



F. Rimlwult - __ - 



"Love's Labour's Lost" - - - - - 



Notes on Newspapers, by H. M Bfalby - -• 



Mr Gocigh's Translation of tlie History of the Bible - 

 Minor Notes: — Origin of Harlequins — Monosyllables 



— The Breeches, or Geneva Bible — Etymology of 



Mushroom — Curious Fact in Natural History — Hu- 



dibras in 1710 — The Great Exhibition 



QcERtES : - 



The Ten Commandments, by Rev. A. Oatty 

 Minor Queries:— Was Hu?h Peters ever on the Stage?— 

 EngU.h Synonyraes — Christmas Day — A Coggi'shall 

 Job — •' Saffron VValden, God help me" — T. Gilburt 

 on Clandestme Marriagc-s— Father Hehl, and Cahagn -t 

 _ Roman Catholic Bishops in Ireland — Derivation of 

 th» Word Fib — Thomas. May, the Author of the Sup 

 plement to Lucan — Bunting's Irish Melodies — Kud- 

 beck, Camui Elvsii — Prince of Wales' Motto — 

 Sorrow's Danish B illads — Head of the Saviour — 

 Lines on English History — The Sword Flamberg — 

 Denarius Phiiosophorum — " Sees Good m every- 

 thing"— Oxford Friar's Voyage to the North Pole — 

 Romliu Catholic Church — Cor Lingua, &c. - 



Replies:.— 



Cardinal's Monument -.---- 



Booty's Case ------ 



The Conquest, by C. H. Cooper - - - -. 



Descent of Henry IV., by J. B. Colman - 

 Replies to Minor Queries : — Chauncy — Entwysel — 

 " Pretended" lieprint of Ancient Poetry — Lights on 

 the Altar— Cognation of the Jews and Lacedemo- 

 nians — Queen Mary's Lament — Tandem D. O. M. - 



MlSCKLUNBOUS : — 



Notes on Books, Sales, Catalogues, &c. - 



Books and Odd Volumes wanted - 



Notic 'S tij Correspondents 



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A WORD TO THE LITERAHY MEN OF ENGLAND. 



" Twenty scholars in seven years might retrieve the 

 worst l<>sse\ we exjierience from the hiyotry of popes and 

 califs. I do not intend to assert tliat every llcrculanean 

 manuscript might, within that period, be unfolded; but 

 the three first lej;ible sentences might be ; whicli is ([uite 

 sufficient to inform the intellii^ent readc-r whether a 

 farther attempt on tlie scroll would repay his trouble. 

 There are fewer than thirty Creek authors worth inquiring 

 for ; they exist, beyond doubt, and beyond doubt they may, by 

 attention, patienee, and skill, be brought to light. * * V\ itll 

 a smaller sum than is annually expended on the appoint- 

 ment of some silly and impertintMit young envoy, we 



might restore all, or nearly all those writers of immortal- 

 name, whose disappearance has been the regret of 

 genius for four entire centuries. In my opinion, a. few 

 thousand pounds, laid out on such an undertaking, 

 would be laid out as creditably as on a Persian carpet, 

 or a Turkish. tent." — Landor's Imaginary Conversations 

 — Southey and Porson — Works, \o\. I. p. 20. 



I call upon the literary men of England, upon- 

 the English government, ami upon the publicy to 

 set the° example in a glorious expedition, which,, 

 even in this age of wonders, is one of no httle im- 

 portance and magnitude. I conjure them to bear 

 in mind the words I have ]>laced at the head of , 

 this article, — the opinion of one of our best and, 

 most delightful authors. This opinion Mr. Landor, 

 veiled under the eidolon of Porson, I feel as- 

 sured, does not hold alone ; I believe it to be en- 

 o-raven on the "red-leaved tablets" of the hearts, 

 of many nmre learned and more distinguished 

 scholars than myself, who am but as the trumpet 

 which is to rouse the friends of classical literature 

 to action ; as the bell which awakens the reaper to^ 

 his abundant harvest : but I will sustain, that on. 

 none of them is it cut more deeply or more inex- 

 tinL'uishably than, on mine. 



I propose that the friends of Classical, Scan- 

 dinavian, and Oriental literature form themselv.es 

 into an Association for the Rescue of the iniiny 

 ancient MSS. in the Greek, Latin, Anglo-Saxon, 

 Norwegian, Zend, Sanscrit, Hebrew, Abyssinian, 

 Ethiopian, Hindostanee, Persian, Syriac, Arabic, 

 Armenian, Coptic, Turkish, and Chinese lan- 

 gn;,ges : — that application be made to government 

 for the pecuniary furtherance of this enterprise; 

 — and that the active co-operation of all foreign 

 literary men be secured.* 



Thii^s a careful and untiring search may be 

 entered upon in all the regions of the earth where 

 any MSS. are likely to be found, and the recovery 

 (»• loss of the many inestimable authors of anti- 

 quity be made certain. Let the libraries of Eu- 

 rope be examined strictly and intpiisitorially (and 

 this will not be a heavy expense), and the new ac- 

 cessions to classical literature printed, the IMSS. 



• I need not remind you how favourable an oppor- 

 tunity is presented by this year. 



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