Nov. 1. 1851.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



357 



is moist, rather than fluid ; but even admitting the 

 latter signification, then the last syllable ought 

 surely be referred, not to eiSoy, but to its root 

 ei5w (scio) ; perceivable luithout fluid being a much 

 better characteristic than afm-ni withoid fluid. 



But taking into consideration the peculiar con- 

 struction of this sort of barometer, its flexible dia- 

 phragm supported from within against the pres- 

 sure of the atmosphere, may not its name have 

 been derived from dva (adversus), a^jp (aer), and 

 oi5os (tumor) ? A. E. B. 



iHi^rciraiicDuS. 



NOTES ON BOOKS, SALES, CATALOGUES, ETC. 

 The Chronological New Testament, in which the Text 

 of the Authorised Version is newly divided into Paragraphs 

 and Sections, with the Dates and Places nf Transactions 

 marked, the Marginal Renderings of the Translators, 

 mnnij Parallel Illustrative Passages printed at length, 

 brief Introductions to each Book, and a Running Analysis 

 of the Epistles, is another and most praisL-worthy at- 

 tempt "to make our invaluable English version more 

 intelligible to devout students of the Word of God," by 

 the various helps in arrangement and printing set forth 

 in the ample title-page which we have just transcribed. 

 All such endeavours to incre:ise that "knowledge which 

 maketh wise unto salvation" carry within themselves 

 the elements ofsuccess ; and we shall be the more glad to 

 find that the present work meets with the patronage it 

 deserves, as we may then look for tlie Old Testament 

 on the same plan. 



Those of our readers who remember the parallel 

 which Bishop Ken drew between himself and 



Bless'd Gregory, whose patriarchal height 

 Shed on the Eastern sphere celestial light, 

 and who may desire to read the life of hiin wliom that 

 great ornament of our Church chose for his model, will 

 thank us for drawing their attention to Gregory of Na- 

 ziunzum — a Contribution to the Ecclesiastical History of 

 the Fourth Century, !)y Professor llllman of Heidelberg, 

 which lias just been translated by j\lr. G. V. Cox. 

 The translator has for the present confined himself to 

 that part of Ur. Ullinan's volume which relates to the 

 life of Gregory, and is therefore more attractive to the 

 general rea'.ier ; the dogmatic part, or the statements 

 and examination of Gregory's theological opinions, 

 being for the present withheld. In this we think Mr. 

 Cox has done wisely, since wo have no doubt that the 

 present volume will be read with grett interest by 

 many who will gladly dwell upon the life and practice 

 of this distinguished Father of the Church, but who 

 would be turned aside from its perusal, from their 

 unwillingness or inability to enter upon any such 

 investigation as is implied in the critical examination of 

 Gregory's theological oi)inions. 



We liave again to tliank Dr. Latham for an impor- 

 tant contribution towards a proper knowledge of our 

 own tongue; and it would be difficult to point out a 

 more successful combination of ethnological and philo- 

 logical knowledge than is exhibited in his newly-|)nb- 

 lislied ] land-hook of the English I.iinguiige, for the (lie if 

 Students of the Universities anil Higher Classes of Schools. 



We cannot of course enter into any analysis of a work 

 which is as replete with interest and amusement as it 

 is witli instruction ; but we may point out as pecu- 

 liarly deserving of attention the first part, which treats 

 of the Germanic origin of the English language ; and 

 the second, which treats of its history and analysis. 

 We are glad to see Dr. Latham's view of the Frisian 

 share in the invasion of this country- 



The commendations so universally bestowed upon 

 Mr. Grant for the research, accuracy, and picturesque 

 interest displayed in his Memorials nf the Castle of Edin- 

 burgh, and his Memoirs of Sir W. Kirkaldy of Grange, may 

 be extended to liim for his Memoirs and Adventures nf Sir 

 John Hejiburn, Knight, Governor of Munich, Marshal of 

 France under Louis XIIL, and Commandir of the Scots 

 Brigade under Gustavus Adolphus. He has on this, as 

 on former occasions, the advantage of a new and inte- 

 resting subject; and by grouping round his hero — 

 whose conduct and bravery won for him the reputation 

 of being esteemed the best of that warlike age, next to 

 Gustavus hiinself — all the great leaders in that struggle 

 for the liberties of Germany, the Thirty Years" War — he 

 has produced a volume which will be read with great 

 interest, not only for the picture it exhibits of the dis- 

 tinguished soldier of fortune who forms its immediate 

 subject, but also for its record of the services of the 

 Scottish troops who served in the German wars under 

 Gustavus Adolphus. 



A Little Earnest Book upon a Great Old Suliject, in 

 which Mr. Wilson endeavours topourtray the thoughts 

 and feelings of the (loet, will be read with pleasure by 

 all who agree with him that poetry rightly understood 

 is associated with everything that is eternal and just, 

 true and elevating, tender and loving. It is a little book 

 of quaint and ])leasant thoughts, quaintly got up, and 

 beautifully illustrated. 



Mr. Mitchell, of Bond Street, announces a beauti- 

 fully illustrated work on The Parables of our Saviour, 

 to be engraved in the line manner by the first artists 

 from the designs of Franklin. 



The Sales of Books, &c., those heralds of the coming 

 winter, are beginning. Messrs. Puttick and Simpson 

 commence this day a six days' sale of valuable books 

 removed from the coimtry, including many curious and 

 rare works. On Monday Messrs. Sotheby and Wil- 

 kinson will commence their season by selling a portion 

 of the valuable library of a gentleman deceased, which 

 will occupy them for four days; and on Monday and 

 the fifteen following days Messrs. Foster and Son will 

 be engaged in the disposal of that matchless series of 

 exami)les of Mediaeval Architecture, and of other ob- 

 jects of decorative art, reiuarkable alike for their 

 beauty, rarity, and historical value, so long known as 

 the Cottinghani Museum. 



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