INSCRIPTIONES BRITANNIA LATINS. 147 



and Yates," some of whose names are favourably known on this side 

 of the Atlantic. Nor must we omit mentioning the pleasing refer- 

 ence by the German savant to the hospitality of His Grace the Duke 

 of Northumberland, whose liberality has placed antiquarian investi- 

 gators under so many obligations. Even since his return to Germany 

 he has had the advantage of communications on the subject of his 

 volume from " Bruce, Kenrick, Mvirray, Thompson, Wright and 

 Yates," so that the book contains information almost up to the time of 

 publication — the month of June in the year just ended. In addition 

 to these appliances, the learned Editor has had the opportunity of refer- 

 ring to the works of a remarkably large number of authors, forming 

 in his list about five hundred items; nor in all the authorities there 

 cited are there more than four marked by the asterisk that indicates 

 that he had not seen them. In addition to these he drew information 

 from various periodicals, including Transactions, Journals, &c., and 

 also from some anonymous publications. The result has been that 

 we find in the work such a collection of varias lectiones of Britanno- 

 Roman inscriptions as has never before appeared. His readings of 

 the text are consequently of the utmost value, and his expansions 

 are generally satisfactory. In very many of these, however, he has 

 been anticipated in the pages of this Journal,* a fact of which he 

 seems not to have been aware, as, in several instances, he does not 

 make the usual acknowledgment of priority on the part of another 

 writer. 



We subjoin a few examples, in which this omission is especially 

 mai'ked. 



In n. 420 we have the following inscription as read by him : — ■ 



D M^ 



CONDATI 

 ATTONIVS 

 QVINTIANVS 

 MEN EX CC IMP 

 EX IVSSO LL-M 



At the close of his remarks on this he observes : " Rectam expU- 

 cationem proposuit Mommsenus 'D(eo) M{arti) Condati Attonius 

 Quint ianus men{^sor) ex cc (ducenarid) imp(eratoris) ex jusso l{aetus) 

 l{ibens) m{erito)' " In the tenth volume of this Journal, p. 96, 



* In Dr. McCaul's articles on "Latin Inscriptions found in Britain." 



