1853.] Literary Intelligence. 493 



these characters have on an average four or five distinct values, so 

 that the very element of the study presents a really formidable diffi- 

 culty. I will write to you at greater length, as soon as I have a 

 little more time at my disposal." 



Extract from a letter from Sir Henry Elliot to Dr. A. Sprenger, 

 dated Cape Town, June 23rd, 1853. 



" I am engaged just now in printing off a few copies of some of 

 the notes and appendices I have been writing, since the beginning 

 of the year. Much is left incomplete, as I have not the means of 

 finishing the notes here, since references are required to works which 

 I have not got. This refers to the Arab period (see Journal As. Soc. 

 Vol. XX. p. 252). The previous printing of the most difficult por- 

 tion, will save a deal of trouble, when I put the whole work to press." 



