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Lilaanj and Scicti'iyic In'dHgrnce. 



[April 



Tlie RovorcnJ Whlivm TAYLtn, Collator mul l-'xainiiuu- of ilie 

 Mackenzie MSS. luis sont in his 5 li r.'|»oi t, tluMiih nul "ih bcini;' iiiuU r 

 propantion. He ooncliulod Ins l.tb.mrs in .litumny Uist, w hich ha\ c hcvn 

 canitul on with imhistrv and ability hii^hly creditable to hini. lie hits 

 furni>>hed tive niagnitii cnt folio volunu's of restored manuscripts, indica- 

 ted in the course ofliis reports; earh of them consisting of between 7 

 and SOO pages, which c^re really h(\autiful specimens of native caligra- 

 pliy, in various languages, on the best English paper, and handsomely 

 and substantially bonnil in green Morocco leather. The style of get- 

 ting these volumes up, is rnrirely the spontaneous offspring of Mr. Tay- 

 lor's liberal mode of executing his task, ^Yhich jilcdged him to nothing 

 but a simple transcript of the injured MSS. We hope to be able to 

 introduce at a future period a more elaborate notice of Mr. Taylor's la- 

 bours; with some critical examination into the intrinsic value of these 

 far-famed and costly (though, wc believe, much over-rated), urieutid nia- 

 uuscrijtts. 



