april — june, 1857.] Miscellaneous Notices. 165 



t he University of Dublin conferred on him the honorary degree of LL.D. H13 

 published papers are scattered through the pages of different periodicals. Three 

 have appeared in the Transactions or Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, 

 viz., ' On the Species of Seals (Phocidae) inhabiting the Irish Seas,' — ' On the 

 remains of Oxen found in the Bogs of Ireland,'— and 'On the Cephalopoda of 

 the Irish Seas.' That he was at all times ready to impart his information freely 

 to others, most of the zoological works published in these kingdoms during the 

 last few years afford ample testimony." 



Dr. Ball's books and collections are announced for sale in Dublin. 



Since the issue of our last number, Mr. Prendergast has finished 

 his task, and we have now A complete Concordance of the Poetical 

 Works of Milton. The Concordance extends over 416 closely 

 written quarto pages, and some idea of the patience it must have 

 made trial of may be formed by referring to words like * such* 

 and ' though? the former of which we can now assert (on Mr. 

 Frendergast's authority) that John Milton has repeated 256 times 

 and the latter 273 times in his Poetical writings. 



The Concordance has been made, it is said, " from the Edition 

 by Sir Egerton Brydges, in 6 vols. 12mo. printed byMacrone, St* 

 James Square, London, 1835 ; but of course the references in res- 

 pect of Books and Lines are applicable to any Edition." 



The work came out in 12 parts, 2 Rs. each part, and was printed 

 by Messrs. Pharoah and Co., at the Athenceum Press, Madras. 



The Rev. R. Caldwell whose Comparative Grammar of the Dravi- 

 dian Tongues, and whose lengthened labours as a Missionary in the 

 South of India were noticed in our last number,* 1 has had the hono- 

 rary distinction of LL.D. conferred upon him by the Glasgow 

 University. 



Lieut.-Gen. John Briggs, f. k. s., of the Madras Army, has just 

 issued a popular view of the present state and future prospects of 

 the Eastern Continental Empire entitled India and Europe compared. 

 (Allen and Co.) 



Chapters 1 and 2 are devoted to establish the identity of the 

 races as evinced in four peculiarities belonging to both and to no 

 other race of men. The area and population of India is also given. 



* p. 271, Vol. I. 



