*857-59 the ‘COLLIER CORRECTIONS’ 87 
annotated and ‘ corrected ’ throughout in a hand 
of about the middle of the seventeenth century. 
The facts of the case were these ; — Early in 1852, 
Mr. Collier, a well-known Shakespearian scholar, 
came into possession of this volume, which he 
presented to the Duke of Devonshire. On the 
death of the Duke in 1859, the volume was de- 
posited for examination at the British Museum, 
at the request of Sir Frederick Madden and others. 
The result of the scrutiny, made with the micro- 
scope by Professors Maskelyne and Owen, went 
to prove that the pretended old corrections were 
aothing but modern forgeries in a pseudo-antique 
Script, traced first in lead pencil and afterwards 
‘aked over. 
Amongst the reviews and articles written for 
t^arious magazines by Owen in 1859 may be men 
tioned an article on David Livingstone’s travels 
M the ‘ Quarterly,’ and a review of the ‘ History 
of Ceylon,’ by Emerson Tennent, who wrote the 
following letter of thanks, dated from the Board 
of Trade, October 15, 18.59 : — 
‘ My dear Sir, — I have just laid down the 
“ Edinburgh Review ” after reading your article on 
book : and with as much composure as I can 
assume after the ecstasy of so much praise I 
fasten to offer you my earliest acknowledgments 
and my most grateful thanks. You have most 
successfully condensed in one attractive chapter 
