ON THE LIBRARIES OF GREECE. 
Notwithstanding our acquisitions are already 
great, we should not intermit our researches 
in the Levant. Many Manuscripts may be 
saved by them from destruction. " I myself," 
says Dr. Covell, " have seen vast heaps of Ma- 
nuscripts (for I never found them on shelves, or 
in good order) of the Fathers and other learned 
authors, in the monasteries at Mount Athos, and 
elsewhere, all covered over with dust and dirt, 
and many of them rotted and spoiled 5 ." An 
inquiry should be made into the truth of what 
was stated to Hemsterhusius by some Greeks 6 , 
" that part of the Comedies of Menander was 
still in existence." Application might be made 
to the Greek Nobles of the Phanar, many of 
whom are versed in Antient Greek, and who are 
probably the possessors of some valuable Manu- 
scripts. Parts of the First Book of the Demon- 
stratio Evangelica of Eusebius were printed by 
Fabricius 1 from a Manuscript belonging to Prince 
Mavrocordato ; and a copy of the Greek Orators, 
now in England, was the property of a Greek 
Noble. 
(5) Villoismt's account of the destruction of Manuscripts at Palmos 
may be consulted. Proleg;. to Homer. 
(6) Jul. Pollux, p. 1272, Note. 
(7) Delectus Argumeutorum. 
