Αλλα Ζευς Προτερος γεγονει, και πλειονα ηδει ; i. e. "But Jove was born the first, and more he knows." This verse is also alluded to by Proclus, in page 253 of the same Work. If Proclus had not, after quoting this verse, immediately added φησιν ομηρος, I should have concluded, from the manner of it, that it was an Orphic line."C. I. No. 42. p. 361. Should you indeed? I shall conclude from the remark, that a man more ridiculously ignorant of Greek literature does not exist. The line which he has discovered, and translated, and Orphicized, you will find, if you look for it, quietly reposing in its proper place, it being the 355th line of the 13th Book of the Iliad. What could have made Valpy admit such a betise? And yet this Taylor is one of the most arrogant revilers of real scholars extant. I began this correspondence in jest, but I conclude it quite in earnest, by saying, that however I may agree with the Quarterly Review in his remarks on Thes. I was sorry and vexed to find him stigmatizing Valpy, one of the most learned, upright, and enterprizing booksellers in the kingdom, with the opprobrious title of the Curll of the present day. Nothing could be more ungenerous, or more unjust. I do not know any man who has done more for the cause of classical literature, by supplying excellent elementary treatises-by setting afoot great literary projects, * and by giving useful editions-than Valpy; and it is very unfair that he should be so abused, even although he has let Barker run riot "preaching on αγαλμα," as a droll poet of your own phrases it-or has published various irritated growlingsof ill-humoured scholars. This I must say, who know nothing of him but by his works. Will you let me add a word about politics? Nothing to be sure can be more absurd than to praise or abuse any man's literary produc tions by the test of his political itical opinions; yet after all it must be annoying enough to Valpy to find himself attacked by the full weight of the Tory press, while he is perfectly conscious that had he the felicity of being a Whig, not an instrument of the party, from the cracked jewsharp of the Examiner, up to the Scottish bagpipe of the Edinburgh, would have breathed any thing but notes of gratulation, without regarding at all whether he was right or wrong. Verily, whatever may be Whig demerits, they have the merit of clinging to one another manfully. * The Reviewer has misrepresented the nature of Valpy's edition of the Latin Classics. It is not a mere reprint of the Delphin edition, for it contains the best Vari orum notes on each author, and all the necessary subsidia. I confess, indeed, that I think it would have been much better if the trumpery of the Delphin commentators were entirely neglected, as, with few exceptions, they were very incapable people. + Certainly. C. N. Speedily will be published, by command, nd under the especial sanction of his Masty, the History of the Coronation of his lost Sacred Majesty King George IV. Ontaining a full and authentic Detail of me Ceremonies observed at that august lemnity, together with the Proceedings id Adjudications of the Court of Claims ad of the Privy Council, the Names of the veral Princes of the Blood Royal, Peers, reat Officers of State, Members of his Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, nights of the several Orders, and others 10 attended on this memorable occasion. he whole illustrated with Copies of the rious Documents issued by the several epartments connected with the Ceremony, d with superb Engravings of the Rega, as also of the e magnificent Royal orn by the Sovereign, the splendid Dresses the Peers, Privy Counsellors, Officers the Royal Household, &c.; together Ath Plates, from Drawings taken by the st Artists, of the Interior of Westminster bbey and Hall, at the most interesting riods of the Solemnity. By Sir George ayler, Clarenceux King of Arms, &c. &c. more detailed Prospectus is in prepara.or, a New Guide to the Peculiarities of the Memoirs of Benvenuto Cellini. Written by himself. Translated from the Italian. 2 vols. 8vo. The Highlanders; a Tale. By the au thor of The Hermit in London.' In 3 vols. The Hermit in London. A new Edition, with Additions. 3 vols. Preparing for publication, in 6 vols. 12mo. The Preacher; consisting of Sketches of Original Sermons, from the MSS. of two eminent Divines of the last Century; with a Familiar Essay on Pulpit Composition, principally intended for young Ministers, and Lay Teachers. : Robes on, and will very shortly be ready for deVery, upon application at the principal ooksellers in London. A new Poem, by Lord Byron, entitled ardanapalus. -Mr Barry Cornwall's new Poem, The eluge, relates to that event as described 7 classic authors. In a few days will appear, The History Lady Jane Grey and her Times. By eorge Howard. 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Professor Monk has been occupied for three or four years, in preparing a Life of Doctor Bentley; a work which, it is ex. pected, will be sent to the press early in the ensuing spring. The biography of this scholar, the most celebrated of all who ever established a reputation in the department of classical learning, is intimately connect The Encyclopædia Metropolitana hang come into the hands of new Published with the History of the University of ts, the Fifth Part of that Work will ap. ear on the 1st of January, 1822. The London Journal of Arts and Scinces, will, in future, be published on the st of every month, instead of every two months, making two Volumes annually, nd the price will be 2s. 6d. instead of 3s. d. The Carnival of Death; a satirical Poem. By Mr Bailey, author of What is Life?" nd other Poems, will soon appear. Mr James Townsend is preparing for ublication a Translation of the Bachelor f Salamanca; a novel. By Le Sage. Cambridge for above 40 years, a period of unusual interest, and with the literary history of this country for a still longer time. It has been frequently remarked, that such a work is a desideratum in English literature; and this it is the author's endeavour to supply. He has industriously sought for documents which may throw light upon the events of those days, or tend to elucidate the character, the conduct, and the writings of Bentley. For this purpose he has searched the voluminous manuscript collections of Baker, of Cole, and of Hearne, as well as other records preserved in the British Museum, the Bodleian, the Lambeth Library, &c. He has been indulged with an unreserved access to all the registers and other documents belonging both to the University and to Trinity College; which, in conjunction with various letters and private papers, and a full assemblage of legal records, have enabled him to unravel and explain the curious conflicts which Bentley went through in the course of his long academical life; and which, no less than his writings, brought him in contact with many of the most illustrious characters who were his contemporaries. Professor Monk has also availed himself of that very important correspondence between Bentley and the first scholars of his age, which has been spoken of in p. 403 of the Museum Criticum; as well as of a still more extensive assortment of papers, comprising letters of Bishop Atterbury, Bishop Sherlock, Bishop Greene, Dr Conyers Middleton, Dr Andrew Snape, Bishop Hare, Bishop Zachary Pearce, and many other highly distinguished characters, who were intimately connected with the leading events of Bentley's history; also the whole of the manuscripts left by Dr Colbatch, his principal opponent in Trinity College. He has omitted no means in his power of obtaining a sight of Bentley's letters, which are in pri. vate hands, having made applications to all quarters where he thought that such deposits were likely to be found. 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