a sort of serio-comical way, in a style rather of banter and point; than in sober, serious earnest; and I infer that he was in some such frame of mind when he called his learned friend a Jacobite: not to mention the absurdity of deliberately and seriously calling a person a Jacobite at a time when the very title is altogether extinct, and no reason for using the word now remains. Still, as Dr. Routh is known as the head of a college distinguished for its attachment to the principles of the Revolution, and has himself published the improved edition of Bishop Burnet's History of his Own Times, he may not choose in any way to tarnish the character of his college, nor to have his own left under a charge of inconsistency. And, besides all this, Dr. Parr's insinuation relative to his learned friend may be considered as connected with some of his own, certainly not very respectful sentiments and expressions relative to his present Majesty, hardly consistent with the principles of one with whom it appears to be a leading rule (as he expressed himself to me) "not to speak evil of dignities;" Dr. Routh, therefore, does not consider himself responsible for any such-like matters which may occur in the writings of his late learned friend. After all, Dr. Routh did not mean to impugn any principles or sentiments avowed by Dr. Parr (these he left to speak for themselves), nor to charge him with any unkind intentions; but only with having spoken unguardedly of him, and certainly without any just reason or proper authority. Neither did he ascribe any illiberal motives to the respectable editor of Dr. Parr's works in retaining the objectionable passage alluded to. On the contrary, as the sheet containing it was sent to Oxford; as the doctor marked the part to be cancelled; as it appears that some cancel was made, and that notwithstanding the objectionable passage is retained; the retention of it, it should seem, must be ascribed rather to some mistake of the printer, than any oversight or any design of the editor. Original Letter of SIR WILLIAM JONES. There is reason to believe that the following letter from Sir Wm. Jones has never appeared in print before its present publication for a copy of it we must acknowlege our obligations to Lady Chambers, of Putney (widow of Sir Robert Chambers, late Chief Justice in Bengal). From the universality of his extraordinary acquirements, Sir Wm. Jones obtained and justly merited the title of "all-accomplished:" and among the various circumstances that chiefly contributed to acquire for him so ho norable a distinction, was his peculiar felicity in epistolary composition. 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Oxonii 1828. pp. xxviii. 310. IN a former No.' of this Journal, we gave our readers an account of à new edition of the Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle, which has lately been published at Oxford by Mr. Cardwell. In such quarterly criticism as ours, we find it sometimes impossible, on account of the shortness of the time at our disposal, to give that full consideration to single passages, and to examine a book with that scrupulous attention which we recommend to authors and editors. Accordingly, as dies diem docet, we have some corrections to make of inaccuracies into which we had then fallen, and some additions which we beg now to offer to our readers; the latter, indeed, chiefly consisting of discussions on two grammatical points, of some nicety and difficulty, and not devoid of interest to the verbal critic and scholar. We proceed therefore, at once, to set down our remarks, 1 No. LXXVI. p. 273–301. VOL. XXXIX. CI. JI. NO. LXXVIII. O premising only that for the sake of brevity we do not repeat what we have previously written, and must beg our readers to turn back to the notes referred to in our former article. 1. 6. 8. We now perceive that oy is omitted in several Mss. and in the scholiasts. Compare also 11. 7. 16. åλλà πepì μèv τούτων καὶ ἄλλοθι καιρὸς ἔσται. Inf. § 16. καὶ περὶ μὲν τούτων ἐπὶ τοσοῦτον εἰρήσθω. vii. 1. 4. ἀλλὰ περὶ μὲν τῆς διαθέσεως τῆς τοιαύTYS VOTEρOV TOINTÉov Tivà μveíav. Eth. Eud. 1. 5. p. 83. 9. Sylb. ἀλλὰ περὶ μὲν τούτων ὕστερον ἐπισκεπτέον. Hist. An. I. 4. 2. vi. Read puti: on which form, see Dobree ad Aristoph. Plut. 1065. 1.6. 11. 1. 7. 13. Perhaps λeitera dý. 1. 9. 3. v. 4. 5. vii. 7. 1. On these passages we shall say more in a detailed examination which we shall append to this article of the use of the particle av before ɛi. 1. 9. 11. The following passage of Athenæus has been pointed out to us. ix. p. 393 D. ὁ τὰ Κεφαλίωνος ἐπιγραφό μενα Τρωϊκὰ συνθεὶς Ηγησιάναξ ὁ ̓Αλεξανδρεύς. This example is decisive against our assertion generally, that Tpwïxà never means an account of the Trojan war, (or rather of Trojan affairs. See Steph. Byz. in 'Aploẞn.) Still, it should be observed, this is the usage of a late age and an unclassical country (if we may be excused such a word); and Aristotle himself elsewhere uses the word in the common limited sense (Metaph. 1v. 11. p. 83. Syib. πρότερον γὰρ τὰ Τρωϊκὰ τῶν Μηδικῶν). It should be remembered, that this is not a choice between the authority of Mss. and a conjectural emendation, but between the authority of different Mss. We admit that our argument derived from the former confusion of T and H in the Florence Ms. is considerably weakened by the occurrence of Towïxaïs in the Paris Ms. III. 2. 17. On the use of apá ye in an interrogative sense we shall offer some remarks, in correction and supplement of our former note, at the end of this article. ó 111. 5. 21. Compare also Mag. Mor. 1. 35. p. 40. 4. λéyw dè ws ἂν ὁ λόγος ὁ ὀρθὸς κελεύσειεν ἂν οὕτως ἔπραξεν. This is an additional exception to an observation which we made in our former number, that Aristotle never uses the double av. See p. 286, note. 111.8.6. p. 281.7 lines from the bottom, for " see through," read "have seen through." 111. 8. 16. 111. 12. 7. On the last of these passages we were (as has been remarked to us) completely mistaken; and we must hope that our readers will charitably ascribe the fault to inad |