tirely historical, illustrating no obscurities in the text, and offering no comparisons of various readings. The edition which he used it is impossible to determine; though he appears not to have availed himself of that of Grævius, which was the best of that time. Instances in which he appears to have erred through ignorance of the force of individual words are not numerous; the following are the most important. The word inhumanus (sect. 3.) he has rendered inhuman, a term which in this place by no means conveys the meaning of the original. Cicero is speaking of the defects of old men, and one is that they are unsociable, and indisposed to join in the amusements of others. "Inhumanus dicitur, says Ernesti, qui in convivio meditatur attentius, quod alienum est ab homine &c."

In the tenth section Cato says of himself, that he "was never denied to any who came to consult him. Nemo ad huc convenire me voluit, cui fuerim occupatus." This Logan has unaccountably rendered, "no man ever yet found me quite idle." He must have followed the reading of Manutius, quin fuerim occupatus, who quotes from the treatise de Officiis this saying, numquam minus otiosum, quam cum otiosus, nec minus solum quam cum solas, of which the famous inscription of Sir Henry Wotton, (I think,) over his study door, never less alone,than when alone, is little more than a translation.

In the eleventh section, Cicero mentions it as a circumstance highly honourable to old age, when, nemini emancipata est. The difficulty of the expression has been felt by the commentators, and Logan appears to have thought it most prudent to give it no translation. We should have thought mancipata the proper word, but the criticks tell us, "liber

homo est suæ potestatis; itaque cum se emancipare dicitur, intelligitur è potestate sua abire, non amplius suus esse, alienus fieri, &c. This legal subtlety of the language Logan appears not to have understood.

In relating the story of Lucius Flamininus in the twelfth section, a story too odious to be here repeated, he appears to have been ignorant that scortum is used to signify both sexes, and of course has considerably diminished the detestable nature of the transaction; and has at the same time pretended to discover a disagreement in the story between Cicero and Livy which does not exist.

At the beginning of the fourteenth chapter, Cato observes, that, old as he was, he found a sensible pleasure in the protracted entertainments of his friend. The word he uses is tempestivis convivüs, which many of the commentators have ignorantly interpreted to mean, regular, and seasonable feasts, and Logan has fallen into the same errour. The truth is that the Romans in the more pure and frugal ages of the republick used to defer their principal meal, which we should call their dinner, till a late hour in the day; but as luxury increased, the hour of dining was continually anticipated, that their meals might be the longer protracted, till at last, contrary to modern custom, they dined at the unfashionable hour of one o'clock. Hence the word tempestivis came to denote an early, and of course a luxurious entertainment. It would seem that this meaning of the epithet was not understoed, till it was settled by the laborious Salmasius, in one of his learned notes, and the grammarians were forced to acquiesce in this reading, which in many instances they had ignorantly attempted to alter to intempestivis. We make this remark, because we

find that Adams, in his admirable work on Roman antiquities has fallen into the same mistake.

Our translator has discovered also his ignorance of a Greek word in the last book of the Odyssey, v. 226 where λιστρεύοντ is used. It means pruning, and not levelling, and Logan in correcting a mistake of Cicero, has fallen into one of his own. Once more; after relating the speech of Cyrus on his death bed, when he expresses his hopes of immortality, Cicero concludes, "Cyrus quidem hæc moriens, Nos, si placet, nostra videamus." This Logan has render

ed "and now to mention some of our own people ;" whereas the meaning undoubtedly is, as Melmoth has given it,"permit me now to express my own sentiments."

These are the principal instances in which Logan appears to have discovered a want of intimacy with the language, and surely his sins of ignorance are very few. He has frequently, however, mistaken the meaning of passages, through mere inattention; and some of these sins of negligence we proceed now te note. [To be continued.]

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Gentlemen of the Anthology,

Mr. Geo. Higginson has transmitted to me a mineral, sent to him by the superintendant of the iron works of Monkton, in the state of Vermont.

This mineral is the black oxyded Manganese Hay; its colour is a dark greyish black, its texture compact, it is formed in orbicular, or mamillary concretions, the interstices of which are coated with the same substance chrystalized in small rhomboidal, four sided prisms of a lustre and colour like polished steel.

Experiments, to which I have submitted it, indicate that it exists almost free of extraneous matters, and in an high degree of oxydation.

According to the information communicated to me by Mr. Higginson, it forms a powerful stratum of about two or three feet thick, from whence may be inferred that it is sufficient to set America free from the necessity of importing a substance, which is of some importance in several manufactures.

This mineral is accompanied with a yellowish brown clay, strongly impregnated with oxyd of Manganese, which may be employed in the manufacture of pottery ware. I have obtained from it, and shewn to several gentlemen of this town, a kind of pottery very much re sembling the black pottery of Wedgewood.

NOTE. Manganese is found also in the vicinity of Boston, (7 miles south) but in too

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IN former numbers of the Anthology, we bave published several articles of Intelligence, which we selected from the Medical Reposito ry, a work deserving high commendation, published in New-York. As many of the articles, particularly one respecting Col. Gibbs' grand cabinet of Minerals, and the account of the American Tourmaline, which was mutilated by a mistake of the printers, without the know!edge of the editors, have been republished in several newspapers in various parts of the United States, and the Anthology quoted as their authority, we feel it our duty to make this ac-. knowledgement.

Gentlemen,

THE manner, in which we dispose of the dead, can never be a question uninteresting to the living. Ere long to become members of that tranquil community, we feel unusual solicitude in the inquiry, what is to become of us, at a time when we shall have suffered a change so important. Probably it was intended by the wise economy of Divine Providence, that death should be regarded by mankind as a curious matter of philosophick speculation and an evil that may happen, rather than one to be proved by infallible experiment. We tremble at the thought of sickness and pain, because these our bodies have endured, and by recurrence to memory, we can feel our former sufferings again. Death on the other hand wants that test of reality never having experienced the change, we cannot bring it home to our minds with such distinct perceptions of its nature. Could we feel as forcibly the latter evil as the former, life would pass off in gloomy forebodings, and occupy so large a portion of our thoughts, as to leave no room for considerations, which, Vol. V. No. VII. 2 T

although indispensable, are comparatively insignificant. It is however a departure from the design of this essay to dwell on our fortitude or fears, as they very remotely touch the subject now under consideration.

Our present mode of interring the dead, is liable to a variety of objections, which we shall suggest as they arise, without a strict adherence to methodical arrangement. One of the objects of our solicitude is now, and ever has been, to perpetuate the memory of the dead. For this purpose grave stones are erected, describing the name, character and family of the deceased, and many of them may be said with far more truth than poetry to Implore the passing tribute of a sigh."

In cities swarming with population, such as London or Paris for instance, they feel peculiar reverence for the repositories of the dead. Westminster Abbey is not more venerable for the sepulchres of kings and heroes, than it is for the antiquity of those mansions. The chisel has lent its assistance; the heroes of England are frowning in marble; but the skill of the most