“Dissertations on the Mosaical Creation, Deluge, building of Babel, and Confusion of Tongues, &c.”  London:  printed for the Author, and sold by C. Davis in Holborn, and T. Osborn in Gray’s Inn, 1750, 8vo., pages 466, exclusive of introduction, 12 pages.

On comparing Gaudentio di Lucca with this extremely curious work, there seems a sufficient similarity to bear out the statement of the correspondent of the Gentleman’s Magazine, W.H.  The author quoted in the Remarks of Sigr.  Rhedi, and in the Dissertations, are frequently the same, and the learning is of the same cast in both.  In particular, Bochart is repeatedly cited in the Remarks and in the Dissertations.  The philosophical opinions appear likewise very similar.

On the whole, unless some strong reason can be given for questioning the statement of this correspondent of the Gentleman’s Magazine, I conceive that S. Berington, of whom I regret that so little is known, must be considered to be the author of The Memoirs of Gaudentio di Lucca.

JAS. CROSSLEY.

Manchester, October 7. 1850.

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ENGLEMANN’S BIBLIOTHECA SCRIPTORUM CLASSICORUM.

(Vol. ii., pp. 296. 312.)

The sort of defence, explanation, or whatever it may be called, founded upon usage, and offered by ANOTHER FOREIGN BOOKSELLER, is precisely what I wanted to get out, if it existed, as I suspected it did.

If your correspondent be accurate as to Engelmann, it appears that no wrong is done to him; it is only the public which is mystified by a variety of title-pages, all but one containing a suppression of the truth, and the one of which I speak containing more.

I now ask you to put in parallel columns extracts from the title given by Engelmann with the substitutes given in that which I received.

“Schriftsteller—­welche vom “Classics ... that have Jahre 1700 bis zu Ende des appeared in Germany and the Jahres 1846 besonders in adjacent countries up to the Deutschland gedruckt worden end of 1846.” sind.”

I do not think it fair towards Mr. Engelmann, whose own title is so true and so precise, to take it for certain, on anonymous authority, that he sanctioned the above paraphrase.  According to the German, the catalogue contains works from 1700 to 1846, published especially in Germany; meaning, as is the fact, that there are some in it published elsewhere.  According to the English, all classics printed in Germany, and all the adjacent countries, in all times, are to be found in the catalogue.  I pass over the implied compliment to this country, namely, that while a true description is required in Germany, a puff both in time and space is wanted for England.  I dwell on the injurious effect of such alterations to literature, and on the trouble they give to those