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I rejoice to hear it. Alas! what a state of society is ours, when compared to the tranquil pleasures of Avignon! There, all men who, like us, are fond of the same pursuits, the same studies, deliciae musarum, hum! hum! But here we scarcely dare stir out of our houses, save upon great occasions.

A certain POMPILIUS is mentioned by Varro as having epigrammatic tastes; one distich that is preserved gives us no high notion of his powers "Pacvi discipulus dicor: porro is fuit Enni: Ennius Musarum: Pompilius clueor." Lastly, VALERIUS AEDITUUS, who is only known by the short notices in Varro and Gellius, wrote similar short pieces, two of which are preserved.

Was it a breath of summer air from Isis that swept out of those pages, which were as white as snow in spite of the lapse of nearly two centuries? He read the title, MUSARUM ANGLICANARUM ANALECTA. The date was 1699. He turned to the table of contents, and his heart gave a contented throb. There was the name he wished to see, J. Addison, Magd. Coll: The name occurred eight times.

T.W. J.S. F.E.M. A.G. W. Williams W. Figg. G.M. S.A.A. Trin. Coll. Dubl. J.W. Burrows. S.A. A.F. W. Robson. J.S.B. Wicamicus C.B. D. H. Andrews. R. Snow. C.W.G. Naso. Scotus. Rev. Answers to Queries respecting Rev. T. Reman, Katherine Pegg, &c. in our next. Will MUSARUM STUDIOSUS enable us to communicate with him directly? PHILO is thanked for his proposed endeavours to enlarge our circulation.

The following description of himself by a poet in Varro's Onos Louras , -Pacuvi discipulus dicor, porro is fuit Enni, Ennius Musarum; Pompilius clueor- He himself once aptly says, that he had no special fondness for antiquated words, but frequently used them, and that he was very fond of poetical words, but did not use them.

And the verses are these hereafter written: "'Theologus Dantes, nullius dogmatis expers, Quod foveat claro philosophia sinu, Gloria musarum, vulgo gratissimus auctor, Hic iacet, et fama pulsat utrumque polum, Qui loca defunctis, gladiis regnumque gemellis, Distribuit, laicis rhetoricisque modis.

If we imagine that Varius had been by any of his contemporaries celebrated under the appellation of Musarum ales, "the swan of the Muses," the language of Horace becomes graceful and familiar; and that such a compliment was at least possible, we know from the transformation feigned by Horace of himself. The most elegant compliment that was paid to Addison, is of this obscure and perishable kind;

It had not many private houses, but these were of remarkable splendor. Other courtiers of Augustus followed his example for the embellishment of the city. Statilius Taurus built the first permanent amphitheatre of stone in the Campus Martius. L. Cornelius Balbur built at his own expense a stone theatre. L. Marcius Philippus rebuilt the temple of Hercules Musarum, and surrounded it with a portico.

Nobilitate patriae Britanniae, Seculi nostri Sulpitiae, Cui nomen dant litterae illibati Minervae floris Suadae decoris Musarum delicii Foeminarum exempli. Strahov Monastery has, I hope, passed through its vicissitudes and has entered at last into an existence of undisturbed usefulness.

He also prints some valuable notes signed with the famous name of Bishop Bryniolf of Skalholt, a man of force and talent, and others by Casper Barth, "corculum Musarum", as Stephanius calls him, whose textual and other comments are sometimes of use, and who worked with a MS. of Saxo.