and maintains the Arabo-Abrahamic origin of the Greeks."-Stephanus Morinus, in Diss. de Cognatione Lacedæmoniorum et Hebræorum (inter dissertationes viii. Dordraci, 1700, 8vo.) signally distinguished himself, until his services were again called for in the Wars of the Roses. J. H. M. "Pretended" Reprint of Ancient Poetry, in J. Your correspondent, who, in Vol. ii., p. 230., reTaylor's Catalogue of 1824 (Vol. ii., p. 463.), replied to by CATO (Vol. ii., p.500.).—My attention quests to be supplied with "a list of all the theories has been drawn to the above, wherein doubts have monly called the Lost Tribes," will probably be and publications respecting the ten tribes combeen raised as to the existence of a volume sup- satisfied with that furnished by Basnage's History posed to be UNIQUE; and criticisms follow on my of the Jews, in which, however, he overlooks the note, which records the fact, that "only TWO COPIES were reprinted." CATO has already stated theory of Olaus Rudbeckius, Filius, that they are that the reprinting the TWO COPIES was at the rica, but in Lapland! The same author, in a expense of the late Rev. Peter Hall; and ONE COPY produced at his sale twenty shillings: the 31., endeavours to establish an analogy between treatise de Ave Selau, cujus mentio fit Numer. xi. other copy bore the impress of Mr. Davidson, a the Hebrew and Gothic languages. highly respectable printer; and that only two copies were reprinted, one of which came direct to me from the Rev. Peter Hall. This copy was purchased from me by an eminent statesman, who has formed one of the finest libraries in the kingdom. JAMES TAYLOR, Formerly of Blackfriars Road. Newick, Jan. 27. 1851. Lights on the Altar. I would refer your correspondent D. SHOLBUS (Vol. ii., p. 495.) to one of the Canons published under King Edgar, about the year 968. Lambard's Latin version of the ordinance is as follows: "Semper in ecclesia lumen ardeat dum Missa decantetur." ('Apxalovouía, ed. Wheloc. p. 70. Cantab. 1644. Cognation of the Jews and Lacedæmonians (Vol. ii., p. 377.).—I should occupy too much space in your interesting publication were I to give a list of the critics or ethnographers who have commented on this passage, and shall therefore be content to mention some of the most important works which may afford sufficient information, or at least enable your correspondent to pursue the inquiry farther. This Calmet's Dissertation sur la Parenté des Juifs et des Lacédémoniens, which is included in his Dissertations, Paris, 1720, in 3 vols. 4to, and also in his Commentaires.-Stillingfleet's Origines Sacræ, book iii., c. 4., who admits the probability that the Spartans had relation to Abraham, as deriving from Phaleg, from whom Abraham came. appears to have been intended by the expressions of Josephus, ἐξ ἑνὸς γένους καὶ ἐκ τῆς πρὸς ̓Αβραμον OIKELÓTηTOS (book xii. c. iv.); but the Versions, and most critics, interpret the words in the 12th chap. of 1 Maccabees, èk yévous 'Aẞpaau, as implying that they came from Abraham: see Selden, de Synedriis, 1. ii. c. iii. s. v.-The Rev. Charles Forster's Historical Geography of Arabia, part i. sect. vi., in which he discusses "the vestiges of Arab colonies, to be found neither in Asia, nor Africa, nor Ame T. J. Queen Mary's Lament (Vol. iii., p. 89.). — The following copy of verses, written by this beautiful and unfortunate princess, during her confinement in Fotheringay Castle, was presented to the public by the kindness of a very eminent and liberal collector: "Que suis-je helas? et de quoi sert la vie? The verses are written on a sheet of paper, by A wretched corse bereaved of its heart, To die is now in life my only part. In me no taste for grandeur now is found; Your wishes and desires will soon be crown'd. Immediately before her execution she repeated the following Latin prayer, composed by herself, and which has been set to a beautiful plaintive air, by Dr. Harington of Bath: "O Domine Deus, speravi in te! O care mi Jesu, nunc libera me ! In durâ catenâ, in miserà pœnâ desidero te! It may be thus paraphrased: Anecdotes of some Distinguished Persons, 8vo. London, 1795, vol. i. p. 154. H. E. Tandem D. O M. (Vol. iii., p. 62.) — I would suggest that this inscription might be resolved into "Tandem Deus Otia Misit," a thanksgiving for the fulfilment of some oftmade prayer or long-cherished hope; the ideaif I am right in my conjecture-having probably been taken from the 6th line of Virgil's 1st Eclogue "O Melibæe! deus nobis hæc otia fecit." Any accounts that remain of the great Carthaginian Captain's Cornish namesake, may perhaps tend to show that he had preferred the "otium cum dignitate" of literary leisure to the turmoil of the battle of life, and to the use of the harness, whether civil or military, that it had forced him to wear. C. FORBES. Temple. [J. V. S. suggests, "May it not in its complete state be Tandem Deo Optimo et Maximo,' and its translation, When all is done, let praise be to God most mighty and most beneficent?'" and X. Z. says, "Possibly, Tandem desiderato opere mactus' not, I think, a very choice specimen of Latinity, but perhaps good enough for a fly-leaf.'] Tandem D. O. M. (Vol. iii., p. 62.). — Is not D. O. M. the common abbreviation for "Deo Optimo Maximo?" and so the whole phrase an acknowledgment by the painful (and probably pious) collector of the most interesting library referred to, of his thanks to God on having "at length" obtained possession of some long-coveted folio, or vainly-sought-for edition? J. EASTWOOD. Ecclesfield. D. O. M.-I am emboldened by the Query respecting "Tandem D. O. M. (Vol. iii., p. 62.) to ask, what is the solution of D. O. M.? On the head of a tombstone, the inscription is frequent on the continent. I am aware that it is interpreted "Deo Optimo Maximo" when occurring in the dedication of a church; but it appears on a tomb to supply the place of our M.S., or the D. M. of the Romans. Can any of your readers give me the true meaning? It must be well known, I should think, to all who have studied inscriptions. As I am indebted to Faber Marinus for an excuse for putting this Query, it is only courteous to suggest a solution to his D. O. M.. may it be "Datus omnino Musis ?" Miscellaneous. NOTES ON BOOKS, SALES, CATALOGUES, ETC. Ωω. To such of our readers, and we believe they form neither the least numerous nor the least intelligent portion of our friends, who consider the columns which we devote to Folk Lore among the most interesting parts of our paper, we recommend an attentive perusal of a little work, which has just reached a second edition, and which is calculated to invest with fresh interest that very curious subject. We allude to Dr. Herbert Mayo's volume On the Truths contained in Popular Superstitions, with an Account of Mesmerism. 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