MISCELLANEOUS NOTES AND QUERIES, WITH ANSWERS. "When Adam was made,the ancient worlds were called forth again."-ZOHAR. VOL. V. MARCH, 1888. No. 3. LETTERS OF "JUNIUS." In what newspaper were the letters of "Junius " published, and when? LLEWELLYN. These letters appeared in the Public Advertiser, published in London, in the last century. The dates of the paper containing the arti cles are as follows: 1768-Nov. 21. 1769-Jan. 21; Feb. 7, 21; Mar. 8, 19; April 18, 21, 24; May 30; July 8, 19, 29; Aug. 8, 22; Sept. 7, 19, 25; Oct. 13, 17, 20; Nov. 15, 29; Dec. 12, 19. 1770-Feb. 14; Mar. 19; April 3; May 28; Aug. 22; Nov. 14. 1771-Jan. 39; April 22; June 22; July 9, 24; Aug. 13; Sept. 28, 30; Oct. 5 Nov. 2, 28. 1772-Jan. 21 (two letters). The authorship of the letters of "Junius" has been attributed to no less than 51 different persons, and as the names of these persons may be of interest, we append them here, with a reference to some work where they are mentioned. Many more references could be given, but these are sufficient. Adair, James, M. P. Serjeant at Law, died 1798.-Wade's "Junius," II, XV; Letter of Junius April 9, 1771. Allen, Captain.-Notes and Queries, 1st Series, XI, 302. Bentinck, William Henry Cavendish. - Coventry's "Critical Enquiry," No. 61. Bickerton, Mr.-Oxford Spy, 1818, page 24. Boyd, Hugh M'Aulay, born, 1746, died 1791. Almon's "Anecdotes," Vol. I, 1797. Burke, Rt. Hon. Edward, b. 1728, d. 1797.—Public Advertiser, October 15, 1771. Burke, William.-Wade's edition of "Woodfall's Junius," No. 86. Butler, John, Bishop of Hereford.-Dr. Good's "Essay on Junius," in the edition published in 1814. Camden, Charles, Lord, b. 1713, d. 1794.-Wade's "Junius." De Lolme, John Lewis, b. 1745 (?), d. 1807. Dr. Busby's work, No 46. Junius quotes from De Lolme's "Essay on the English Constitution." Dunning, John, afterward Lord Ashburton, b. 1731, d. 1783.Jacques's work, p. 141. Dyer, Samuel, b. 1725, d. 1772.-Dr. Good's " Essay." Flood, Henry, b. 1732, d. 1791.-Dr. Good's " Essay." Francis, Sir Philip, b. 1740, d. 1818. Parkes & Mervale's "Memoirs of Sir Phillip Francis," 1867, Vol. I, pp. 232-303. George III, King of England.-Ireland's poem, "Scribbleomania," page 308, for a curious note on this subject. Gibbon, Edward, b. 1737, d. 1794.-Woodfall's "Junius," Nos. 52. Glover, Richard, b. 1712, d. 1785.-Woodfall's "Junius," No. 41, 42 Grattan, Henry, b. 1750, d. 1820.-Almon's "Letters." Greatrakes, William, b. 1729, d. 1781.-Gentlemen's Magazine, 1813. Grenville, George, b. 1712, d. 1770. He died before the letters were completed. Hence his claims need not be noticed. Grenville, James, d. 1783. He was brother of the last mentioned, but he himself laid no claim to the letters. Hamilton, William Gerard, b. 1729, d. 1796. -Public Advertiser, November 30, 1771. Hollis, James.-Referred to by Wade and Allibone. Hollis, Thomas, b. 1720, d. 1774.-Coventry's "Critical Enquiry." Jackson, Sir George, Secretary of the Admiralty. Notes and Queries, 1st Series, I, 172, 276, 322. Jones, Sir William, b. 1746, d. 1794.-Coventry's "Critical Enquiry." Kent, John, d. 1773.-" Letters of Junius," July 21, 1769. Lee, Maj. Gen. Charles, b. 1731, d. 1782.-Girdlestone, in Wade's Woodfall's" Junius," Nos. 33, 37. Lloyd, Charles, d. 1773.-Burke's work, Nos. 63, 64, on his claim. Lyttleton, Thomas, 2d Lord, b. 1744, d. 1779.-Littell's Living Age, XLII, 223. Maclean, Laughlin, b. 1727, d. 1777.-" Waldie's (P.) Library," edited by John Jay Smith. Marshall. Rev. Edmund, d. 1797.-Nichols's "Literary Illustrations of the Eighteenth Century," VIII, 680. Paine, Thomas, b. 1737, d. 1809. - Woodfall's "Junius," No. 89; also, see W. H. Burr's elaborate work in favor of Paine. Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, b. 1708, d. 1778. "Chatham Papers," page 52. Portland, William, Duke of Portland, b. 1738, 1809. Johnston's work, No. 47. Pownall, Thomas, b. 1722, d. 1805.-Woodfall's "Junius," No. 84. Rich, Lieut.-Col., Sir Robert.-Woodfall's "Junius," No. 83. Roberts, John, d. 1772.—Public Advertizer, March 21, 1772. Rosenhagen, Rev, Philip.-Notes and Queries, 3d Series, v, 16. Sackville, George, Viscount, b. 1716, d. 1785.—Wraxall's "Memoirs of his own Time,” 11, 90. Shelburne, Earl of, Marquis of Lansdowne, d. 1804. Wade's Woodfall's "Junius." Stanhope, Philip Dormer, Earl of Chesterfield, b. 1695, d. 1772.Woodfall's "Junius," Nos. 55, 79, 80. Suett, Richard, d. 1805.-Woodfall's "Junius," No. 53. Temple, Richard, Earl, b. 1711, d. 1779.-"Grenville Papers," edited by William J. Smith (L. 1852). Tooke, John Horne, b. 1736, d. 1812.-" Memoirs of John Horne Tooke," 11, 358. Walpole, Horatio, Earl of Oxford, b. 1717, d. 1797. Wilke's "Papers of a Critic," 11, 158. Wedderburn, Alexander, Lord Loughborough, b. 1733, d. 1805.Holland's "Memoirs of the Whig Party." Wilkes, John, b. 1727, d. 1797.-The Gazetteer. Wilmot, James, D. D., b. 1726, d. 1807.-Beckford's "Vathek." Wray, Daniel, b. 1701, d. 1783. — Nichols's "Literary Illustrations of the Eighteenth Century." For further details, see the very complete bibliography of "Junius," in Cushing's "Initials and Pseudonyms," New York, 1885, pp. 146– 157, prepared by A. R. Frey, of the Astor Library, New York. THE SMARAGDINE TABLET. (Vol. I, p. 29; IV, 358.) What work of Hermes contains the "Smaragdine Tablet," to which you refer in your paper on The Staff of Adam and The Shem-Hammephorásh? What translation is preferable? ALEX. CUTTS. The "Pymander" has been published in several editions. in our library are: Those Hermes Trismegistus: his Divine Pymander. Edited by Paschal Beverly Randolph. Prefatory notes by Alfred E. Giles, and Flora S. Russell. Octavo, pp. 144; Boston, 1871. The Divine Pymander of Hermes Mecrurius Trismegistus. Translated from the Arabic by Dr. Everard [1650]. Credo mercurium Trismegistuan Sapientem Egyptium Floruisseante Pharaonem. With introduction and preliminary essay by Hargraves Jennings. Quarto, pp. 112. Madras, India, 1884. The Theological and Philosophical Works of Hermes Trismegistus, Christian Neo-platonist. The Poemandres. Translated from the original Greek, with preface, notes, and indexes, by John David Chambers. Octavo, pp. 170; Edinburgh, 1882. The Divine Pymander of Hermes Trismegistus. Reprinted (from the original English translation) in the Journal of Speculative Philosophy, Vol. XX, Nos. 3 and 4, July and October, 1886; edited by William T. Harris, Concord, Mass. A translation of the Smaragdine Tablet is found in the former two works cited, and also in the following works: The Philosopher's Stone, a lecture before the Chicago Philosophical Society, by Gen. N. B. Buford, p. 14. Isis Unveiled, by Helen P. Blavatsky, Vol. I, p. 507. New Platonism and Alchemy; an outline of the interior doctrines of the alchemists of the middle ages; by Alexander Wilder, p. 24. Also in Mackenzie's "Royal Masonic Cyclopædia," New York, p. 671, translated from Dr. Everard, from the Latin of Ficinus, from the great work of the learned Jesuit, Athanasius Kircher, in his "Edipus Ægyptiacus." Eliphaz Levi (Abbè Alphonse Louis Constant) says the Emerald Stone is the whole of magic in a single page." For the enlightenment of this correspondent we give here another translation of the Smaragdine Tablet (Emerald Stone), taken from the Madras edition (p. Ix), as a matter of comparison with the translation given in this magazine, Vol. I, p. 29: I. true. I speak not fictitious things, but that which is certain and most 2. What is below, is like that which is above; and what is above, is like that which is below; to accomplish the miracle of one thing. 3. As all things were produced by the one word of one Being, so all things were produced from this one thing by adaptation. 4. Its father is the sun, its mother is the moon, the wind carries it in its belly, and its nurse is the earth. 5. It is the father of all perfection throughout the world. The power is vigorous if it be changed into earth. 7. Separate the earth from the fire, the subtle from the gross, acting prudently and with judgment. 8. Ascend with the greatest sagacity from the earth to heaven, and then again descend to the earth, and unite together the powers of things inferior. Thus you will obtain the glory of the whole world, and obscurity will fly away from you. 9. This has more fortitude than fortitude itself, because it conquers every subtile thing, and can penetrate every solid. IO. II. 12. Thus was the world formed. Hence proceed wonders which are here established. Therefore I am called Hermes Trismegistus, having three parts of the whole world. 13. That which I had to say concerning the operation of the sun is completed. HOGSHEAD-63 GALLONS. (Vol. V, p. 16.) The word hogshead is derived from the Danish "Ox hud" (oxhide) and means "the larger skins," in contradistinction to the smaller goat skins. This is an instance of the misuse of the letter "h." WALTER H. SMITH. "TRUTH, LIKE A TORCH, THE MORE IT'S SHOOK, IT SHINES." (Vol. I, p. 79; II, 321.) Prof. De Morgan gives one stanza, without naming author, in "Budget of Paradoxes," p. 210: "Truth, like a torch, the more it's shook, it shines; (Vol. IV, p. 15.) TAE MOABITE STONE. Inasmuch as you have published the text of the Shapirah Manuscripts, I would like to see also the text of the Moabite Stone published in your pages for reference; any reliable translation. H. LANGDON LARKIN. The Moabite Stone was discovered by Ganneau on a block of black basalt at Dibon in Moab, which, according to the decipherment given by him, is as printed below, taken from the Archeological Review for January and June, 1870. B. F. De Costa has also made a translation, (Royal octavo, N. Y., 1871). The fullest exhibit, together with the literature on the subject, is that of Dr. C. D. Ginsburg [second editon,] |