gne, perhaps _epargne_, a save-all or hold-all. Here seems no
more difficulty in the transfer of the name than in that of chiffonier,
from a rag-basket to a piece of ornamental furniture.

8. _Doggrel._--Has the word any connexion with _sdrucciolo_?

9. _Derrick._--A spar arranged to form an extempore crane. I think
Derrick was the name of an executioner.

10. _Mece_, A.-S., a knife. The word is found in the Sclavonic and
Tartar dialects. I thinly I remember some years ago reading in a
newspaper of rioters armed with "pea makes." I do not remember any other
instance of its use in English.

F.Q.

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MISTAKES IN GIBBON.

The following references may be of use to a future editor of Gibbon; Mr.
Milman has not, I believe, rectified any of the mistakes pointed out by
the authors cited.

In the Netherlands ... 50,000 in less than fifty years were ...
sacrificed to the intolerance of popery. (Fra Paolo, _Sarpi
Conc. Trid._ 1. i. p. 422. ed. sec. Grotius, in his _Annal.
Belq._ 1. v. pp. 1G, 17. duod., including _all_ the persecutions
of Charles V, makes the number 100,000. The supposed
contradiction between these two historians supplied Mr. Gibbon
with an argument by which he satisfied himself that be had
completely demolished the whole credibility of Eusebius's
history. See conclusion of his 16th book.) [Mendham's _Life of
Pius V._, p. 303. and note; compare p. 252., where Gibbon's
attack on Eusebius is discussed.]

In Forster's _Mahometanism Unveiled_, several of Gibbon's statements are
questioned. I have not the book at hand, and did not think the
corrections very important when I read it some time {277} back. The
reader who has it may see pp. 339. 385. 461-2. 472. 483. 498. of the
second volume.

In Dr. Maitland's _Dark Ages_, p. 229. seq. note, a gross blunder is
pointed out.

See too the _Gentlemans Magazine_, July, 1839, p. 49.

Dr. Maitland, in his _Facts and Documents relating to the ancient
Albigenses and Waldenses_, p. 217. note, corrects an error respecting
the _Book of Sentences_.

"Gibbon, speaking of this _Book of Sentences_, in a note on his
54th chapter, says, 'Of a list of criminals which fills nineteen
folio pages, only _fifteen_ men and _four_ women were delivered
to the secular arm.' Vol. v. p. 535. I believe he should have
said _thirty-two_ men and _eight_ women; and imagine that he was