it from being certain that they form
one word. But I would gladly learn from any of your correspondents,
whether the name of Christencat, or Christian-cat, is that of any bishop
personified in the _Old Moralities_, or known to have been the satirical
sobriquet for any bishop of Henry VIII's time. The text would suggest
the expectation of its occurring either in More's _Utopia_, or in his
_Supplication of Souls_, but I cannot find it in either of them.

HENRY WALTER.

* * * * *

_Hexameter Verses in the Scriptures._

Sir,--I shall feel obliged to any of your readers who will refer me to
an hexameter line in the authorised English version of the _Old
Testament_.

The following are two examples in the _New Testament._

_ U U | _ _ | _ _ | _ _ | _ U U|_ _ ||
Art thou he | that should | come or | do we | look for a|nother. ||

_ _ | _ _ | _ _ | _ _ | _ U U| _ _ ||
Husbands | love your | wives and | be not | bitter a|gainst them. ||

W.J.B.R.

NOTES ON BOOKS--CATALOGUES, SALES, ETC.

The extraordinary collection of the works of Daniel Defoe formed by Mr.
Walter Wilson, his biographer, which at his sale realised the sum of
50_l_., and which had been rendered still further complete by the
addition of upwards of forty pieces by the recent possessor, when sold
by Messrs. Puttick and Simpson, on Wednesday, the 5th instant, produced
no less than 71_l_. Mr. Toovey was the purchaser.

The Shakspeare Society have just issued a very interesting volume, the
nature of which is well described by its ample title-page:--

"Inigo Jones. A Life of the Architect, by Peter Cunningham, Esq.
Remarks on some of his Sketches for Masques and Dramas, by J.R.
Planche, Esq.; and Five Court Masques. Edited from the original
MSS. of Ben Jonson, John Marston, etc., by John Payne Collier,
Esq.; accompanied by Facsimiles of Drawings by Inigo Jones; and by
a Portrait from a Painting by Vandyck."

Many particulars in the memoir are new in the biography of the great
architect. Mr. Planche's too brief _Remarks on the Costume_ make us join
with Mr. Collier in regretting that he did not extend to all the plates
"the resources of his attainments and talents;" while the five masques
and the general preface, contributed by Mr. Collier, form by no means
the least valuable portion of a volume which cannot fail to gi