et Dissertationes_), to which
there is a large room entirely devoted in the library of that
university; together with the transactions of learned bodies. A special
librarian is attached to this department, which is much consulted. A
Catalogue was begun to be published of this collection, so far as
respects the _Memoirs_ contained in the various transactions, in 1801,
by J.D. Reuss; and 16 vols. in 4to. had appeared up to 1821; after
which, I believe, the publication has been suspended. Of Catalogues of
Theses, I think the following work is in good esteem:--_Dissert. Acad.
Upsal. habitae sub Praesid. C.P. Thunberg_, 3 tom. 8vo. Goetting.
1799-1801. The second part of vol. ii. in the _Catalogus Bibliothecae
Thottiauae_ (7 vol. 8vo. Fauniae, 1789-1795.) contains a catalogue, which
it might be well to consult, of dissertations under the name of the
president or head of the institution or college where they were
delivered, than under the writer's name. At least, in a _collective_
sense the former method is adopted, as in the following instance:
Schultens, (Alb.) _Sylloge Dissertationem Philologico-Eregeticarum,
adiversis Auctoribus Editarum, sub Praesidio A. Schultens, etc._, 2 tom.:
although, if the author should happen to be distinguished for his other
productions, _all_ that he wrote is anxiously sought out, and placed
under his own name.

J.M.

Oxford, April 24.

["M." may also be referred to the _Catalogus Dissertationum
Academicarum quibusnsuper aucta est Bibliotheca Bodleiana_. A
quarto volume, printed at the Oxford University Press in 1834.]

_MSS. of Locke_ (No. 25. p. 401.).--"C." is informed {462} that Dr.
Thomas Hancock died at Lisburn, in Ireland, during the past year. The
papers of Locke respecting which he inquires are probably still in the
possession of Dr. H.'s son.

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MISCELLANIES.

_Spur Money._--Although I used often, twenty years ago, when a chorister
at the Chapel Royal, to take part in levying a fine on all who entered
that place with spurs on, I was not aware of its origin till I saw it
explained in your interesting publication (No. 23. p. 374.). There was a
custom however, connected with this impost, the origin of which I should
be glad to learn. After the claim was made, the person from whom it was
sought to be exacted had the power to summon the youngest chorister
before him, and request him to "repeat his gamut," a