misled by the fact that the index-maker most commonly (but by no
means always) states the nature of the sentence passed on each
person. From the book, however, it appears that forty persons
were so delivered, viz., twenty-nine Albigenses, seven
Waldenses, and four Beguins."

The following mistake was pointed out by the learned Cork correspondent
of the _Gentleman's Magazine_, I think in 1838; it has misled the writer
of the article "Anicius", in Smith's _Dictionary of Ancient Biography_,
and is not corrected by Mr. Milman (Gibbon, chap. xxxi. note 14 and
text):--

"During the first five ages, the name of the Anicians was
unknown. The earliest date in the annals of Pighius is that of
M. Anicius Gallus, Tr. Plebis A.U.C. 506. Another Tribune, Q.
Anicius, A.U.C. 508, is distinguished by the epithet
Praenestinus."

We learn from Pliny, _H.N._ xxxiii. 6., that Q. Anicius Praenestinus was
the colleague as curule aedile of Flavius, the famous _scriba_ of Appius
Caecus, B.C. 304, A.U.C. 450. (See Fischer, _Roem. Zeittafeln_, p. 61-2.)
Pliny's words are--

"[Flavius] tantam gratiam plebis adeptus est ... ut aedilis
curulis crearetur cum Q. Anicio Praenestino."

Gibbon's chapter on Mahomet seems to be particularly superficial; it is
to be hoped that a future editor will correct it by the aid of Von
Hammer's labours.

J.E.B. MAYOR.

Marlborough College.

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MINOR NOTES

_"Ockley's History of the Saracens," and unauthentic Works._--At the end
of a late edition of Washington Irving's _Life of Mahomet_, those "who
feel inclined to peruse further details of the life of Mahomet, or to
pursue the course of Saracenic history," are referred to _Ockley_.
Students should be aware of the character of the histories they peruse.
And it appears, from a note in Hallam's _Middle Ages_ (vol. ii. p.
168.), that Wakidi, from whom Ockley translated his work, was a "mere
fabulist," as Reiske observes, in his preface to Abulfeda.

Query, Would it not be well, if some of your more learned correspondents
would communicate to students, through the medium of "NOTES AND
QUERIES," a list of such books as are genuine but not authentic; and
authentic but not genuine, or altogether spurious? or would point out
the sources from which such information can be obtained?

P.H.F.

_The Hippopotamus._--Your correspondent L. (Vol. ii., p. 35.) says,
"None of the