that Wood had
either shown Lennox the letters or had spoken of their contents. In that
case, when Lennox later quotes Moray's version, not Letter II. itself,
he is only acting with the self-contradictory stupidity which pervades
his whole indictment (Oo. 7. 47. fol. 17 b.).

The letters are not known to have been seen by any man--they or the
silver casket--after the death of the earl of Gowrie (who possessed
them). In May 1584 Bowes, the English ambassador to Holyrood, had
endeavoured to procure them for Elizabeth, "for the secrecy and benefit
of the cause." Conceivably the letters fell into the hands of James VI.
and were destroyed by his orders. (A. L.)

CASLON, the name of a famous family of English typefounders. William
Caslon (1692-1766), the first of the name, was born at Cradley,
Worcestershire, and in 1716 started business in London as an engraver of
gun locks and barrels, and as a bookbinder's tool-cutter. Being thus
brought into contact with printers, he was induced to fit up a type
foundry, largely through the encouragement of William Bowyer. The
distinction and legibility of his type secured him the patronage of the
leading printers of the day in England and on the continent. The use of
Caslon types, discontinued about the beginning of the 19th century, was
revived about 1845 at the suggestion of Sir Henry Cole, and used for
printing the _Diary of Lady Willoughby_ (a pseudo-17th-century story) by
the Chiswick Press. The headline on this page is "Caslon Old Face." He
died on the 23rd of January 1766. His son, William Caslon (1720-1778),
who had been partner with his father for some years, continued the
business.

CASPARI, KARL PAUL (1814-1892), German Lutheran theologian and
orientalist, was born of Jewish parents at Dessau, Anhalt, on the 8th of
February 1814. He studied at Leipzig and Berlin, became a Christian in
1838, and in 1857 was appointed professor of theology at Christiania,
having declined invitations to Rostock and Erlangen. He died at
Christiania on the 11th of April 1892. Caspari is best known as the
author of an Arabic grammar (_Grammatica Arabica_, 2 vols., 1844-1848;
new edition, _Arabische Grammatik_, edited by A. Muller; 5th ed. 1887).
He also wrote commentaries on the prophetical books of the Old
Testament, dogmatic and historical works on baptism, and from 1857
helped to edit the _Theologisk Tidskrift for den evangelisk-lutherske
Kirke i Norge_. His writings include: _B