of, confined to
one object, ib.; titles of, and notices on several of these, 342,
343.

DES MAIZEAUX, a French refugee, iii. 13; his Life of Bayle, 14;
notices of his literary life, 15-18; Anthony Collins bequeaths his
MSS. to, 19; relinquishes them to Collins's widow, 20;
correspondence concerning, 19-22.

DESMARETS, his comedy of the "Visionnaires," ii. 48.

DE SERRES, introduced the cultivation of the mulberry tree and
silk-worm into France, ii. 152; opposition to his schemes, ib.;
supported by Henry IV., ib.; medal struck in honour of his memory,
153.

DESTRUCTION of books and MSS. by the monks, i. 18, 50; account of,
at Constantinople, by the Christians, suppressed, 47; burning of
Talmuds, 48; of Irish and Mexican, ib.; anecdotes regarding, 49; of
Korans, ib.; of the classics, 50; of Bohemian, ib.; in England under
Henry VIII., 51; at Stationers' Hall in 1599, 53; of many of Lady
Mary Wortley Montague's letters, 54; of Anglo-Saxon MSS., 55;
anecdotes concerning the, ib., note; by fire and shipwreck, 56, 57.

D'EWES, Sir Symonds, a sober antiquary, but a visionary, iii. 433;
extracts from his Diary, 434, 435.

DIARY, of a Master of the Ceremonies, ii. 194-206; Shaftesbury's
definition of a, ib.; Colonel Harwood's, 206; kept by Titus, ib.;
Alfred's, 207; Prince Henry's, ib.; Edward VI.'s, ib.; kept by James
II., 208; usually kept by heads of families, 209; kept by Swift and
Horace Walpole, ib.; recommended by Sir Thomas Bodley to Sir Francis
Bacon, ib.; Coke's, ib.; Camden's, 210; of Sir Symonds D'Ewes, ib.;
Baxter's, 211; the thoughtful disposition giving rise to the keeping
of a diary, partaken even by women, ib.; Whitelocke's, 212; Laud's,
213; Lord Clarendon's, 214; practice of keeping one recommended,
215.

DIARIES, Religious, iii. 435.

DICTIONARY of Trevoux, account of its origin and progress, iii. 229;
of Basnage, 230; of Dr. Johnson, 233.

DIGGES, Sir Dudley, a violent opposition leader in Charles I.'s
second parliament, iii. 451; opened the impeachment of Buckingham,
452; committed to the tower, 454.

DILAPIDATIONS of MSS.--See MANUSCRIPTS.

DINNER hour, variations of, in different times, ii. 34, 35.

DINNER parties, Roman limitation of the number of guests at, ii.
246.

DISCOVERIES in literature and science, aptitude in, obtained
by studious men, i