τὸν δ ̓ οὔτ ̓ ἄρ χειμών κρυόεις, οὐκ ὄμβρος ἀπείρων, οὐ φλὸξ ἠελίοιο δαμάζεται, οὐ νόσος αἰνὴ, οὐκ ἔροτις δήμου ἐναρεῖ μένος, ἀλλ ̓ ὅγ ̓ ἀτειρὴς ἀμφὶ διδασκαλίῃ τέταται νύκτας τε καὶ ἦμαρ. THE sources for the biography of Isaac Casaubon are unusually numerous and detailed. Indeed, no other personage, eminent in letters, of the sixteenth century, can be mentioned, for whose history there exist materials equally rich. These sources are partly manuscript, partly printed. 1. MSS. 1. ADVERS.-Sixty volumes of Adversaria preserved in the Bodleian Library. 2. BURNEY MSS.-Seven volumes of letters addressed to Casaubon by his numerous correspondents; preserved in the Burney collection in the British Museum. 3. BIBL. NAT.-The National Library in Paris contains: (1) The series of letters from Casaubon to de Thou, some confidential portions of which were omitted purposely in Van Almeloveen's edition. (2) Two independent sets of notes, taken by hearers, of his lectures on Herodotus. (3) Other notes on the Anthology, etc. 4. GENEVA MSS.-The archives of the city of Geneva contain: (1) The register of births, deaths, and marriages. (2) The minute books of the Petit conseil. The city of Geneva has had the singular good fortune of never having been taken, sacked, or burnt. The series of order books of the Council is complete. For the period of Casaubon's residence these books form our principal authority. The entries relating to the Academy and its professors are not numerous, but they are significant, and enable us to form a tolerably accurate conception of Casaubon's position, B |