_Etymology of "Barbarian," &c._--Passow, in his Lexicon (ed. Liddell and Scott), s.v. [Greek: barbaros], observes that the word was originally applied to "all that were not Greeks, or that did not speak Greek. It was used of all defects which the Greeks thought foreign to themselves and natural to other nations: but as the Hellenes and Barbarians were most of all _separated by language_, the word had always especial reference to this [Greek: glossa barbara], Soph. Aj. 1263, &c." He considers the word as probably an onomatopoeion, to express the sound of a foreign tongue. (Cf. Gibbon, c. li.; Roth, _Ueber {79} Sinn u. Gebrauch des Wortes Barbar._ Nuernberg, 1814.) I am disposed to look for the root in the Hebr. [Hebrew: BARAR] "_bar[=a]r_," _separavit_, in its Pilpel form, [Hebrew: BARBAR] "_barbar;_" hence, "one who is _separated_," "a foreigner." And even though Clel. Voc. 126., n., admits that _purus_, "clean," "_separated_ from dross," originally signifies cleansing by fire, [Greek: pur], yet both it and _far-farris_, "bread-corn," i. e. _separated_ from the husk, and _fur-fur_, "bran," which is _separated_ from the flour, may find their origin possibly from the same source. E. S. T. _Royal and distinguished Disinterments._--It is suggested that a volume of deep and general interest might be very easily formed by collecting and arranging the various notices that have from time to time appeared, of the disinterment of royal and distinguished personages. This hint seems deserving of the attention of Messrs. Nichols. J. H. M. * * * * * Miscellaneous. NOTES ON BOOKS, CATALOGUES, SALES, ETC. The great interest excited by the further discovery in August last, of tesselated pavements at Cirencester induced Professor Buckman and Mr. Newmarch at once to issue proposals for a work, descriptive not only of those beautiful specimens of Roman art, but also of all such other of the numerous remains found in the same locality as they could satisfactorily identify. The result was, such a well-filled Subscription List, and such ready co-operation on the part of those who had collectetd and preserved such objects, as have enabled these Gentlemen to produce, under the title of _Illustrations of the Remains of Roman Art in Cirencester, the Site of Ancient Corinium_, a work which will not only gratify the antiquary by its details, and the beauty and fidelity of its engravings, but enable the general reader, without any great exercise of imagination, to picture to himself the social condition of Corinium when garrisoned by Roman cohorts, "'Ere the wide arch of the ranged Empire fell." To the grandeur of form, dignity of character, and great breadth of treatment exhibited in these Pavements,--Mr. Westmacott, the Royal Academician, bears his testimony; and the fidelity with which they have been copied in the valuable work before us reflects the highest credit upon all parties engaged in its production.