_Thomas May, the Author of the Supplement to Lucan._--Who was this Thomas May? To an Elzevir edition of Lucan, 1658, Amsterdam, "accuranto Cornelio Schrevelio," there is added "Supplementum Lucani Libri Septem; authore Thoma Maio, Anglo." In the preface it is stated, "Supplementum Lucani ab Anglo quodam antehac seorsim editum, et huic materiae aptissimum adjunximus, ne quid esset quod hic desideraretur." In the fourth book of this _Supplement_, Cato is represented as soliloquising before his death as follows:-- "Quam diversa, inquit, restant post funera sortes! Credo equidem, divine Plato, te dogmata vera Haec ipsum docuisse Deum. Deus ipse sequendam (Aut Natura homines ratioque innata fefellit) Proposuit virtutem, et praemia debita justis Haec quonian justos injusta potentia fraudat Saepius in terris, et gens humana rebellat Solvere post mortem justissimus ipse tenetur." The famous soliloquy in Addison's _Cato_ seems to resemble this, in its general tone of thought. In a former passage occur these lines:-- "Solatia sola haec, Quod meliore frui post mortem lumine sperat. Immortalem animam spes haec probat." The idea is similar to that contained in-- "Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire, This longing after immortality?" Addison seems to me to have had May's description of Cato's death in his mind, when he wrote the soliloquy. J. H. L. _Bunting's Irish Melodies._--This admirable musical scholar many years since promised a new edition of the first two volumes of his _Irish Airs_. Is there any hope of this being soon accomplished? GEORGE STEPHENS. Stockholm. _Rudbeck, Campi Elysii._--A copy of this work is said to exist in Sherard's[6] _Collection_, in the Botanical Garden, Oxford. It must have been acquired _before_ 1797. (See _Bibliotheca Banksiana_, iii. 67.) Vol. I.--The title and some following leaves are written. Does any note exist as to _who_ copied these leaves, or _when_, or _where_? Is any name of any former owner written on the book-back, title, or elsewhere; or is it known when it was purchased, or at what price? {168} Does any library-mark, auction-number, or other identifying signature occur? Is it quite complete at the end, or is anything missing after page 224.? Does the whole consist of figures, or have some leaves an introduction, text, or corrections, &c.? Vol. II.--Does anything in this volume illustrate any of the above questions? A SWEDISH BIBLIOGNOST. Stockholm. [Footnote 6: Sherard, 1738.]