That the term Whig was originally from Scotland, I believe is a well-ascertained fact; but while some of our etymologists follow the opinion of Burton, others, with (as I think) greater show of reason, adhere to the opinion of Roger North and the historians Laing and Lingard, all of whom were of opinion that the original Scotch Whigs were called so, not, as Burnet supposes, from the word used by them in driving their horses, but from the word Whig being vernacular in Scotland for sour whey, which was a common drink with the people. DAVID STEVENS. Godalming. THE RECOVERY OF THE LOST AUTHORS OF ANTIQUITY. (Vol. iii., pp. 161. 261. 340.) "Φέρ', ὦ, ταλαίνῃ χειρὶ τοῦ τρισαθλίου ὀρθῶς προσαρμόσωμεν εὔτονον τε πᾶν σῶμ' ἐξακριβώσωμεν, εἰς ὅσον πάρα." _Eurip. Bacch. Supplement._ "With a wretched hand, "Come let me this thrice wretched corse compose, And careful as I can the limbs collect." The foregoing lines, from Burgess's able restoration of this splendid scene in the _Bacchæ_ of Euripides, published in the _Gentleman's Magazine_ for Sept. 1832, and afterwards without the Greek text in the _Literary Gazette_ for Oct. 11, 1845, form a fit motto for the undertaking in which I am engaged, and of which I now present a sort of report to literary men interested in such matters. No one, in my opinion, should endeavour to satisfy querists about a design more than the original proposer of such design, and I am the rather induced to make a few remarks, the subject having been passed over with a silence rendered remarkable by the importance of my proposal. Two correspondents, however, having come forward with additional suggestions and remarks, I feel myself possessed of a pretext to touch upon the subject once more. The following will show what common steadiness and attention have been able to bring about. I have so far accomplished my purpose, as lately, while residing on the continent, and also since my return, to establish in Russia, Siberia and Tartary, Persia, and Eastern Europe, stations for the search after all MSS. worth attention. I hope, therefore, to be enabled ere long, through the co-operation of my friends abroad, to present the world with something more solid than mere promises, and more satisfactory to classical critics and lovers of antiquity like myself. Especially I expect from my Tartary correspondent some interesting and valuable Hebrew MSS., of which there are many to be obtained toward the frontier of China and in that country. I unfortunately missed such a MS. some years ago, which a sailor had offered to me, whom I am now unable to find. I earnestly solicit every Oriental traveller to co-operate with me. The proposal of Dr. Arnold, quoted by M. N. (Vol. iii., p. 261.), I did not mention, although I was aware of it, as it is at present next to an impossibility to carry it out in the disturbed state of Continental Europe, useful as I allow it to be.