The statue of Gutenberg at Mentz is a good example of what might be erected in Westminster; yet I very much doubt whether any likeness of the great printer has been preserved. The expense necessarily attendant upon MR. CORNEY'S Literary Memorial appears to me to be fatal to its success; for, however dear to the bibliographer, I fear but little public interest is now felt in the writings of Caxton. The _Typographical Antiquities_ contain copious extracts from his works; and the biographies of Lewis and Knight appear to have satisfied public curiosity as to his life. Besides, a memorial of this nature would be hidden in a bookcase, not seen in a highway. I may add that the present state of the Caxton Memorial is this: the venerable Dean of St. Paul's is anxious to be relieved from the charge of the funds already subscribed, and to place them in the hands of the Society of Arts, if that body will receive them, and undertake to promote the object of the original subscribers by all the means at its command. BERIAH BOTFIELD. MEANING OF "NERVOUS". (Vol. iv., p. 7.) Medically, the word _nervous_ has the following meanings:-- 1. Of or belonging to the anatomical substance called nerve, _e. g._ the "nervous system," "nervous sheaths," "nervous particles," &c. 2. A predomination of the nervous system, when it is unusually active or highly developed, which is what we mean in speaking of a "nervous temperament," "a nervous person," &c. 3. Certain functional disorders of the nervous system are so termed, and in this sense we speak of "nervous people," "nervous complaints," and so forth. 4. Nervous is also used, more poetically than correctly, to signify _muscular_, and as synonymous with brawny, sinewy, &c., thus conveying an idea of strength and vigour. But _nerve_ is not _muscle_, therefore this inaccurate use of the word, though sanctioned by some good old writers, must cease. 5. Nervous, in speaking of a part of the body, signifies a part in which there are many nerves, or much nervous matter, or which is endowed with extra sensibility. These are the various ideas commonly attached to the word _nervous_. They are too many for the word to be a closely accurate one, but we must take them, not make them. We can, however, avoid the future inaccurate use of the term alluded to in explanation 4., and all the metaphorical derivations thereof, such as a "nervous style of writing," &c., and adhere to those two significations which are physiologically and pathologically correct, and which are obviously derivable from the several meanings and explanations above enumerated, viz.-- 1. Of or belonging to the natural structure or functions of nerve; and 2. The quality of functional disorder or weakness of the nervous system in certain respects. WILLIAM E. C. NOURSE.