_Dr. Elrington's Edition of Ussher_ (Vol. iii., p. 496.; Vol. iv., p. 10.).--There is still some obscurity about the publication of the remaining volumes of this important work, notwithstanding DR. TODD'S prompt communication on the subject. He speaks of the 14th volume half printed off, and asks for information which may assist him in completing it; and then announces that highly desirable addition, viz. an Index, which is to form the 17th volume; but of the projected contents of vols. xv. and xvi., he says nothing.[5] [Footnote 5: Vols. xv. and xvi., consisting of Letters to and from Archbishop Ussher, were published early in 1849.] In spite of Dr. Elrington's rejection of the _Body of Divinity_ (which is doubtless what DR. TODD refers to under the name of the _System of Theology_), I would still venture to plead for at least an uniform edition of it; for there is surely much force in the testimony of Dr. N. Bernard (as quoted by Mr. Goode), that, whilst the Archbishop was "indeed displeased at the publishing of it, without his knowledge, but hearing of some good fruit which hath been reaped by it, he hath _permitted it_." "Several other editions, therefore," (Mr. Goode adds) "were published in his lifetime; and being thus published with his _permission_, must of course be considered as in all important points of doctrine representing his views."--_Effects of Infant Baptism_, pp. 312, 313. Possibly some of your correspondents might be able to throw light on this point. It will scarcely be travelling out of the record to entreat that the Index may be printed on anything but the dazzling milled paper, which everybody I should think must detest. C. W. B. _Was Stella Swift's Sister?_ (Vol. iii., p. 450.).--J. H. S. will find this question raised in the _The closing Years of Dean Swift's Life_, by W. R. Wilde, M.R.I.A.:-- "That Stella was the daughter of Sir Wm. Temple appears more than probable; but that Swift was his son, and consequently her half brother, remains to be proved. It has, it is true, been often surmised, from the date of Orrery's book to the present time, but we cannot discover in the supposition anything but vague conjecture." Mr. Wilde, however, proceeds to quote in favour of the opinion from an article in _The Gentleman's and London Magazine_, pp. 555. to 560., Dublin. Printed for John Exshaw, Nov. 1757. It is signed _C. M. P. G. N. S. T. N. S._ † _The Mistletoe_ (Vol. ii., pp. 163. 214.).--The mistletoe is common on almost every tree of our Southern forests; it is abundant on all the varieties of the oak, and grows most luxuriously on the trees near our watercourses. I have seen some of our deciduous trees looking almost as green in winter as when clothed in their own foliage in summer, in consequence of the quantity of mistletoe growing upon them. H. H. B. Monte Cavallo, South Carolina.