[Two editions of this work have been published: the first appeared in 1751, and the other in 1829; both in 4to. The title-page of the latter edition informs us that it was "translated into English from the Hebrew, by Flaccus Albinus Alcuinus of Britain, Abbot of Canterbury, who went a pilgrimage into the Holy Land and Persia, where he discovered this volume, in the city of Gazna." But it appears that this Alcuin of Britain was no other than Jacob Ilive; and, according to Rowe Mores, the whole of it is a palpable forgery. He states, that "the account given of the translation is full of glaring absurdities. Mr. Ilive, in the night-time, had constantly an Hebrew Bible before him, and cases in his closet. He produced the _Book of Jasher_; and it was composed in private, and the same worked off in the night-time in a private press-room."--Rowe Mores' _Diss. on Founders_, p. 64. See also Nichols' _Literary Anecdotes_, vol. i. p. 309.] Minor Queries. _Old China._--It was gratifying to see some inquiries respecting Dutch china, which it is to be hoped will lead to a further pursuit of such subjects. Some connoisseur would confer a benefit upon the community if he would be kind enough to give a concise description of the various styles and to point out the distinguishing marks of old china generally, by which its beauties might be appreciated and its value estimated: there is great difficulty in acquiring such information. C. T. _Pagoda, Joss House, Fetiche._--No such word as _Pagoda_ is known in the native languages: _Dewal_, according to Mr. Forbes (_Orient. Mem._ vol. i. p. 25.), is the proper name. I have read somewhere or another that _Pagoda_ is a name invented by the Portuguese from the Persian "Pentgheda," meaning _a temple of idols_. _Joss_, applied to the Chinese temples, seems to be the Spanish _Diós_ (Deus), as _diurnal_ becomes _journal_. "The Fetiche of the African (says Mr. Milman) is the Manitou of the American Indian. The word _Fetiche_ was first, I believe, brought into general use in the curious volume of the President de Brosses' _Du Culte des Dieux Fétiches_. The word was formed by the traders to Africa from the Portuguese _Fetisso_, chose fée, enchantée, divinée, ou rendant des Oracles." De B. p. 18.--_History of Christianity_ (3 vols. 1840), vol. i. p. 11. Query, Is this word the same as a common word in Ireland (upon which Banim founded a tale), ycleped _fetch_, which answers to the Scotch _wraith_? EIRIONNACH. "_And Eva stood and wept alone._"--A good many years ago I deciphered on the marbled paper cover of one of my school-books the lines of which the following are what I yet retain in memory: "And Eva stood, and wept alone, Awhile she paused, then woke a strain Of intermingled joy and pain.