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ART. III. Papyri,--Ancient Tachygraphy,--Palimpsests. A capital paper this. It contains about all that need be known here of the history, and prospects, and hopes of all who have been occupied in a search after the buried wisdom and glorious beauty of the elder world. The four great sources of recovery are pointed out, and illustrated by well-managed calculations. The first, is unpublished manuscripts of the ordinary kind, of which the writer says, "It is easy to imagine, at least, that many works which we now lament as lost, may yet be found by men of good fortune and great diligence, who shall examine the contents of the various well-stored libraries in existence with more care than their predecessors, or who shall explore obscure collections which have not hitherto been deemed worthy of the attention of the learned; that an editio princeps, presenting a faithful transcript of the manuscript, will thus be bestowed on the public, and that be followed in due course by other editions, adorned with the ordinary apparatus or notes, prefaces, emendations, and illustrations, tending to bring the text into the light, or to throw it into deep shadow, according as the editors shall prefer the style of Claude or of Rembrandt.