_"Mooney's Goose."_--As a pendant to "Ludlam's dog," I beg to insert the
proverb of "Full of fun and _fooster_, like Mooney's goose," with the
hope that your acute and ingenious correspondent D.V.S. may be able to
throw some light upon "Mooney." Let me add that D.V.S. has perhaps
somewhat misconceived my brief comment on Ludlam, which my regard for
conciseness has left some deal obscure; and it does not appear worth
while to go over the ground again. I repeatedly heard "Dick's hat-band"
quoted by Lancashire friends exactly as given by Southey. Does not the
variation "cobbler's dog" tend to prove the alliterative principle for
which I had been contending?

J.M.B.


_Translation of the Philobiblon_.--Where can I procure a translation of
Robert de Bury's _Philobiblon_?

L.S.{154}

_Achilles and the Tortoise_.--Where is the paradox of "Achilles and the
Tortoise" to be found? Leibnitz is said to have given it solution in
some part of his works.

There is also a geometrical treatment of the subject by Gregoire de S.
Vincent. Will some reading man oblige me with information or reference
concerning it.

[Greek: Idiotaes.]