ligations. They contained the thread of blue spoken of by Moses, a symbol to direct the eye and heart to God. TALMUD. This book contains the complete civil and canonical law of the Jewish people, embracing both the Mishna and the Gemara, the former being the earliest text. It is a book of doctrine, as the name implies, and this doctrine is elucidated and commented upon in a series of dialogues, in many cases of a fanciful character. The Mishna (doctrine) and the Gemara (teaching) contain, however, many curious and interesting statements regarding legal, medical, physical, ethical and astronomical subjects. They reveal much of the customs, practices, and decisions of the Jewish nation in the ages of antiquity. The word Talmud is from the Hebrew word lamed, and signifies, to learn. QUOTED AUTHORS. NATIVITY, DATES OF BIRTH AND DEATH. ADDISON, JOSEPH, AESCHINES, Greece....... NOTE. The first line of figures gives year of birth, the second death. The letter L signifies living. England.. England... ESCHYLUS, ....B. C. 389- 314 .B. C. 525- 456 B. C. 235 or 4- 183 Greece.. ARMSTRONG, JOHN, ARNOLD, EDWIN, ARNOLD, SAMUEL J., AUERBACH, BERTHOLD, Germany. 1709-1779 ... 1832- L. 1822- L. -1852 1812- L. AUERSPUG, COUNT (Anastasius Grün). AUFFENBERG, JOSEPH, AUGUSTUS, CAIUS JULIUS CAESAR OCTAVIANUS, 1798-1857 .B. C. 63 A. D. 14 1281-1345 309-392 AUNGERVYLE, RICHARD (Richard de Bury`, England.. Germany.. England.. ANSONIUS, DECIUS MAGNUS, |