Reading.
[In the musical catalogue of the British Museum, compiled by Thomas
Oliphant, Esq., it is stated that the words to _Acis and Galatea_ "are
said to be written, but apparently partly compiled, by John Gay." This
serenata is included among Gay's _Poems_ in Dr. Johnson's edition of
the _English Poets_, 1790, as well as in Chalmers's edition of 1810,
and in the complete edition of _British Poets_, Edinburgh, 1794.]
_Birm-bank._--The bank of a canal opposite to the towing-path is called the
_birm-bank_. What is the derivation of this?