Southcote Lodge, near Reading.
The second makes us acquainted with a plan for the publication of a
_Monumenta Anglicana_ by MR. DUNKIN,--a plan which would have our hearty
concurrence and recommendation, if it were at all practicable; but which,
it will be seen at a glance, must fail from its very vastness. If the
_Monumentarium of Exeter_ contains the material for half a moderate-sized
octavo volume, in what number of volumes does MR. DUNKIN propose to
complete his collection--even if a want of purchasers of the early volumes
did not nip in the bud his praiseworthy and well-intentioned scheme?
Your correspondent MR. EDW. PEACOCK, Jun, may be interested in knowing
that a work has some time been projected by my friend Mr. Alfred John
Dunkin of Dartford (whose industry and antiquarian learning render him
well fitted for the task), under the title of _Monumenta Anglicana_,
and which is intended to be a medium for preserving the inscriptions in
every church in the kingdom. There can be no doubt of the high value
and utility of such a work, especially if accompanied by a
well-arranged index of names; and I have no doubt MR. PEACOCK, and
indeed many others of your valued correspondents, will be induced to
{218} assist in the good cause, by sending memoranda of inscriptions to
Mr. Dunkin.