—These are very common baptismal names for females in this parish, and I should be very much obliged to any one who could refer me to the origin and meaning of either or both of them. The former is also spelt Anchōra and Enchōra.
J. EASTWOOD.
Ecclesfield.
Diogenes in his Tub.
—It may be hypercritical, but is there any authority for placing Diogenes in the tub at the time of his interview with Alexander, which took place at Corinth, as Landseer has done in his celebrated dog-picture?
A. A. D.
Topical Memory.
—Where can I find the subject of "topical memory" treated of? Cic. de Orat. i. 34. alludes to it.
A. A. D.