on awakening found himself in Monterone, and so changed to a handsome youth that no one knew him. So hemarried his beautiful lady, and all lived the hidden life of witches and wizards from that day, and are now in fairy landLELAND'S NOTES As a curious illustration of the fact that the faith in Dianaand the other deities of the Roman mythology, as connected with divination, still survives among the Italians of 'the people,' Imay mention that after this work went to press, I purchased for twosoldi or one penny, a small chapbook in which is shown how, by a process of conjuration or evocation and numbers, not only Diana,but 39 other deities may be made to give answers to certain questions.The work is probably taken from some old manuscript, as it is declaredto have been discovered and translated by P.P. Francesco di VillanovaMonteleone. It is divided into two parts, one entitled Circe and theother Medea. As such works must have pictures, Circe is set forth by a page cutof a very ugly old woman in the most modern costume of shawl and mob capwith ribbons. She is holding an ordinary candlestick. It is quite theideal of a common fortune teller, and it is probably that the words MagaCirce suggested nothing more or less than such a person to him who 'madeup' the book. That of Medea is, however, quite correct, even artistic,representing the sorceress as conjuring the magic bath, and was probablytaken from some work on mythology. It is ever so in Italy, where the most grotesque and modern conceptions of classic subjects are mingled with much that is accurate and beautiful - of which indeed this worksupplies many examples....
