Ana, as a prefix, a Greek word signifying over again, against, and the like. Its use is exemplified in Anabaptist, anachronism, and analysis. As a suffix, it is the Latin termination of the neuter plural of an adjective of three terminations; thus Ciceroniana would be the matters of any sort appertaining to Cicero. In the literature of the modern European nations, it alludes to the collections of the sayings or anecdotes of celebrated wits. The first collection of this kind was the Scaligeriana, published at the Hague in 1666, by Vossius, in Latin. The next of the ana was the Perroni-ana, in French, being notes of the conversations of Cardinal Duperron(1669). Menagiana and Thuana are also celebrated collections in French. French literature of the 17th century is particularly rich in this department. The ana mania lasted about half a century. In English, the "Walpoliana" is the best. German literature is not rich in personal memoirs; the Taubmaniana is the most famous, and we have also the Melanchthoniana, In England, the records of the prize ring are called "Fistiana " and "Boxiana." American literature does not much affect this species of title.