Bors in coadjutorship, in the most unhesitating manner, proceeded to construe" ante" as a preposition withmare and tellus," whilst, being here in my proper sphere, and upon ground purely and confessedly classical, I found no difficulty in construing the passage so as to save the government. My two antagonists were abashed and confounded, and from that hour, my character, as an accomplished classical scholar, was established in the place, above all comparison or detraction. My gratitude towards the vindicator of my scholarship was, indeed, so excessive, and begat so fervid an admiration, and so close and indiscriminate an imitation, that for many years afterwards I used, in conversation with what I conceived to be genteel company, to throw the one leg over the other, and to pass my hand slowly and alternately from my knee to my ancle, and from my ancle to my knee, merely because I had observed this worthy clergyman practise this aukward movement.

But my embarrassments, in consequence of the ill-omened visit. I had paid to the schoolmaster, did not terminate here. It was now pretty generally known and believed that I had fairly dumb-foundered both my antagonists in Latin, but then they were still deemed my superiors in the gift and the endowment of prayer; and as I proceeded, contrary to the habit of all who had preceded me in office, to the work of the day without a morning invocation of the Deity, it was pretty generally omened that little success would attend my unsanctified labours. This, therefore, became another source of serious concern; my landlady remonstrated, my employers hinted, and the news having reached my mother's ears, she was absolutely unhappy, and sorely vexed on the occasion. I wanted, besides, but this one triumph more, to lay the schoolmaster upon his back, by foiling him still at his own weapons; but it was an arduous undertaking. Though, with Hogg's impious "Laird o' Lammington," I could not aver, with truth, that "I had never prayed

since I could mind," yet my prayers had hitherto been private; and, with the exception of the Lord's prayer, had consisted principally in groans and inarticulate sounds, in the form of ejaculations. How to arrange sentences and insert texts of scripture-how to modulate my voice, and how to recollect what I had previously composed, and got by heart; these were questions at the time, I remember well, of the most weighty and perplexing import. However, all is the gift of resolution, built on reason; so up I went to the school one Monday morning, primed and loaded with a prayer of no ordinary cast. As my school-room was not accommodated with a desk, I was compelled to wheel round the chair upon which I usually sat, and, with the seat turned towards the scholars, and the back placed as a prop, or support, under my arms, to proceed with the morning invocation. But scarcely had I advanced to the second sentence, (and ere yet my pupils were fully aware of the nature and intention of this novel measure,) when the feet of the chair having suddenly slipt outward, and the back accompanied and followed by my arms and whole person, having come equally expeditiously downward, I found myself laid, like Dagon, at my full length upon the floor, with the treacherous chair drifted to a considerable distance before me. To fall in such a situation, at such an exercise, and in such a presence, is indeed bad, and disconcerting enough; but, to gather up one's limbs, and to rectify, and raise into an erect position one's person, whilst half a hundred quizzical imps are enjoying, with ill-suppressed laughter, your misfortune-Oh, this is truly intolerable! and so I felt it, and so my pupils experienced it likewise; for having nothing better to do, just to relieve my embarrassment, I resumed-not the prayer, which had been thus unpropitiously interrupted, but the taws, wherewith I dealt chastisement largely, widely, vigorously, and indiscriminately, on all who came in my way!

(To be continued.)

LINES ON A SHIP,

HER mighty sails the breezes swell,
And fast she leaves the lessening land,
And from the shore the last farewell

Is wav'd by many a snowy hand;
And weeping eyes are on the main,

Until its verge she wanders o'er; But, from that hour of parting pain, Oh! she was never heard of more!

In her was many a mother's joy,

And love of many a weeping fair; For her was wafted, in its sigh,

The lonely heart's unceasing prayer; And oh the thousand hopes untold

Of ardent youth, that vessel bore ; Say, were they quench'd in waters cold? For she was never heard of more!

When on her wide and trackless path
Of desolation, doom'd to flee,
Say, sank she 'midst the blending wrath
Of racking cloud and rolling sea?
Or, where the land but mocks the
eye,
Went drifting on a fatal shore?

Vain guesses all-her destiny,

Is dark-she ne'er was heard of more!

The moon hath twelve times changed her form,

From glowing orb to crescent wan; Mid skies of calm, and scowl of storm, Since from her port that ship hath gone; But ocean keeps its secret well,

And though we know that all is o'er, No eye hath seen-no tongue can tell

Her fate-she ne'er was heard of more!

Oh were her tale of sorrow known,

"Twere something to the broken-heart, The pangs of doubt would then be gone, And Fancy's endless dreams depart : It may not be !-there is no ray

By which her doom we may explore; We only know she sail'd away,

And ne'er was seen nor heard of more!

LINES ON NAPOLEON.

His dust is in a distant Isle,

His tomb is in a desart place, He sleeps beneath a dreary pile

The mightiest of the human race!

The willow trees his mourners are,

His bed of slumber weeping o'er, Lorn waters sound his dirge-note thereThey moan for evermore!

His gloomy fame o'er earth has spread,
Wherever men and nations be,
Like sone dark mountain's giant-shade,
Grim stretching over land and sca.
His name to kings was as the peal

Of rolling thunder, deep and dread, At his wild presence thrones did reel, An earthquake was his tread!

Yet in the regions once his own,

(Their monarchs each his crouching slave),

His cold remains, when he was gone,
Found not the shelter of the grave!
Exult who may-that will not I

Above a mighty man's decay,
Nor swell the coward note of joy
O'er greatness pass'd away!

LINES

Written by a Spaniard, upon seeing a Wild Rose growing out of a Scull, filled with earth, in the corner of a deserted cemetery in Spain.

BELLA flor! donde naciste?
Que temprano fue tu suerte!
Que al primer paso que diste,
Encontraste con la muerte.
Dejarte es cosa triste-
Llevarte es cosa fuerte-
Dejarte donde naciste,-
Es dejarte con la muerte.

Translation.

Beautiful flower! a dreary bed
Is thine, and early doom;
Craddled in death, thy sweets are shed
As first-fruits to the tomb.

To pass thee by, sweet flower! must grieve

me;

And to pluck thee-seals thy fate; Yet in thy natal spot to leave theeWith death must leave thee desolate.

Σ.

LONDON.

A Narrative is in the press of the Operations of the Left Wing of the Allied Army, in the Western Pyrenees and South of France, in the years 1813-14, under the Marquess of Wellington, comprising the passage of the Bidassoa, Nivelle, Nive, and Adour, the blockade of Bayonne, &c.; illustrated by numerous plates of mountain and river scenery, views of Fontarabia, Irun St Jean de Luz, and Bayonne, with plans, &c. drawn and etched by Capt. Batty, of the Grenadier Guards, F. R. S. and member of the Imperial Russian Order of St. Anne.

Proposals are circulated for publishing by subscription, in one volume royal quarto, Memoirs of Mr. John Debrett, and the History and Literature of his Times, from original documents and papers prepared for publication by Mr. John Debrett, some time previous to his death; comprehending a period of fortyfive years, from the year 1777 to the year 1522 inclusive.

Mr Horner is about to publish an Hlustrated Prospectus of his Panoramic View of London from the summit of St. Paul's.

The Rev. W. Buckland is printing a description of what he calls an Antediluvian Den of Hyenas, discovered at Kirkdale in Yorkshire in 1821, containing the remains of the hyena, tiger, bear, elephant, rhinoceros, hippopotamus, and sixteen other animals, all forinerly natives of this country, with a comparative view of many similar caverns and dens in England and Germany.

Researches in the South of Ireland are preparing, illustrative of the scenery, architectural remains, manners, and superstitions, of the peasantry, from personal observations, ancient authorities, and original manuscripts, by T. C. Croker.

Mr Huish intends to publish, in a short time, Letters to my Daughters on the most important Truths of Revelation. The same author has also in the press, Remarks on the Queen Bee, in answer to the "Observations on Bees" of the Rev. Mr Dunbar, of Applegarth.

Mr T. E. Evans is engaged in translating a Collection of the Constitutions, Charters, and Laws, of the various Nations of Europe and of North and South America, with historical sketches of the origin of their liberties and political institutions, from the French of Messrs. P. A. Dufau, J. B. Dowergin, and J. Guadet. The first volume, containing the rise and VOL. XII.

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The author of " the Wonders of the Vegetable Kingdom Displayed," is preparing the Wonders of Conchology Displayed, with a description of corals, spunges, &c. in a series of letters.

In a few days will be published, Topographical and Historical Sketches of the Boroughs of East and west Looe, in Cornwall, with an account of the natural and artificial curiosities and picturesque scenery of the neighbourhood, by T. Bond.

Granger's Biographical History of Eng. land, from Egbert the Great to the Revolution, is reprinting, in six vols. octavo, with the addition of nearly four hundred new lives, communicated expressly for this work to the late Mr. William Riehardson, by Horace Walpole Earl of Orford, David Dalrymple Lord Hailes, Sir William Musgrave, Bart. James Bindley, Esq. and several other celebrated collectors and antiquaries.

Don Carlos, a tragedy, translated and rendered into verse, from the German of Schiller, and adapted for the English stage, is in the press.

A prospectus has been published of a Map of Hampshire, upon an entirely new principle, and upon a larger scale than any map of the same extent ever before published. It will be accompanied by a complete topographical description of the county, compiled from the best and latest authority, by Mr N. Lipscomb Kentish, of Winchester, civil engineer and surveyor. It will appear in periodical numbers or sheets.

Shortly will be published, in octavo, Diary of a Journey through Southern India, Egypt, and Palestine, in the years 1821 and 1822, by a Field Officer of Cavalry.

Mr John Dunlop, author of the "History of Fiction," has nearly ready for publication, the History of Roman Literature, from the earliest periods to the Augustan Age.

In the course of the present month will appear, a new edition of the Saxon Chronicles, with an English translation, and Notes, critical and explanatory, by the Rev. J. Ingram, Fellow of Trinity College, Oxford, and late Saxon Professor in the University of Oxford.

Sharon Turner, Esq. F. S. A. is about to publish, in quarto, the third volume of his much esteemed and elaborated His

tory of England, embracing the Middle Ages.

In a few days will appear, Views of Ireland, moral, political, and religious, by J. O'Driscol, Esq.

The third volume of Transactions of the Literary Society of Bombay is printing.

The Rev. Mr Dibdin is going to press with a new and enlarged edition of his Introduction to the Classics.

A new work on English Composition is about to appear, entitled, the English Master, or Student's Guide to Reasoning and Composition, by W. Banks.

A Narrative of a Tour through the Morea, giving an account of the present state of the Peninsula and its inhabitants, by Sir William Gell, is just ready for publication.

T. Park, Esq. F.S.A. is engaged on a new edition of Walpole's Catalogue of Royal and Noble Authors.

Early in January will be published, the Annual Biography and Obituary for the year 1823.

Mrs Hoffland has in the press a new tale, entitled Integrity.

Shortly will be published, a Letter to the Right Rev. Dr Milner, Catholic Archbishop, on the controversy between Mess. Lawrence, Abernethy, and Rennell, on the subject of the human soul, and on organization.

The State of the Cape of Good Hope in July 1822, will soon be published.

Observations on the Diverse Treatment of Gonorrhoea Virulenta, with particular reference to the use of diuretics, purgatives, and piper cubeba, or Java pepper, will soon be republished from the London Medical Repository, with additional remarks by Mr. James Morss Churchill, Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons.

A Series of Views in Spain and Portugal are preparing, to illustrate the "History of the late War in Spain and Portugal," by Robert Southey, Esq. drawn on stone by W. Westall, A.R.A. to consist of three parts, quarto; and part 1. containing eight views, illustrative of Vol. I. will be published in January.

A Biographical work is announced, under the title of the Cambrian Plutarch, from the pen of Mr. J. H. Parry, editor of "the Cambro-Briton."

Mr. Westall is employed on a series of drawings to illustrate the Sketch-Book.

A poem will make its appearance in a few days, entitled Falearo, or the Neapolitan Liberal. The work is written in cantos, in the stanza of "Don Juan," and containing satirical, humorous, and quizzical remarks, on the principal personages and institutions of Great Britain.

The author announces himself as a member of "the Satanic School."

A Spanish quarterly magazine is about to appear, under the title of Variedades o Mensagero de Londres, the first number of which is expected to appear in January.

Capt. Franklin and Dr Richardson announce a Narrative of their Overland Journey and Observations, during the late Expedition to the Coasts of the Northern American sea. Nothing has yet been heard of Capt. Parry, who entered the same sea in the spring of 1821.

Dr Thomas is printing a popular vo. lume on the way to preserve Good Health, and on Domestic Medicine.

A work, called Pharmacopaia Imperialis, is in the press. It is to consist of a comparative view of the Pharmacopoeias of London, Edinburgh, and Dublin, in the Latin text, with English notes.

The Orlando Inamorato, abridged from Berni, with specimens, will soon be published by W. S. Rose, Esq.

A volume of Essays on the Manners, Habits, and Customs of Bengal, is in preparation.

The fortieth volume of Transactions of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, with an Analytical Index for Volumes XXVI. to XL. will be ready for delivery early in January.

Popular Tales and Romances of the Northern Nations, are preparing for publication, in three volumes.

High-ways and By-ways, or Tales of the Roadside, gathered in the French provinces, by a Walking Gentleman, will soon be published.

Prosings, by a Veteran, or the Lucubrations of Humphrey Ravelin, Esq. late major in the Regiment of Infantry, are printing.

The Theory and Practice of Music, professionally analysed, for the use of the instructor, the amateur, and the student, will soon be published, by J. Nathan, author of the "Hebrew Melodies."

Tales of Old Mr Jefferson, of Gray's Inn, collected by the Young Mr Jefferson, of Lyon's Inn, will soon appear. Series I. will consist of-Mandeville, or the Voyage; the Welch Cottage, or the Woodman's Fire-side; the Creole, or the Negro's Suicide.

In the course of this month will be published, the Second Part of Mr Bohn's Bibliographical, Analytical, and Descriptive Catalogue of Books, comprising above sixty thousand volumes in all languages and classes of literature, accompanied by literary notices.

Proposals are issued for the publication of an uniform edition of the Works of Dr

John Owen, to be edited by T. Cloutt, M.A.

Dr Yates announces a work on the Establishment, Patronage, and Pre-eminence, of the Church Establishment.

Pulpit Orations, Lectures, and Sermons, delivered in the Caledonian Church, Hatton Garden, by the Rev. E. Irving, A. M. in one volume octavo, are in the press.

The Actress, or Countess and No Countess, a novel, in four volumes, by the author of Malcolm," "Douglas,' &c. will be published in January.

The Noble Pilgrim, a novel, in three volumes, by W. Gardiner, author of “the Story of Pigou," &c.; also, Edward Williamson, a narrative, by the same author, will shortly be published.

Mr Grant, of Crouch End, has in the press, and nearly ready for publication, a new edition of his Institutes of Latin Grammar, revised and considerably augmented.

The first part of the Cabinet of Portraits will appear early in January, containing-Burns, engraved by Scriven; Corneille, by Thomson; Schaw, the Linnean Professor, by Cooper; Bishop SherJock, by Freeman; and the late President West, by Meyer; accompanied by Biographical Sketches, by Robert Scott, author of "the History of the Reign of George the Third." A Part, containing five prints, will appear every month.

A Sequel to the Unpublished Manuscript of Henry Kirke White's, is preparing, by the author of "the Wonders of the Vegetable Kingdom Displayed."

The Antiquities of Free-masonry, comprising illustrations of the five grand periods of masonry, from the creation of the world to the dedication of King Solomon's Temple, will soon be published, by G. Oliver, vicar of Clee.

Memoirs of the Life of Rossini are in the press, with an historical and critical account of his compositions, and an historical sketch of the state of music in Italy, from the beginning of the present century, to the year 1822, or the era of Rossini, by the author of the Lives of Haydn and Mozart.

The History and Topography of London and its Environs, to correspond with Pinnock's County Histories, with a map of twenty-five miles round the metropolis, is preparing for publication.

Early in January will be published, Relics of Literature, by S. Collett, A. M. in octavo, with a frontispiece of autographs of eminent characters.

An Introduction to the Hebrew Language, by W. Heinemann, Professor of the Hebrew and German Languages, and author of "the Catechism of Hebrew Grammar," ""an Introduction to German Reading," will be published in January.

The Lives of Scottish Poets are entirely completed, and will be ready in a few days, in three volumes, with thirty portraits.

In a few days will be published, with twenty-six Engravings, a Narrative of a Voyage round the World in the Uranie, Capt. Freycinet, dispatched on a scientific expedition by the French government during the years 1817, 18, 19, and 20, in a series of letters to a friend, by J. Arago, draftsman to the expedition.

The Orlando Furioso of Ariosto, translated by W. S. Rose, cantos 1, and 2, foolscap octavo, will soon be published.

EDINBURGH.

A new Poem, entitled A Sabbath among the Mountains, is nearly ready for publication.

Shortly will be published, Collections and Recollections; or, Historical, Biographical, and Miscellaneous Anecdotes, Notices, and Sketches, from various Sources; with Occasional Remarks. By John Stewart, Esq.; post octavo.

J. M. Duncan, A. B., of the University Press, Glasgow, author of "A Sabbath among the Tuscarora Indians," is preparing for publication an account of Travels through part of the United States and Canada, in 1818 and 1819, intended chiefly to illustrate subjects connected with the Moral, Literary, and Religious condition of the country.

ANTIQUITIES.

The Architectural Antiquities of Rome : consisting of Views, Plans, Elevations, Sections, and Details of the Ancient Edi. fices in that City. By G. L. Taylor and Edward Cresy, architects, and Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries. 2 vols. folio. £18-18s.

Description of the Ruins of an Ancient City discovered near Palengue, in the Kingdom of Guatemala. 4to. £.18s.

Part I. of a Series of Views of the most Interesting Remains of the Ancient Castles of England and Wales; with Engravings and Historical Descriptions. By E. W. Brayley, jun.