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8 America, where he soon expended His little remaining money. It is now that his life, as a man, commenced; and the many difficulties and misfortunes which beset his way, are thus alluded to in his last letter to the press:—"I bear an honorable name; I have striven hard, in great trial, in great temptation, in a foreign country, in a false position, among men who did not, perhaps could not, sympathize with me, to keep it honorable." Again—" Remember also, when you judge me, that of all lives, mine has been almost the most unhappy. No counsellor, no friend, no country have been mine, for six-and-twenty weary years. Every hope has broken down under my foot as soon as it has touched it. Every spark of happiness has been quenched as soon as it has been kindled." For eight years Herbert was a teacher in a school in New York, where he gave the most perfect satisfaction: He was a frequent contributor to the best journals of the day, and an editor of the "American Monthly Magazine." In "The Captains of the Old World," "The Roman Republic," "The Brothers, a tale of the French," "Ringwood the Rover," "Warwick Woodlands," "Cromwell," &c., he has given pleasure and instruction to many readers. These facts concern Herbert's literary reputation, which was good among distinguished literary men; but that which binds him to the hearts of true sportsmen, and lovers of nature, he has won under the nom de plume of "Frank Forester," in the "Field Sports," "Fish and Fishing," "The Deer Stalkers," "The Complete Manual for Young Sportsmen," etc. More recently, he wrote a very large work on "The Horse of America," and, last of all, these "Hints to Horse-Keepers." Herbert was twice married;—first, in 1839, to a Miss Barker, of Bangor, whither he had accompanied a