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was the Duke of Wellington. All the envy and malice which had accumulated during his brilliant and honest career was poured upon him at this juncture. It has been said a hundred times that he could have saved Ney's life if he had chosen to do so. He went every possible length with the king's ministers to induce them to spare the life of one of the bravest soldiers that ever lived. He found his remonstrances were vain ; he then en- deavoured to approach the king personally on the subject. Louis XVIII. showed great rudeness on the occasion. So determined was the king, and those about him, to prevent the duke having any opportunity of personally asking that Ney s life should be spared, that not only did Louis XVIII. turn his back upon the duke when he approached him, but the Comte d'Artois placed himself between the duke and the king. The duke felt this insult very much, and openly, and very properly, showed his resentment. The second duke told me more than once that his father said to him often that whatever Ney deserved, he had done his utmost to prevent his execution. After Marshal Ney was shot every effort was made on the part of the French royal family to reconcile the duke to the king. The duke sternly refused ; I believe that he showed to the last how deeply he felt the indignity to which he had been exposed." Vide large-paper edition, pp. 123, 124, 125.

HENRY GERALD HOPE.

"AND NOW, O FATHER" (9 th S. ii. 187). Is it not a mistake to j udge this fine intercessory hymn in the way suggested by MR. WILSON ? The line he particularizes is a natural request when read in connexion with the context, especially with the preceding line : fold them closer to Thy mercy's breast, O do Thine [not Thy] utmost for their souls' true

weal ;

From tainting mischief keep them white and clear And crown Thy gifts with strength to persevere.

Surely the prayer is both natural and re verent. I am sorry that this hymn has not been included in our new Scottish ' Church Hymnary.' ROBERT F. GARDINER.

64, Abbotsford Place, Glasgow.

"ORDO" (9 th S. ii. 148). Would not thi denote a degree, or the state of a gentleman '

EVERARD HOME COLEMAN. 71, Brecknock Road.

This inscription is not Latin, but Gaelic, and stands for the words "a prayer for": " O'r do " for Oraidh do. JOHN MALONE.

New York, U.S.

AUTHORS OF QUOTATIONS WANTED (9 th S. I. 389).

She should never have looked at me If she meant I should not love her !

Browning's ' Cristina,' st. i. <lod be thanked, the meanest of his creatures Boasts two soul-sides, one to face the world with, One to show a woman when he loves her !

Browning's ' One Word More,' st. xvii. W. G. B. S.

(9*8. ii. 69.)

I do not know who is the author of the lines "Said Day to Night," &c., quoted by MR. P. H. WILLIAMS : but they would appear to have been suggested by the following little poem in Victor

Hugo's

ay Voix

Interiewres,' dated 3 Juin, 1837,

jj.ugu UIA -Lni/tuieaues, uaucn o o uiu, j.uu<,

which, as it is very short, perhaps I may be allowed to quote in extenso :

La tombe dit h, la rose :

Des pleurs dont 1'aube t'arrose

Que fais-tu, fleur des amours ?

La rose dit a la tombe :

Que fais-tu de ce qui tombe

Dans ton gouffre ouvert toujours ?

La rose dit : Tombeau sombre, De ces pleurs je fais dans 1'ombre Un parfum d'ambre et de miel. La tombe dit : Fleur plaintive, De chaque ame qui m arrive Je fais un ange du ciel.

[s it unreasonable of me to quote another little thought, in Victor Hugo's ' Les Contemplations,' dated Avril, 1854?-
 * welve-line poem, containing a somewhat similar

La source tombait du rocher Goutte a goutte a la mer affreuse. L'oce"an, fatal au nocher, Lui dit : Que me veux-tu, pleureuse ?

Je suis la tempete et 1'effroi ; Je finis ou le ciel commence. Est-ce que j'ai bespin de toi, Petite, moi qui suis 1'immense ?

La source dit au gouffre amer :

Je te donne, sans bruit ni gloire,

Ce qui te manque, 6 vaste mer !

Une goutte d'eau qu'on peut boire. Has not Emerson a little poem containing a dialogue between a mountain and a squirrel, in which the squirrel tells the mountain that although he, the squirrel, does not carry forests on his back, neither can he, the mountain, crack a nut ?

JONATHAN BOUCHIER.

NOTES ON BOOKS, &c.

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