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"Now, this once gorgeous edifice, if reared

By piety, which sought with honest aim

The glory of the Lord, should be revered

Even for that cause, by those who seek the same.

Perchance the builders erred; but who shall blame

Error, nor feel that they partake it too?

Then judge with charity, whate'er thy name,

Be thou a Pagan, Protestant, or Jew;

Nor with a scornful glance these Papal reliques view."

was on a lovely morning that I found myself on board the little steamer Wye, passing out of Bristol harbor. In going down the river, we saw on our right the stupendous rocks of St. Vincent towering some four or five hundred feet above our heads. By the swiftness of our fairy steamer, we were soon abreast of Cook's Folly, a singular tower, built by a man from whom it takes its name, and of which the following romantic story is told: "Some years since a gentleman, of the name of Cook, erected this tower, which has since gone by the name of 'Cook's Folly.' A son having been born, he was desirous of ascertaining, by means of astrology, if he would live to enjoy his property. Being himself a firm