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Rh first goose caught joined the fox, changing sides, until all the geese were captured.

Legend of Slain Warriors.—In which paper was there lately some correspondence about the rising of slain warriors in the evening to fight over again their battles? It is a northern legend occurring in the Edda; does it also occur in an English book? There is a legend about a Norman hero who had the gift of inheriting the talents, capacities, &c., of his antagonists whom he had slain in battle. What was his name? In which book is there an account of him?

It is a sign of the times that Mélusine, which had stopped for six years, has again commenced publication, and we are heartily glad to welcome this first number. It will be our duty to chronicle the contents of each number in these pages "as it appears, and we hope our readers will render all the aid they can to our French contemporary. After a few words of introduction by the learned editors we have articles on "De l'importance des usages populaires juridiques," a particularly important subject, "L'origine des puces," "L'embrouillement des pieds," conte Basque, "L'arc-en-ciel," "La légende de Pontoise," "La femme au serpent," conte des sauvages de l'Amérique du Nord, "Un légende serbe sur les moustiques."

Señor Machado y Alvarez is contributing to the Madrid journal el America a series of articles upon Dr. Pitré's "Children's Games in Sicily." He identifies the games played by the muchachos of Spain with the pastimes familiar to the ragazzi of Italy, and these latter have been shown in our pages to be the same as the games of