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Rh fasces nec opes, sola artis sceptra perennant;" so strikingly illustrated by the state of Tycho's works on earth and his labours in science. Low stone walls form oval enclosures round the sites of Uraniborg and Stjerneborg, but otherwise the scanty remains of the buildings are quite unprotected, and will soon entirely disappear, being exposed to wind and weather. It is therefore well that they have been carefully described, first by the Danish poet, J. L. Heiberg, in 1845, and by the distinguished astronomer D'Arrest in 1868, both enthusiastic lovers of the memory of Tycho Brahe.