NOTES.

[PAGE 32, LINES 12 and 13.]

‘And a soft landscape given me by one

Who has a noble nature.’

The gentleman who gave me the picture of ‘Stirling Castle’ will not be surprised that so pleasant a gift holds a place in my memory.

[PAGE 33, LINES 9 and 10.]

‘one

Whose ancestors had been Castilia’s kings.’

This striking anecdote is related of Ponce de Leon, in, I think, ‘A Visit to Spain,’ by Michael Quin.