In studious mood, you pass the hours away;

Or though you pace the noisy streets alone,

And silent watch day's burning orb go down;

Nature to thee displays her honest page:

Read there—and see the follies of an age."

The taste for emblemata appears to have passed by, but a good selection would be I think received with favour; particularly if access could be obtained to a good collection. And I should like to

see any addition to the Rev. J. Corser's list in the Number of the 14th of May.

Weld Taylor.


SHAKSPEARE CRITICISM.