The first step past still leads us on to more,
And guilt proves fate which was but choice before."
Who is the author of the above?
H. B. C.
Lyte Family.
—When did the Lyte family first settle at Lytes Carey, Somersetshire? On what occasion, and by whom, was the fleur de lis added to their crest? And when did a part of the family alter the spelling of the name from Lyte to Light?
The family is an ancient one, and in the reign of Elizabeth of considerable literary distinction.
J. L.
Sir Walter Raleigh's Snuff-box.
—What has become of Sir Walter Raleigh's snuff-box? It was a favourite box, in constant use by the late Duke of Sussex, and was knocked down at his sale for 6l. It is the box out of which Raleigh took a pinch of snuff on the scaffold.