NOTES OF A READER.
BYRON'S "FARE THEE WELL."
On one occasion of a mediator waiting upon Lord Byron upon the subject of a reconciliation with his wife, he produced from his desk a paper on which was written "fare thee well," and said, "Now these are exactly my feelings on the subject—they were not intended to be published, but you may take them."—Lit. G.
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EARLY HOURS.
Dr. Franklin published an ingenious Essay on the advantages of early rising.—He called it "an economical project," and calculated the saving that might be made in the city of Paris, by using the sunshine instead of the candles—at no less than 4,000,000l. sterling.
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SENSITIVE PLANTS.
Light exercises a very remarkable influence upon the irritability of the sensitive plant. Thus, if a sensitive plant be placed in complete darkness, by carrying it within an opaque vessel, it will entirely lose its irritability, and that in a variable time, according to a certain state of depression or elevation of the surrounding temperature.
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