This, however, is a secondary matter, which we merely submit in passing. As it is, Mr Kavanagh has taken his place as a philologist on an elevation which only a few can hope to attain. He may be said to have done for language in general what has hitherto only been attempted in the field of Celtic speculation; but it is no light matter to have followed and outstripped in their course the illustrious men who have excelled in that more limited province. Henceforth the name of Morgan Kavanagh will be entwined in the same undying wreath with those of Lachlan Maclean and Sir William Betham. SCRAMBLES IN MONMOUTHSHIRE. A SEQUEL TO HOUSE-HUNTING IN WALES. As we sat in the state of mind which has become characteristic of the gallant Widdrington--in the large room at the Angel inn at Abergavenny, wondering when our pilgrimage among the hotels would come to an end--a messenger of joyful tidings made his appearance in the person of our friendly landlord. He had just remembered that a house about three miles off was occasionally let--he thought it was unlet at that moment--it was the larger portion of a farm-house, originally occupied by the 'squire, but now in the hands of a most respectable farmer. We would hear no more; in ten minutes from this communication we were careering along in a one-horse car to judge for ourselves--our imaginations filled with the same celestial visions that blest the slumbers of the friar, in the song-- "All night long of heaven I dream-- But that is fat pullets and clouted cream"-- and before we had conjured up one-half the delights of a residence in a real farm-house, we turned in at some iron gates, drove up a gravelled avenue, and stood at the door of a very nice, comfortable-looking house, that in many advertisements would pass very well for "a quiet and gentlemanly mansion, fit for a family of the first distinction." The rooms were of good size--a beautiful lawn before the door--a well-filled garden behind--fields, hedges, trees all round--and the river winding through brushwood a few hundred yards in front. It did not take long to settle about terms. We were installed the very next day; and, after our ten days' wanderings, it was no little satisfaction to find once more "All that the heart can dream of heaven --a home!" Trunks were unpacked, books laid on the table, and, in spite of the season of the year, a roaring fire went rushing up the chimney; and as we looked round, after candles were brought in, and the novel skies and unaccustomed earth shut out, we could hardly believe we had gone through such a succession of coaches and cars, boats, busses, and flies--Yorks, Westerns, Beauforts, Angels, Swans, Lions, and other beasts of hospitable inclinations--but that we had long been completely settled in our present quarters, while all these conveyances and hotels were the phantasmata of a dreadful dream.