‘Government is an arduous matter; it has three principles; Council, Authority, and Activity. These mutually assisting each other dispatch all affairs. Council determines objects, Authority commences, and Activity effects their attainment. Policy is a tree of which Council is the root, Authority the stem, and Activity the main branch. The seventy-two Prakritis are the leaves; the six qualities of Royalty the blossoms; power and success the flowers and the fruit. Let this shade protect our Gracious Empress for ever. ‘And as at the birth of the Great Abkar, which happened at a time when his father’s fortunes were fallen so low that he possessed neither crown, nor kingdom, nor even the wherewithal to make the necessary gifts to his friends and followers when a son was born unto him, he took a musk-pod, and breaking it divided it amongst them, uttering the wish that proved a prophecy; so may thy name, most noble Mercia, and thy virtues spread in waves of perfume throughout thy wide domains, making glad the hearts of thy faithful subjects, and filling them with joy, and peace and love. ‘May the blessing of the Eternal Father rest upon thee and thine for ever and for ever.’ THE END PRINTED BY SPOTTISWOODE AND CO., NEW-STREET SQUARE LONDON ------------------------------------------------------------------------ IDYLLS, LEGENDS, AND LYRICS. By A. GARLAND MEARS. Portrait. Superfine paper. Cloth, gold lettered. Price 6_s._ _NEWCASTLE CHRONICLE._—‘As an Alpine traveller might pluck the eidelweiss in some unexpected cranny, so we open the pages of a volume of IDYLLS, LEGENDS, AND LYRICS. It is the work of a poet of Nature.... Mrs. Mears strikes her harp with power and grace, and breathes life and poetry into the dry bones of history. Interest will be aroused in them, not only by their poetic treatment, but also by the erudition displayed by the author. ‘The legends of her volume are enhanced by notes betraying considerable research.... Mrs. Mears may be indeed described as the poet of love.... She is a close observer of human passion. Never before have we seen such a complete analysis of the tender passion as that given in the series of eighteen sonnets under the title of HONORIA’S LOVE.... IDYLLS, LEGENDS, AND LYRICS go into the world with the stamp of approval, and, in winning credit for their author, they reflect honour upon the town that saw their birth.’