"Soon after the publication of this treatise, _the author took an opportunity of presenting a copy_ to our late much revered sovereign; whose ear was always accessible to merit, however obscure the individual in whom it was found. Contrary to the fate of most publications laid at the feet of royalty, it was diligently perused and admired; and a communication of this approbation was afterwards made known to the author. It happened some time afterwards, a relative of one of his friends was convicted of a capital crime, for which he was left for execution. Application was instantly made for an extension of royal favour in his behalf; and, among others, one was made by Mr. Fawcett: and his majesty, _no doubt recollecting the pleasure he had derived from the perusal of his_ Essay on Anger, _and believing that he would not recommend an improper person to royal favour_, was most graciously pleased to answer the prayer of the petition; but _as to precisely how far the name of Mr. Fawcett might have contributed to this successful application must await the great disclosures of a future judgment._" The reader will sift this jumble of inferences and facts, and perhaps will not go so far as to have "no doubt." WHUNSIDE tells me, that about 1807 he employed a bookbinder from Halifax; who, on hearing that he had been a pupil of Mr. Fawcett, said he had seen two copies of the _Essay on Anger_, most beautifully bound, to be sent to the king. The conclusion to which I come is, that Mr. Fawcett sent a copy of the _Essay on Anger_ to the king; that the receipt of it was acknowledged, possibly in some way more complimentary than the ordinary circular; that a young man was convicted of forgery; that Mr. Fawcett and others petitioned for his pardon, and that he was {575} pardoned. All the rest I hold to be mere rumours, not countenanced by Mr. Fawcett or his family, and not _asserted_ by his biographers. H. B. C. U. U. Club. * * * * * MYTHE VERSUS MYTH. (Vol. vii., p. 326.) MR. KEIGHTLEY'S rule is only partially true, and in the part which is true is not fully stated. The following rules, qualified by the accompanying remarks, will I trust be found substantially correct. English monosyllables, formed from Greek or Latin monosyllabic roots, (1.) When the root ends in a single consonant preceded by a vowel, require the lengthening e. (2.) When the root ends in a single consonant preceded by a diphthong, or in more than one consonant preceded by a vowel, reject the e. 1. Examples from the Greek:--[Greek: schem-a], _scheme_; [Greek: lur-a] (lyr-a), _lyre_; [Greek: zon-e] (zon-a), _zon-e_; [Greek: bas-is], _base_; [Greek: phras-is], _phras-e_; [Greek: trop-os], _trop-e_. From Latin, ros-a, _ros-e_; fin-is, _fin-e_; fum-us, _fum-e_; pur-us, _pur-e_; grad-us, _grad-e_. Compare, in verbs, ced-o, _ced-e_.