Insensible as modern critics may be to the poetical merits of Hugh Holland, we find him described by Camden as one of the _most pregnant wits_ of those times; and he certainly gave a notable proof of his wit--for fame is that which _all hunt after_--in contributing some lines to _Mr. William Shakespeares comedies, histories, and tragedies_. On that account, if on no other, the particulars of his life should be inquired into and recorded. His _Cypress garland_, a copy of which I possess, is rich in autobiographical anecdote; and I have collected some of his fugitive verses, a specimen of which may amuse. As one of the shortest, I transcribe the lines which he addressed to Giles Farnaby, a musical composer of some eminence, on the publication of his _Canzonets to fowre voyces_, A. D. 1598. "_M. Hu. Holland to the author._ I would both sing thy praise, and praise thy singing, That in the winter nowe are both a-springing; But my muse must be stronger, And the daies must be longer. When the sunne's in his hight with ye bright Barnaby, Then should we sing thy praises, gentle Farnaby." BOLTON CORNEY. THE MILESIANS. (Vol. iii., p. 353.) In reply to W. R. M., who asks for information respecting the round towers of Ireland, I beg to refer him to Dr. Petrie's essay on the _Ecclesiastical Architecture of Ireland_, in which he will find a full discussion of the origin, uses, and history of the round towers. In reference to the Milesians and other early colonists of Ireland, he will find the most authentic ancient traditions in the Irish version of the _Historia Britonum of Nennius_, lately published by the Irish Archæological Society of Dublin, with a translation and notes, by the Rev. J. H. Todd, D.D. The same volume contains also some very curious and valuable notes by the Hon. A. Herbert.