_Lady Flora Hastings' Bequest_ (Vol. iii., p. 522.).--I can state positively, that the lines with the above title were "in reality written by that lamented lady." I was not aware they had ever appeared in print, nor do I think her family are aware either. I am truly sorry that a "Christian Lady" should have been guilty of such a shameless, heartless act of literary piracy. I here take the opportunity of remarking that, in the last stanza but one, and sixth line, "upon" is a misprint for "uprose." ERZA. _English Sapphics_ (Vol. iii., p. 494.).--In the translation of the Psalms of David by Sir P. Sidney and his sister, the Countess of Pembroke, the 125th Psalm is rendered in Sapphics. The first stanza is as follows: "As Sion standeth very firmly steadfast, Never once shaking: so on high Jehova Who his hope buildeth, very firmly steadfast Ever abideth." The 120th Psalm is in Alcaics, and, I think, very successful, considering the difficulty of the metre. It commences thus: "As to th' Eternall often in anguishes Erst have I called, never unanswered, Againe I call, againe I calling Doubt not againe to receave an answer." There are also specimens of other Latin metres in the same collection. I remember about eighteen or twenty years ago an "Ode to December," in _Blackwood's Magazine_, the first stanza of which was as follows (I quote from memory): "O'er the bare hill tops moan the gusty breezes, From the dark branches sweeping the sere leaves, South comes the polar duck; and the gliding grey gull Shrieks to her shelter." M. W. _Welwood_ (Vol. iv., p. 1.).--The imprint of the first edition of his _Memoirs_ is "London, for Tim. Goodwin, 1700." The Museum copy which bears the press-mark 808. f. is a distinct impression. BOLTON CORNEY.