I made no reply to this last speech; for albeit I thought my father would not accede to these terms, I did not so far trust mine own judgment thereon as to predict with certainty what his answer should be. And then Hubert said he had an order from Sir Francis that would admit me on the morrow to see my father; and he offered to go with me, and Mistress Ward too, if I listed, to present it, albeit I alone should enter his cell. I thanked him, and fixed the time of our going. When he had left us, Lady Surrey commended his zeal, and also his moderate spirit, which did charitably allow, she said, for such as conformed to the times for the sake of others which their reconcilement would very much injure. Before I could reply she changed this discourse, and, putting her hands on my shoulders and kissing my forehead, said, "My Lady Lumley hath heard so much from her poor niece of one {178} Mistress Constance Sherwood, that she doth greatly wish to see this young gentlewoman and very resolved papist." And then taking me by the arm she led me to that lady's chamber, where I had as kind a welcome as ever I received from any one from her ladyship, who said "her dear Nan's friends should be always as dear to her as her own," and added many fine commendations greatly exceeding my deserts. [TO BE CONTINUED.] ------ From The London Quarterly Review. GLEANINGS FROM THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE TROPICS. ART. VI.--1. _A Narrative Of Travels on the Amazon and Rio Negro, etc._By Alfred R. Wallace. London: 1853. 2. _Himalayan Journals; or, Notes of a Naturalist in Bengal, the Sikkim, and Nepal Himalayas_. By Joseph D. Hooker, M.D., R.N., F.R.S. London: 1854. 3. _Three Visits to Madagascar during the Years_1853, 1854, 1856, _with Notices of the Natural History of the Country, etc._ By the Rev. W. Ellis, F.H.S. London: 1859. 4. _The Tropical World: A Popular Scientific Account of the Natural History of the Animal and Vegetable Kingdoms._By Dr. G. Hartwig. London: 1863. 5. _The Naturalist on the River Amazons: A Record of Adventures, Habits of Animals, etc., during eleven Years of Travel._ By Henry Walter Bates. London: 1863.