"From observing the Milanese cremations alluded to I think it barely possible that the human heart is ever capable of withstanding fire for more than a brief period; but since Mr. J. A. Symonds asserts, to my surprise, that Shelley's heart was given by Leigh Hunt to Mrs. Shelley, and is now at Boscombe, the seat of the present baronet, it would be easy for some competent anatomist to determine the question I have raised. "In any case, the hero-worshipping and sentimental tourists who go in crowds to that lovely spot beneath the pyramid of Caius Cestius to mourn over Shelley's untimely fate have been strangely deceived for more than sixty years in believing that beneath the marble graven with the touching words 'Cor Cordium' lies the flame proof heart of their favorite poet."--_Bicknell._ CROMWELL (Oliver), 1599-1658. "_My desire is to make what haste I may to be gone._" Cromwell died of grief at the loss of his favorite daughter. Some say his last words were, "Then I am safe," in response to his chaplain who assured him that, "once in grace is always in grace." CROME (John, English landscape painter), 1766-1821. "_O Hobbima, Hobbima, how I do love thee!_" CROSBY (Howard, Presbyterian clergyman, Chancellor of the University of New York, and a man of great classical learning), 1826-1891. "_My heart is resting sweetly with Jesus, and my hand is in his._" CULLEN (William, distinguished physician), 1712-1790. "_I wish I had the power of writing, for then I would describe to you how pleasant a thing it is to die._" CUMMINGS (George David, first Bishop of the Reformed Episcopal Church), 1822-1876. "_Jesus! precious Saviour!_" His last message to his church was: "_Tell them to go forward and do a good work_." CUSHMAN (Charlotte Saunders, distinguished American actress), 1816-1876. Her last words are not recorded, but on the night before her death she asked to have Lowell's poem "Columbus" read to her, and from time to time she prompted the reader when a word or line was missing. CUVIER (George Chretien Leopold Frederic Dagobert, Baron, one of the greatest naturalists of modern times, and founder of the science of comparative anatomy), 1769-1832. "_It is delightful to see those whom I love still able to swallow_," to his daughter-in-law, to whom he handed a glass of lemonade he found himself unable to swallow. CYPRIAN (Thascius Caecilius Cyprianus, "Saint," Bishop of Carthage, Latin Father and martyr. He is the author of numerous epistles and tracts), 200-258. "_Thanks be to God_," to the heathen judge, on hearing from him the sentence of death. CYRUS (Cyrus the Elder, surnamed "the Great," founder of the Persian empire, and the greatest of Persian monarchs. He appears in Sacred History as the conqueror of Belshazzar. Herodotus represents him as killed in battle, but Xenophon records that he died a natural death),--B. C. 559.