An Emir had bought a left eye of a glass eye-maker, supposing that he would be able to see with it. The man begged him to give it a little time: he could not expect that it would see all at once as well as the right eye, which had been for so many years in the habit of it. PHOENIX. The Phoenix lives a thousand years, a secular bird of ages; and there is never more than one at a time in the world. Yet Plutarch very gravely informs us, that the brain of the Phoenix is a pleasant bit, but apt to occasion the head ache. By the by, there are few styles that are not fit for something. I have often wished to see Claudian's splendid poem on the Phoenix translated into English verse in the elaborate rhyme and gorgeous diction of Darwin. Indeed Claudian throughout would bear translation better than any of the ancients. MEMORY AND RECOLLECTION. Beasts and babies remember, that is, recognize: man alone recollects. This distinction was made by Aristotle. 'Aliquid ex Nihilo.' In answer to the 'nihil e nihilo' of the atheists, and their near relations, the 'anima-mundi' men, a humourist pointed to a white blank in a rude wood-cut, which very ingeniously served for the head of hair in one of the figures. BREVITY OF THE GREEK AND ENGLISH COMPARED. As an instance of compression and brevity in narration, unattainable in any language but the Greek, the following distich was quoted: [Greek (transliterated): Chruson anaer euron, helipe brochon autar o chruson, hon lipen, ouk ehuron, haephen, hon ehure, brochon.] This was denied by one of the company, who instantly rendered the lines in English, contending with reason that the indefinite article in English, together with the pronoun "his," &c. should be considered as one word with the noun following, and more than counterbalanced by the greater number of syllables in the Greek words, the terminations of which are in truth only little words glued on to them. The English distich follows, and the reader will recollect that it is a mere trial of comparative brevity, wit and poetry quite out of the question: Jack finding gold left a rope on the ground; Bill missing his gold used the rope, which he found. 1809--1816. THE WILL AND THE DEED. The will to the deed,--the inward principle to the outward act,--is as the kernel to the shell; but yet, in the first place, the shell is necessary for the kernel, and that by which it is commonly known;--and, in the next place, as the shell comes first, and the kernel grows gradually and hardens within it, so is it with the moral principle in man. Legality precedes morality in every individual, even as the Jewish dispensation preceded the Christian in the education of the world at large. THE WILL FOR THE DEED.