tunefulness of the cooing wood-quests, and the morning rooks which bustle and caw, and of the high winds that pipe and roar, daily and nightly, through the boughs,--and for the deep glossy verdure of the pastures stretching forth to the brave distant hills which fence the vale,--to those, who in such things take delight, Lilies hath still its charms. From the fireside of the afore-mentioned little oak library the following legends proceed. [Few of the pieces fall under the denomination of "Legends," if we except "the Feast of alle Deuiles, an ancient ballad;" "the Costly Dague;" "the Ladye's Counselloure;" and "the Dole of Tichborne;" which are in the quaint olden style. Throughout the other papers there is a pleasant spice of dry humour and knowledge of character, intermixed with a few touches of pathos, and a nice perception of the finest affections: now, with these various characteristics, the legends must prove attractive and amusing. We have only space to quote briefly from one of the most desultory of the papers--an ingenious one, on "Solecisms in Language."] "Is it your _pleasure_," now and then asks a dentist, "is it your _pleasure_ to have your tooth out to-day?" "I do not care a pin," is a very ordinary figure of speech, but of doubtful propriety; for one's indifference, it appears to me, must very much depend on the position of the pin. In the cushion of one's chair, for instance, it is absolutely disagreeable, and what one should care very much about. The word "poor" is an epithet in very common misuse. It is often brought into play, especially in its plaintive sense, in situations, where, poor thing, it scarcely knows itself, and where there is not the slightest provocation to account for the use of it. It is degraded to the condition of a mere expletive; and, where there is a real good call for it, how often is it thrust upon the wrong person, the one who, were he consulted, would disclaim all compassion. "_Poor_ Mr. ----, only think of him, _poor_ fellow! How very odd! I believe he was not in joke. He told me a distant connection of his, of another name, whom he never knew till after he heard that the thing happened, who had been transported to New South Wales a matter of sixteen years ago, is to be hanged to-morrow, by way of a secondary punishment, for coming back from transportation." The audience were profuse in their repetition of the epithet--generous to excess in the free gift of it to Mr. ----. They did not happen to consider it applicable to him who, for an unlawful love of native country, was to undergo a violent and disgraceful death.