It seems probable that about this time both Steele and Addison were thinking of bringing _The Spectator_ to a close, and this was the first of a series of papers which should dismiss all the members of the Spectator Club. In No. 544--the last of this volume--Captain Sentry succeeds to Sir Roger's estate, and passes from notice; in No. 549 the old clergyman is reported dead, and Sir Andrew Freeport gives up his business and retires into the country to make ready for the end; in No. 555 the Spectator makes his parting bow, and the volume closes. =Motto.= "Alas for piety and ancient faith." --Virgil, _Æneid_, vi. 878. =211=: 16. =The quorum.= The justices of the peace for the county. =212=: 9. =The Act of Uniformity=, passed in 1662, provided that all ministers should declare their unfeigned assent to everything in the Book of Common Prayer, and should use it at morning and evening service. The Act threw more than two thousand ministers out of their livings, and united all Dissenters against the Church. Of course Tories, like Sir Roger, held it to be a wise and necessary measure, of utmost importance to the security and stability of the Church. =212=: 17. =Rings and mourning.= It was customary to give by will mourning rings and mourning gloves and hat bands to a large number of friends. They would be worn, of course, by such of the friends as attended the funeral services; but not afterward. See Ashton's _Social Life in the Reign of Queen Anne_, Chap. iv. XXXIII. CAPTAIN SENTRY AS MASTER OF COVERLEY HALL =Motto.= "No one ever had a scheme of life so well arranged but that circumstances, or age, or experience, would bring him something new, and teach him something more: so that you find yourself ignorant of the things you thought you knew, and on experience you are ready to give up what you supposed of the first importance."--Terence, _Adelphi_, v. 4. =216=: 11. =Colonel Camperfelt.= Colonel Kemperfeldt, the father of the admiral who was lost in the _Royal George_, has often been supposed to be the model from which the character of Captain Sentry was drawn. TEACHERS' OUTLINES FOR STUDIES IN ENGLISH Based on the Requirements for Admission to College By GILBERT SYKES BLAKELY, A.M., Instructor in English in the Morris High School, New York City. $0.50 This little book is intended to present to teachers plans for the study of the English texts required for admission to college. These Outlines are full of inspiration and suggestion, and will be welcomed by every live teacher who hitherto, in order to avoid ruts, has been obliged to compare notes with other teachers, visit classes, and note methods. The volume aims not at a discussion of the principles of teaching, but at an application of certain principles to the teaching of some of the books most generally read in schools.