Notes On Literature, Science And Art.

He might have fought for glories unachieved , Save by the nobleness of heart and mind , ( The triumphs that are by cravens unbelieved , ) And left a greaternametban great behind ,

He might have conquer'd , — nay , no doubt he Avould—Tbe frailties that remind us we are weak ; And held a place in the world ' s brotherhood , That partisan of aught in vain may seek .

His autumn might have straighten'd youthful bents , Ancl fix'd the lesson of the plummet ' s law , — That they Avho swen * e , the least , from high intents , Are knoAvn from angels by some mortal flaw .

This fault had he Avhose fate we mourn to-day ; Yet ' twas so slight a leading from the true , That e ' en unfriendly tongues could not gainsay The virtues thatredeem'd it were not few

His baud ne erknew its bounty in the gift Of Avealtb , or work , were either asked in aid . The Aveak to guide , —the lowly to uplift , He through his life an earnest duty made . If blind to one known lihthe'd many

g , more Of equal brightness on the path he trod . Then live the thought , that , Avhate ' er points before , The path that leads to duty leads to God , "

Mr . Joseph Foster , of Boundary Road , St . John ' s Wood , London , has done good service to the cause of genealogy , by printing " Tbe Visitation of Yorkshire made in the years 1581-5 , by Robert Glover , Somerset Herald ; to Avhich is added the subsequent visitation made in 1612 b

, y Richard St . George , Norray King of Arms , Avith several additional Pedigrees , including 'The Arms taken out of Churches and Houses at Yorkshire Visitation , 1584-5 , ' 'Sir William Fayrfax' Booke of A . rnis , ' and other Heraldic Lists , with copious

Indices . ' The book , Avhich consists of 734 pages , is printed ancl bound to correspond with the Mndred publications of the Surtees Society , by Avhom it really ought to have been published , instead of some of the less interesting works Avhich have been slowly issued by tbe society of late

years . It is a disgrace to the various North of England antiquarian and archseological societies to leave the publication of so comprehensive a volume of Heraldic Visitations to a private individual ; and if several of the smaller societies Avould

amalgamate , they might accomplish a hundred times the good they are doing by their present sleepy proceedings . How long we might have Avaited for the valuable pedigrees in the present volume had not Mr . Foster come to the rescue , is beyond the power of man to tell . Mr . Foster appears to have clone his laborious Avork in

a way worthy of great praise , and I hope that he will not be allowed to be a loser b y this and his kindred other undertakings . Such men are of value to every country . The Rev . Charles Rogers , LL . D ., Historiographer to the Royal Historical Society , F . S . A . Scot ., and corresponding

member of the Historical and Genealogical Society of New England , is about to publish his auto-biography : or rather , as he very properly entitles it , " Leaves from my Auto-biography , "—for the fact is , only one man ever seems truly to have published

his auto-biography , though numbers bave professed to do so ; and that one is the fine example of human Aveakness and wisdom in one , the much-maligned Jean Jacques Rosseau , to whom the whole civilised world is under obligations for helping to give them truer notions of education . Hose Cottage , Stohesley .

ERRATA . —In the Sonnet on the Prince of Wales ' s return iu the March Number , by Bro . Rev . M . Gordon , ancl at the eleventh line , for " their " read there ; and at the twelfth line for " Oblest" read 0 blest . In Bro . Twecldell ' s Poem on Miss

Marwood's marriage , last month , twelve lines of type were printed at the top of the third , instead of the second column , a blunder we greatly regret ,