this present age, that these Egyptian kings must have left numerous offspring, and that "there have never failed them a child to sit on their throne ?" Well may one of these seven, the ex-professor of Lampeter College, sing the praises of the illustrious German whose country is so famous in the realms of Pyrrhonism, though, as a "hireling shepherd himself, some have considered it would have been better taste if he had voluntarily resigned that post for which the law has now pronounced him to be the reverse of "the right man in the right place."

"And when those fables strange, our hirelings teach, I saw by genuine learning cast aside,

Even like Linnæus kneeling on the sod,

For faith, from falsehood severed, thank I God.” *

With regard to these seven distinguished Pyrrhonists, combining in their own precious persons the wisdom of Solon and the blood

Essays and Reviews," p. 93, Dr. Rowland Williams.

royal of one of Egypt's pre-historic kings, whose work, to which we have had occasion so often to refer, has obtained for them so distinguished a place in the niche of fame, no stronger proof of their influence and power upon the rising generation-the verdant Englanders, as some would express it can be found than the feelings of intense envy which their writings have excited throughout the length and breadth of the world. According to the diplomatic correspondence which was published after the seizure of the Confederate ambassadors on board the Trent, it appears that one of the officers of the ship was philosophically engaged at the time of the outrage, in reading the famous "Essays and Reviews!" What an honour, on such an occasion! in such a latitude! Climate and men's passions simultaneously at boiling heat! The courageous daughter offering her life in defence of her violated father! A real casus belli! And all this time one of England's gallant sons absorbed, transfixed, and captivated by the "Essays and

Reviews!" Methinks I hear some poor wretch of an author, whose works have never passed the boundaries of his own limited domestic circle, in the throes of jealousy and envy at such a testimony to the value of a work he could never understand, much less compose, exclaim, with Serjeant Buzfuz of old," Chops and tomato sauce!" But what are they compared with "Essays and Reviews," the Pyrrhonistic chef d'œuvre of the present day!

Perhaps no better testimony to their transcendent merits can be found than the following choice poem, which has appeared in honour of the authors, and which only requires to be read from the negative stand-point, in some such way as Lady Mary Wortley Montague described the morals of her contemporaries, by the omission of the nots of the decalogue, in order to be understood and approved. This select ode bears the Greek motto of επτа μυωπες καπνιζομενοι,* and reads as follows :

This motto may be freely rendered as- "The Seven Blind Tobacconists!"

I.

"Have you heard of the smokified Essays, The Reviews and dim smokified Essays?

Each one a dull libel

'Gainst plain sense and the Bible— The seven dim smokified Essays.

They are read far and near,

For folks say, 'How queer

That clerics should write in this sceptical strain,
And tutors and pedagogues rival Tom Paine.'
So the book it is popular-don't deem us uncivil—
On the very same principle as is the Devil.

II.

"Have you heard of the wonderful Preface
Which heralds these smokified Essays?

The preface so flippant and slim:
Where the writers stand off from each other,

And each one is ashamed of his brother,

As his brother's ashamed of him:

Disclaiming, with extreme civility,
A general responsibility?

Yet seven men bound to take a purse,
Couper la gorge, or fire a house,—
Though brotherhood they may disown,
The world persists to think them one.
Such a matter repugnant to truth and sense is,
Though resolved by "Ars logica Oxoniensis."

III.

"Have you heard of the Rugbean Temple, Of schoolmasters sure a strange sample, With his smokified essay so dim,

His stiltified essay so cautious and trim ?

Far better for you, O inepte magister !

To be flogging your pupils, though raising a blister,

For what saith Aristotle,

When he sums up the tottle,
In his "Chapter on Brooms,"
Where he broadly assumes

“ Εν τω παιειν Παιδων τας πυγας

Αριστος και κυδιστος φαινεται Παιδαγωγος.”

Oh, believe it for true

Much more useful for you

To be teaching hic, hoc, to the tune of your birch,
Than heading a foray 'gainst Gospel and Church,

In your smokified essay so prim and so trim,
Your smokified essay so dim.

IV.

"Have you read the Review upon Bunsen by Rowley?

At St. David's he nurses his Cambrian Xoλn.

From St. Matthew, St. Peter, and Philip he differs,

In interpreting Scripture yet only the stiffer's.

These poor creatures,' he argues, 'how small was their

knowledge,

When compared with GREAT WILLIAMS of LAMPETER

COLLEGE!!'