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THE ANCIENT HISTORY OF GUERNSEY 

 AND JERSEY. 



To the Editor of the Monthly Museum. 



Sir, 



There are none of the dependencies of Great 

 Britain which possess more interest in themselves, 

 or present a finer field for research than the Islands of 

 Guernsey and Jersey. 



The pride and honour which attach to them at the 

 present moment, on the ground of their commercial in- 

 fluence, elevate their name and prosperity as much into 

 the future, as the glory of their ancient dignity is buried 

 deep in the past, ft will, then, require no apology for 

 introducing to the notice of your readers a series of 

 papers on the Ancient History of these Islands, which 

 appeared from time to time under the signature of 

 "the Hermit" in the "Monthly Selector" a useful period- 

 ical published at Guernsey in 1824 : and to which these 

 powerful and learned articles contributed not a little of 

 its interst. As the work was necessarily limited in 

 circulation, it is presumed that the republication of the 

 papers will be an acceptable present to your readers, at 

 the commencement of a new volume. 



*** We may add that the first No. will appear in our Magazine 

 for July. (Ed.) 



EVENING. 



[Lines written in a Lady's Album.] 



There is an hour when daylight dies, 

 And all is tranquil and serene ; 



When stretch'd across the azure skies 

 The sun's last golden ray is seen. 



There is an hour when all is still, 

 Save the low whisper of the breeze, 



The gentle murmur of the rill 



Or warblings from the distant trees. 



