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habitually spoke French. Corps is sometimes used for 

 the living body . . . and when they attempt to versify, 

 their rhymes are only rhymes according to a French pro- 

 nunciation." 



The inscription placed by M. Girardin to the 

 memory of Shenstone at Ermenonville, is a rich 

 specimen of French-English verse : 



" This plain stone 

 To William Shenstone ; 



In his writings he displayed 

 A mind natural 



At Leasowes he laid, 



Arcadian greens rural." 



But the choicest philological curiosity in this way 

 that I have met with, is the circular of an Italian 

 hotel-keeper. This unique document, by which 

 mine host of the " Torre di Londra," at Verona, 

 seeks to make the advantages of his establishment 

 known to tourists of various nations, is printed in 

 parallel columns, in four different languages: 

 first, the " Circolare," in his vernacular ; next, 

 a German "Bekanntraachung;" thirdly, a French 

 "Circulaire;" and lastly, the English "Circula- 

 tory," which I propose to copy verb, et lit. for the 

 edification of your readers ; interpolating the ob- 

 scurer passages with a few words of explanatory 

 Italian. It is as follows : 



" Circulatory. 

 " The old Inn of London's Tower, placed among the 

 more agreeable situation of Verona's course {del corso di 

 Verona), belonging at Sir Theodosius Zignoni, restor'd 

 by the deciorum most indulgent to good things, of life's 

 eases ; {del Sig. Teodosio Zignoni restaurato con la decenza 

 la piu compatibiU al buon gusto, delli agi della vita) which 

 are favoured from every arts liable at Inn same {che 

 vengono favoriti da tutte le arti sotloporste all' albergo 

 slesso), with all object that is concerned conveniencv of 

 stage coaches (unitamente a do die interesse il comedo delle 

 vetture) proper horses, but good forages, and coach-house ; 

 Do offers at Innkeeper the constant hope, to be honoured 

 from a great concourse, where politeness, good genius of 

 meats (il buon gusto di cucina), to delight of nations (a 

 genio delle Nazioni), round table, Coffee-house, hackney- 

 coach, men-servant of place {servi di piazza), swiftness "of 

 service, and moderation of prices, shall arrive to accom- 

 plish in Him all satisfaction, and at Sirs, who will do the 

 favour honouring him a very assur'd kindness." 



Surely than this, the force of foreign-English can 

 no farther go : the German and the French are 

 equally -rich, but would scarcely be sufficiently 

 appreciated to justify their occupancy of your 

 space. William Bates. 



Birmingham. 



haphael's cartoons. 

 (Vol. X., pp. 45. and 152.) 

 I begto offer my reasons for not admitting either 

 the "mistake" imputed by E. L. B., or the a pologi/ 

 offered by F. C. H., that it is not a mistake, be- 

 cause the inaccuracy was intentional ; and for as- 

 serting that the divine composition in question 



is free from any imputation, either of anachronism 

 or inaccuracy, in any other respect. 



I refer, in the first place, to the last chapter of 

 St. Matthew, wherein we are told (v. 16.) that 

 in obedience to the message communicated by the 

 angels to the woman at the sepulchre (v. 7.), 

 " ITie eleven disciples went away into Galilee, into 

 a mountain- where Jesus had appointed them." 

 This was no doubt one of the mountains on the 

 borders of the lake, the scene of the commence- 

 ment of our Lord's ministry, and of the calling of 

 his disciples. In the uncertainty how long their 

 abode might be there, and it being necessary to 

 provide for their maintenance^ those who had 

 been fishermen naturally resorted to their original 

 occupation, and these were most probably the 

 seven, enumerated by St. John, who "went a- 

 fishing." When they landed and were aware that 

 their Lord was with them, and they had received 

 the gracious summons, " Come and dine," it is most 

 natural to presume that they had sent intelligence 

 of the fact to their four brethren who were not of 

 the fishing party, but who were within immediate 

 call, and who no doubt eagerly hastened to the 

 spot. For my own part, I have no doubt what- 

 ever, but that all the eleven joined in tlie repast, . 

 and were present at the ensuing conversation as 

 narrated by St. John, and as represented in the 

 Cartoon ; and this seems to me so much a matter 

 of course, as to account for the fact of the four 

 other Apostles having joined in the company not 

 being expressly noticed in the, otherwise, circum- 

 stantial detail of the Evangelist. I, therefore, 

 contend that in this respect the Cartoon Is per- 

 fectly correct, and warranted by the Scripture. 



Next, it is assumed by F. C. H. that St. Peter 

 is represented as receiving the Keys, and that, 

 therefore, what is narrated in the last chapter of 

 St. John is mixed up with what occurred before 

 our Lord's death, as narrated in the 16th chapter 

 of St. Matthew, v. 19. Now, the Cartoon does 

 not, In my opinion, intend to represent the delivery 

 of the Keys to St. Peter. His being represented 

 as holding them, is nothing more than an emble- 

 matical illustration, as perfectly justifiable as the 

 introduction of the sheep. We have no more 

 reason for supposing that sheep were actually 

 grazing by our Saviour's side when he said, 

 " Feed my sheep," than that, on the former occa- 

 sion, he literally placed two keys in the hands of 

 St. Peter. 



I have now only to observe on the composition 

 in an artistic point of view. Our Saviour's dis- 

 course was individually addressed to St. Peter, 

 and he is, therefore, with the utmost propriety, 

 represented as receiving it on his knees ; and thus 

 the whole composition is divided into three parts : 

 St. Peter in the centre, our Saviour on one side, 

 and the ten other Apostles on the other. Thus 

 the difficulty of concentrating the whole into one 



