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north, becomes the " back of the church," a portion 

 of the sacred ground whicli is rarely visited, and 

 which is therefore shunned. In the church of 

 Oystermouth, in Gower, the entrance is in the 

 north side, and on that side the graves lie thickly 

 gathered. A very few besprinkle the ground to 

 the east and west, and on the south there is not 

 one. In the chapel-of-ease of Taliaris, in the 

 parish of Llandilo Vawr, in Carmarthenshire, the 

 entrance is in the west side of the church. The 

 greater number of the graves are on the west side 

 and north sides, a few lie to the south, but not 

 one is on the eastern side. I could name similar 

 oases, but prefer not speaking from memory where 

 I cannot be certain that there are not any graves 

 on the side without an entrance. 



In town churches we very usually find several 

 entrances, and I cannot think tliat the tombs 

 found on every side of such churches are to be 

 entirely attributed to the greater demand for room. 



Seleucus. 



:^tiSrennaf0ug. 



NOTES ON BOOKS, ETC. 



The Rev. T. K. Arnold has added another to the 

 many excellent educational works for which he has 

 earned the gratitude both of teachers and learners. 

 The Anticleptic Gradus, founded on Quicherafs The- 

 saurus Poelicus LiiigucE LathicB, has for its main object 

 the giving the pupil all the help, and more than the 

 help, that the old Gradus afforded him ; but to supply 

 this help in the form of materials to be worked up by 

 himself, not in the concrete state of ready made lines 

 and portions of lines, but in the shape of various ex- 

 pressions and phrases from the best authors ; which, re- 

 quiring the student to exercise his taste and add to his 

 stock of poetical ideas, oblige liim at the same time to 

 use his own powers more or less upon the matter pre- 

 sented to him. It is in this that the anticleptic (or 

 anti-pilfering) character of this new Gradus consists. 

 The old one is a regular cri6, to use a well-known term. 

 We may add, that wliile the careful selection which has 

 been made by tlie editor, not only of words, which 

 though not really synonymous, are so nearly related in 

 meaning that one may occasionally be used for the 

 other, but also of epithets, the judicious use of which 

 is so great a feature in Latin poetry, makes the Anti- 

 cleptic Gradus one of peculiar value, the separate notice 

 which is given in it of each meaning of the word 

 treated, makes the work a sufficient Latin Dictionary 

 for the best Latin poets. 



The Artificial Production of Fish, by Piscarius, nar- 

 rates in twenty -four pages the remarkable success which 

 has attended the endeavours of two humble fishermen, 

 named Gehin and Remy, of an obscure village called 

 La Bresse, in the Department of the Vosges in France, 

 in stocking the rivers of that country with millions of 

 trouts. When we remember liow many of our own 

 rivers have been thinned of fish, and see how simple 

 are tlie means necessary to refill them, and so supply 

 abundance of wholesome food, we cannot too strongly 

 recommend this little tract to general attention. 



The Gold Colonies of Australia, comprising their His- 

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 also ample Notices of the Gold Mines, and how to get to 

 them, with every Advice to Emigrants, by G. Butler Earp. 

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Amis et Amiles und Jourdains de Blaivies, Zeoei alt- 

 framusische Hddengedichte des Kerkingiscken Sagen- 

 kreises. Nach der Pariser Handschrift zum ersten Male 

 herausgegeben von Dr. Conrad Hofmann. Such of our 

 readers as are interested in the History of Fiction, or 

 of the Literature of the Middle Ages, will thank us for 

 calling their attention to this very ably edited work. 

 The story of Amis and Amiles is one of the most po- 

 pular of its class, and exists in almost all the languages 

 of Europe. The English version is preserved in 

 Weber, and the entire French text is here presented to 

 us 'or the first time. The Chanson of Jourdains de 

 Blaivies, which Dr. Hofmann regards as a work of 

 higher poetical character, is printed by him from the 

 same MS. 



We have received from Messrs, Williams and Norga'e 

 a prospectus of the long looked for work of the late 

 M. Langlois on the Danses des Marts, The work, 

 which was left unfinished by this accomplished artist 

 and antiquary, has been completed by the labours of 

 MM. Andre Pottier and A. Baudry, and is rendered 

 still more valuable by a letter upon the subject from 

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