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with it, especially such works as are not 
extremely large, or extravagantly expen- 
sive. Those inthe English language wonld 
certainly be preferred; but a knowledge 
of such as may be easily obtained, either 
in Latin or French, would be also highly 
acceptable, not only to myself, but to 
many others similarly situated. 
Manchester ; July 1822. A.C.R. ~ 
S1r,—TI shall feel much obliged to such 
of your correspondents as will favor me 
with answers to the following queries re- 
specting the ZOLIAN HARP, viz. What is 
the best method of stringing and tuning 
the instrument, so as to produce the 
greatest effect?p—What degree of tension 
of the strings is most susceptible of the 
action of the wind?—What authors have 
treated most copiously on the subject?— 
And, in short, any practical information 
will be highly acceptable. C.R. 
Sir,—Allow me, through the medium 
of that excellent Miscellany, the Monthly 
Magazine, to inquire into the truth of a 
statement I have heard, ‘viz. that fowls in 
Edinburgh are deprived of most of their 
feathers, and afterwards brought into the 
market alive ; when, should it happen they 
are not sold, they have still longer to live 
in torments? I sincerely hope to receive 
a contradiction to this relation ; which, if 
true, must certainly grieve every friend of 
humanity, and loudly call for the inter- 
ference of the magistrates. The ready 
insertion in the Monthly Magazine of 
communications endeavouring to amelio- 
rate the condition of animals, has induced 
this inquiry from a constant reader. 
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_ Sir,—Many circumstances have lately 
induced me seriously to think of removing 
my family from this country, not from any 
capricious dislike to the land of my birth, 
but that I foresee, in the present state of 
the: kingdom, little probability of being 
able to leave. my children with those 
prospects before them, that may present 
Stephensiana, No. X. 
[ Aug. 1, 
the means of their living with the same 
comfort they have hitherto enjoyed, and 
which from habit will have become, to a 
certain extent, essential to their happi- 
ness, As children, while under my own 
roof, I can support them with decent re- 
spectability ; but all channels for their en- 
tering life, and procuring here an equally 
comfortable home for themselves, seems 
to be so barred, that I have no hope of 
their advancement with the limited inte- 
rest I have, and the fortune I could give 
them even at my death. I therefore turn 
my thoughts reluctantly to the propriety 
of establishing myself, before I get too far 
advanced in years, in some situation 
where money may be of more value than 
in these kingdoms, and where the employ- 
ment of my funds may present a more ra- 
tional hope of providing for my family’s 
future welfare. 
The spirit of emigration is high at this 
time, but it is either directed to America, 
New Holland, or the Cape of Good Hope ; 
now I am not inclined to either of these 
places, and turn my thoughts to the inte- 
rior of France; but I am not sufficiently 
acquainted with the nature of the circum- 
stances attending a foreigner’s settling in 
that part of Europe, and I therefore take 
the liberty of asking, through the medium 
of your valuable work, whether there are 
any serious impediments to such an under- 
taking, or imprudence in the intention, 
My family consists of four sons and two 
daughters, and I could calculate (if I en- 
tirely embarked my property in the plan,) 
of having at my command asum of not 
less than 20,0001.—Now, with such means, 
I am led to believe I could, if rightly di- 
rected, accomplish in France what 1 can 
have no hopes of effecting in this country ; 
and I should be much gratified and 
obliged if any of your well-informed cor- 
respondents would, from their better 
knowledge of the subject, favour me with 
their opinions ; and I doubt not that many 
of your readers will consider the subject 
very interesting. B.R. B. 
STEPHENSIANA. 
No. X. 
"The late ALEXANDER STEPHENS, Esq. of Park House, Chelsea, devoted an active and 
well-spent life in the collection of Anecdotes of his contemporaries, and generally entered in a 
book the collections of the passing day ;—these collections we have purchased, and propose to 
present a selection from them to pur readers. 
As Editor of the Annual Obituary, and many 
other biographical works, the Author may probably have incorporated many of these scraps ; 
but the greater part are unpublished, and all stand alone as cabinet pictures of men and 
manners, worthy of a place in a literary misccllany. é 
—— 
‘ TRADING AUTHORS. 
N London and Paris, where artifi- 
cial employments are carried to 
the highest degree of refinement, there 
are tribes of men who live by writing 
for the public press. Periodical works 
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must be filled. A certain number of 
pages are pledged to appear, and ori- 
ginality of form and composition are 
expected. Hence there is constant 
employment in Reviews, Magazines, 
and Newspapers, for those who com- 
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