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formed a scliool, and, co-operated by. their counsel 
and exertions in.the accomplishment of his plan,” 
** Aicuinus, an. Englishman, and disciple of the 
venerable Bede, in speaking of this school, says, ‘It 
was anew Athens, as much superior to the ancient 
schools as the doctrine of Jesus Christ is to that of 
Plato. All the studies had a reference to religion, by 
which they were sanctified. Theobject of grammar 
was to read and transcribe the Holy Scriptures more 
correctly ; rhetoric and logic were studied for the 
purpose of understanding the fathers, and refuting 
heresies ; and music, in order tosing in the churches.’ 
Arithmetic, geometry, and astronomy, which were 
also taught in the school, were called trivium, a spot 
imto. which three roads opened, because “ these 
branches of learning were only the means of attain- 
ing others more sublime.” 
«* Charlemame himself examined the scholars. In 
imitation of the last judgment, he placed the dili- 
gent on his right hand, and the idle on his left; 
saying to the former, ‘As you have been faithful 
td'my orders, I will give you the most valuable 
bishoprics and abbeys in my kingdom ;’ and to those 
on the left hand, ‘ Unless you make up by diligence 
what you have lost by negligence, you will never 
obtain the smallest favour.’ This. prince did not 
wish to form Ciceros or Virgils in his schools, but 
rather Jeromes and Augustins.” 
From Chapters VI. VII. and VIII., 
“Charitable Institutions and Prisons; Libra- 
pies and Museums: Theatres, Public Gar- 
dens, &c. we must forbear all extract: be- 
cause if we entered upon these subjects, we 
could not forbear expatiation. 
Through the Royal Manufactories, 
Markets, and Slaughter-houses of Chap. UX. 
=the Palaces and Triumphal Arches of 
Chap. X.—by the Rivers, Aqueducts, and 
Fountains of Chap. XI—and over the 
Bridges, and along the fine Quays of Chap. 
‘XIT., we must run with the same unob- 
_ servant silence, although there is much in 
several of these that deserves attention ; 
nd with respect to the quays in particular, 
we, can seareely refrain from venting our 
indignant. regret, that while the banks of 
the little: comparative puddle of the Seine 
ate adorned with such splendid accomoda- 
tions, those’ of our majestic Thames should 
stil! be permitted to remain in such a 
state of filthy incumbrance and degrada- 
tion; that throughout by far the greater 
portion of its course through the metropolis, 
it isnoteven approachable; and with the 
exception of the bridges that cross it, and 
the isolated points of the Temple Gardens, 
‘the Adelphi Terrace, Buckingham Gardens, 
and. Terrace of 'Somerset-House, net a 
tolerable view can be enjoyed of it; and 
even of these, the Adelphi Terrace alone 
is fairly open to, the .aceess of the public— 
Abat\of Somerset-House in particular, being 
most scandalously interdicted. to. the tread 
of every step’ but that of a few privileged 
residents) in, the publie offices of that public 
building, 
', Chapter XIIT. ‘takes us round the City 
‘Walls and Boulevards (which we must also 
wall in silence) and through the .Sireets,— 
relative-to two only. of which we shall make 
short, extracts, 
Review. of Literature. 
Rue dis Dene Portes.—** In this street, on the 17th 
of June, 1762, died the celebrated tragic poet Cré- 
billon, whose funeral service, at the church of Saint 
Jean de Latran, eave great offétice to the archbishop 
of Paris, ani led ‘to the punishivent/of the curate. 
The arclibishop's anger was'occasioned by the service 
being celebrated at) the desire of | theatrical per- 
formers, who are excommunicated persons. Instruct- 
ed by experience, the members of the Académie - 
Royale de Musique having determined that a solemn 
service should be performed for the celebrated 
Rameau, on the Gth of September, 1764, took care to 
have the tickets printed in’the name of his widow. 
The actors of the different theatres’ attended the 
solemnity, and the archbishop’s council ‘had no 
power to punish.” vs 
«‘Tn 1803, a short timeafter the establishment of the 
Concordat, Mademoiselle Chameroi died, regretted 
by her friends and the public. A; mumerous train 
atteniled the corpse to the church.of Saint Rech, the 
curate of which had received. timely. notice. , The 
porch and church was as usual, hung with black. 
Upon the arrival of the corpse, the sexton refused it 
admittance. To avoid an altereation; the ftiends of 
Mademoiselle Chameroi proceeded to the’chureh des 
Filles Saint Thomas, where the service was'perform- 
ed. The Cardinal du Belloy, ‘archbishop .of Paris, 
expressed his! approbation of: the conduct -of:the 
curate of the latter church.” id bslsiree 
Rue Saint Dominique.—* In.the year 1768, there 
lived in this street a miser, whose only pleasure was 
to count over a sum of 18,000 livres in gold, which 
he kept in an iron chest. Leaving home’ for sevéral 
days, an old woman, -his only servant, was left in 
charge of the house. During his’ absence’ some 
thieves entered, one of whom wore the costume of 
a commissary of police, and the others that of his 
officers. After having announced to the ‘domestic 
the death of her master, they put seals on every 
room, and left her in trust of the effects, except the 
gold, which they took away, giving, her a certificate 
of its removal. A few days after, the miser re- 
turned, and the old woman, mistaking him for a 
spectre, fell into a fit. The efforts made to re- 
cover the property were unavailing, and the thieves 
escaped with impunity.” , 
Chapter XIV. leads us through the 
Catacombs and Ceneteries; the latter of 
which (especially that of Pere le Chaise) 
certainly put our burial-places quite to 
shame. And the Appendix presents an 
ample account of the famous Abbey Church 
of Saint Denis, in which the antiquary may 
expatiate at large; the Manufacture Royale 
de Porcelaine et Sévres, and a variety of 
Statistical Tables and Documents, not un- 
worthy the attention of the Political Eeono- 
mist. The paper and typography proclaim 
this English version to have issued from the 
Parisian press. x 
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- Claim to the Origination of certain new 
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JouN Rooke, Author of “An Inquiry into 
the Principles of National Wealth.” 
The second of these articles, though only 
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