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ease which makes others easy ; there was an inexpressible air of 

 taste and refinement in them. He possessed a natural eloquence, a 

 ready, clear, and agreeable elocution, and a power of making himself 

 understood upon the most perplexed and abstract subjects. With all 

 this, he never wished to appear wiser or wittier than those with whom 

 he conversed, but descended to every one's level with a manner so 

 free and so captivating that it was scarcely possible to leave him." 



The diocese of Cambrai was often the theatre of war, and 

 experienced the cruel ravages of retreating and conquering 

 armies. But an extraordinary respect was paid to Fenelon 

 by the invaders of France. The English, the Germans and 

 the Dutch rivalled the inhabitants of Cambray in their 

 veneration for the Archbishop. All distinctions of religion 

 and sect, all feelings of hatred and jealousy that divided the 

 nations, seemed to disappear in his presence. 



"It is impossible," says his biographer, "to conceive how much he 

 was the idol of the military, and how Versailles, in spite of her stern 

 master, resounded with his name. His charity and polite attentions 

 extended equally to the prisoners of war, as to his own countrymen. 

 Virtue herself became more beautiful from Fenelon's manner of being 

 virtuous." 



We append a space-for-time Schedule of the Life and Times 

 of Fenelon. 



By the courtesy of Messrs. Constable, the publishers of 

 Mr. Carlyle's " Life of Cobbett " (see review at p. 369), we are 

 enabled to present our readers with a very interesting por- 

 trait, which supplements those we have already given. It 

 is a caricature by John Doyle, and represents a meeting of 

 Cobbett with his friend Sir Francis Burdett. It is a carica- 

 ture only in the better meaning of that word, that is, in giving 

 conspicuous emphasis to the characteristic peculiarities of 

 those represented. We may neglect the meaning which the 

 artist has put into the picture as a whole — that is his affair, 

 and we are interested chiefly in estimating the men's features. 

 In these the two offer an instructive contrast : Burdett has 

 a much larger nose and a much smaller lower jaw than 



