sively gone before her, and as she was helped into the carriage she cast one pensive parting look upon her bowers, saying, "I am driven like Eve out of Paradise; but not like Eve by angels." This was in effect the close of Miss More's literary, active, and to some extent, her intellectual life. Her memory soon gave signs of decay; on all subjects, except religion, she began to be at fault. It was on April 18, 1828, at the age of eighty-three, she arrived at Clifton, where she remained till her decease, Sept 7th, 1833. "Her death bed was a scene of victory-of the spirit over the flesh, a witness of the truth and reality of another world."

Hannah More was buried in Wrington church-yard, within view of Barley Wood. A flat stone, with iron railing, beneath a gnarled yew,-aged, yet vigorous with branches and leaves-marks the spot where the remains of this excellent woman are deposited, with those of her four sisters, each of whom was worthy to repose beside one of the truly noble women of the earth. The following is the inscription on the stone which covers their remains :

BENEATH ARE DEPOSITED THE MORTAL REMAINS OF FIVE SISTERS,

"Mary More, died 18th April, 1813, aged 75 years.
Elizabeth More, died 14th June, 1816, aged 74 years.
Sarah More, died 17th May, 1817, aged 74 years.
Martha More, died 14th September, 1819, aged 69 years.
Hannah More, died 7th September, 1833, aged 88 years.

THESE ALL DIED IN FAITH, ACCEPTED IN THE BELOVED.

Hebrews, ch. xi, ver. 13.-Ephesians, ch. i, ver. 6."

SALISBURY.

SALISBURY, or New Sarum, a city, and the capital of Wiltshire, and a bishop's see, is thirty-eight miles south-east of Bath, and eighty-one from London. Population 10,000. Old Sarum, the ancient city, formerly stood on the elevation above the present, and was surrounded by two walls, one of which was twelve feet thick. A cluster of trees, and two or three fields, now cover the site of the ancient city; and under these, the election of its two members of Parliament used to take place, previous to the passage of the Reform Act. The view from the hill is extensive and beautiful. The green valley, watered by the Avon, is visible for a great distance, marking with a line of fertility its passage through the bare and open Downs, which undulate in vast waves, as far as the eye can see, in almost every direction. Looking at the present city, the tall spire of the Cathedral, 400 feet high, pierces the misty air, and is altogether the most prominent

The history of the city dates from the erection of its Cathedral, the first service in which was held in 1225. Erected in the brightest, purest period of the early English, it offers "an admirable example of majestic dignity, uncontaminated by the admixture of any other period of the Gothic." The spire is higher than any other in the kingdom; it is, however, of more modern date than the other parts of the building, having been erected in the fourteenth century. Many are of much earlier date than the Cathedral itself, having been brought from the mother cathedral of Old Sarum. A striking feature which attracts the notice of the visitor is the abundance of water that flows through the streets. The water is let in by flood gates from the Avon, and after threading the streets in every direction, is again let into it. The city is built in squares or chequers.

About three miles from Salisbury, is Wilton House, the seat of

the Earl of Pembroke. This mansion is furnished with the gems of art, and its halls with suits of armor, &c., trophies of war, won by the first Earl of Pembroke, the ancestor of the family. In the mansion that preceded this, the "Arcadia," was written by the poet and heroic soldier, Sir Philip Sidney. Within two miles of the city, is a remnant of the royal palace of Clarendon, where the "Constitutions of Clarendon" were devised, which served as the first barrier against the claims of secular jurisdiction in the island by the see of Rome.

"But the most extraordinary spot of the Hill country of the Giants,' as the neighborhood of Salisbury is not inaptly called, is the world-famous STONEHENGE that gigantic puzzle wrought in stone, which a remote age has left upon the fair plain for us moderns to wonder and guess at. This Druidical Temple, as it is commonly called, is situated upon the Downs, about two miles from Amesbury, and about ten miles from Salisbury. It consists of two circles, which include two ovals, forming the sanctum, in the center of which is a stone, supposed to have borne the sacred fire. The great circle consisted originally of thirty stones, of which seventeen only now remain. The upright stones are about twenty feet in height, seven feet in breadth, and three feet in thickness; these bear others placed at right angles over them, and secured by tenons and mortices. This circle measures 300 feet in diameter; about eight feet within this is the second circle, composed of more regular-shaped stones, and much smaller in size. Outside of these circles are several stones of large size, scattered at intervals, one of which is of the immense circumference of twenty-four feet. The entire number of stones is about 130. The various conjectures made relative to this famous temple would fill a respectable-sized volume."

JOSEPH ADDISON.

JOSEPH ADDISON, the author of "The Spectator," was born May 1st, 1672, at Milston, of which parish his father was rector. He appeared

[The above is a representation of the Rectory House, in its present state of repair, in which Addison was born. The church, which is close to the house, is a very ancient structure, almost covered with ivy. Milston is a retired village containing but little over one hundred inhabitants, a few miles from Amesbury, in Wiltshire.]

so weak and so unlikely to live, that he was christened the same day. After passing through the usual rudiments of an education, he entered Queens' College, Oxford, where he distinguished himself in the composition of Latin verses. In his 22d year, he displayed his powers in English poetry, by some verses addressed to Dryden, and by a translation of part of Virgil's 4th Georgic on the Bees; and as the number of his friends increased with his popularity, the student was gradually converted into the courtier, and introduced by Congreve to Montague, Chancellor of the Exchequer, a man who, in his discerning merit, did not wish it to be forgotten that flattery is a tribute paid to power. By the advice of Montague, Addison laid aside his intention of taking orders; and, studying the temper of the times, he published a poem addressed to King William, and two years after celebrated the peace of Ryswick in Latin verses, which paved the way to a pension of £300 a year, and claimed the still more honorable merit of being, in the opinion of Smith, the best Latin poem since the Eneid. Raised now to easy circumstances, he travelled to Italy, and with the eyes and the genius of a classical poet, surveyed the monuments and the heroic deeds of ancient Rome, which he described in his famous epistle to Lord Halifax, the most elegant if not the most sublime of his productions. He wrote here also his dialogues on medals, and, according to Tickell, some acts of his Cato; and after a residence of two years, returned to England, 1702, with a meanness of appearance which proclaimed aloud that he labored under pecuniary distresses. He now published his travels, with a dedication to Lord Somers, and so great was its popularity that the book rose to five times its original price before it could be reprinted. When the victory of Blenheim was obtained, Godolphin looked out for a poet

Milston Church, Wiltshire, near Addison's birthplace.

equal to celebrate the glory of his country, and Addison was recommended by Halifax; and soon after, when he had read to his patron what he had written, as far as the simile of the angel, he was appointed commissioner of appeals. On the following year he accompanied Halifax to Hanover, and was the next year made under-secretary of state. When the Duke of Wharton went as viceroy to Ireland, Addison accepted the place of his secretary, and with a salary of £300 a year, as keeper of the records of Birmingham, he made a rule, as Swift observes, of never returning to his friends, out of politeness, the fees due to his office. During his residence in Ireland, the first paper of the Tattler was published by Steele, April 22d, 1709, unknown to him, though he soon discovered, by the insertion of a remark on Virgil, which had originated in himself, who the author was. The Tattler was succeeded in about two months by the "Spectator," a series of essays of the same nature, but written with less levity, upon a more regular plan, and published daily. In 1713, the " Cato" was produced on the stage, and was the grand climacteric of Addison's reputation. When the play was printed, the queen expressed a wish it might be dedicated to her, but as Addison had promised it elsewhere, as a man of honor he could not retract, and Cato appeared without a patron; but such was its popularity, that it was translated into several languages, and introduced upon some of the other theaters of Europe. On the death of Queen Anne, Addison, who had been appointed secretary to the regency, was officially required to announce to the Elector of Hanover his accession to the English throne. In August, 1716, he married the Countess-Dowager of Warwick; but if it added to his elevation, it diminished his happiness, for it neither found them nor made them equal. She remembered her rank, and treated with so little ceremony a husband who had been tutor to her son, that the example of Addison can hold no great encouragement to ambitious love. In 1717, he was raised to his highest dignity, being made secretary of state, a place to which he was unequal, as he possessed not either boldness or eloquence to defend the measures of gov