Hermolaus Barbaras is one of those distinguished by omission in some chief works of that kind; and we learned to our surprise from a don at Cambridge that _he_ had never heard the name.

Let us hope there is an Olympus for forgotten authors.
"Our trial of the water cure at Malvern made us think with all the more emphasis of the possible effect on a too delicate and fragile friend at Florence." [My wife.] "It really helped to mend George.

And as I hope the Florentine hydropathist may not be a quack as Dr .---- at Malvern certainly is, I shall be disappointed if there is no good effect to be traced to 'judicious packing and sitz baths' that you can tell us of.

Did Beatrice enjoy her month's dissipation at Leghorn?
And is the voice prospering?
Don't let her quite forget us.

We make rather a feeble attempt at musical Saturday evenings, having a new grand piano, which stimulates musical desires.