of it; but we teach that it is so far from resembling a duty, that it is a violation of all others, and most contrary to the nature of every thing which pretends to be religion. If, however, upon the most exact scrutiny, it should appear that opposite tenets are still maintained by our adversaries, the conclusion would certainly be this,—that no Protestant could wish to see, again, such persons, or such opinions, among “the many noble," and the "many mighty" of "Cæsar's household.". Falconer's Bampton Lectures, p. 309. Oxford, 1911.

KENILWORTH.

Ir the "Scotch Nøvels" afford decided evidence of their author's intimate acquaintance with the moral and physical aspect of his own native land; of its history, antiquities, legends, and superstitions; and of the habits, customs, and opinions of its inhabitants; the novel which we are now to illustrate, offers an equally convincing proof of his thorough knowledge of the domestic story, quaint manners, and characteristic peculiarities, of the people of England, in one of the most picturesque and interesting epochs of our annals, the reign of Queen Elizabeth. Though not the highest praise of our author, it certainly forms one of the great charms and best uses of his writings,

that he has seasoned them largely, and thoroughly, with accurate antiquarian knowledge, and woven into the texture of every one of them, those features and fashions of the times, which charactersied the period of each individual story. This is remarkably the case with Kenilworth. None of the peculiarities in popular manners or opinions, in modes of life or forms of expression, have escaped his universal research. The ephemeral fashions, the personal costume, the favourite amusements, the popular pursuits, and the common phraseology of the day, are all awakened from their slumber of two centuries and an half; detected; appropriated; and marshalled before the reader, in forms so fresh and natural, as effectually produce the impression intended to be operated on the fancy, of real appearances, and actual occur. rences. Rarely, very rarely, has he missed the attainment of this end, by committing any solecism, with respect to the manners of the age with which he is engaged, or by having been betrayed into any incongruity in the allusions or illustrations of which he has made use: nor

can we call to mind more than one instance, in the work under consideration, in which inadvertence has led him into such a violation of, what would be called in a sister art, this harmony of colouring. The instance, indeed, is a remarkable one, because it involves an historical fact of a somewhat curious nature: we allude to the conversation between the Earl of Leicester and Janet, when he wishes to present her with some token of his approbation of her faithful and attentive services to Amy. His offer of the jewels having been declined, he produces some gold for her acceptance, accompanying the gift with these words: "But here is what neither Papist nor Puritan, Latitudinarian nor Precisian, ever boggles or makes mouths at." Now the error here is, that Leicester is made to use a term, and anticipate its general circulation, nearly a century before it was coined. It was not till Burnet's time, that the word latitudinarian found its way into the English language; when the following circumstance occasioned its adoption: Hobbs, by the publication of his Leviathan, certainly produced one good effect, that of exciting