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that, through the haste of some, and the tardinessof others, not one in ten arrives at his Living ina whole skin, or, at least, without having been inimminent danger of destruction. I see you smile ;—you have been at Oxford,—have some skill indriving, and can quarter the road with any four-in-hand whip among them. Well, sir ! take yourown course; but remember, if you attain to amitre, it will not be decorated like that of a Leo,but plain, cumbrous, and heavy, like the dispropor-tioned and enormous caps of our grenadiers. Youmust toil under its pressure. Again you smile.—Oh, the church is not your aim?—it is literature,polite literature; aye, that is quite another thing—I see you are viewing a garland in imagination,made up of the flowers of literature, and feastingupon the fruits in the same Barmecide way. Tobe sure, there are a few thorns in that passageto fame and fortune; w r hich, in the shape ofcritics, catch at you as you pass, till you arriveragged and stript at the end of your journey. Butshould the contrary of this happen, you have no-thing to do but to reach the mansion of your book-