the Wind of it; and
at other times so very languishing, that I have been glad
for the Lady's sake the Lover was at a sufficient Distance
from it. I need not add, that a Fan is either a Prude or
Coquet according to the Nature of the Person who bears it. To
conclude my Letter, I must acquaint you that I have from my
own Observations compiled a little Treatise for the use of my
Scholars, entitled _The Passions of the Fan;_ which I will
communicate to you, if you think it may be of use to the
Publick. I shall have a general Review on _Thursday_ next; to
which you shall be very welcome if you will honour it with
your Presence.

_I am_, &c.

_P.S._ I teach young Gentlemen the whole Art of Gallanting a
Fan.

_N.B._ I have several little plain Fans made for this Use, to
avoid Expence.

L.

HYMN

From the Spectator, No. 465

The Spacious Firmament on high
With all the blue Etherial Sky,
And Spangled Heav'ns, a Shining Frame,
Their great Original proclaim:
Th' unwearied Sun, from Day to Day,
Does his Creator's Pow'r display,
And publishes to every Land
The Work of an Almighty Hand.

Soon as the Evening Shades prevail,
The Moon takes up the wondrous Tale,
And nightly to the list'ning Earth,
Repeats the Story of her Birth:
While all the Stars that round her burn,
And all the Planets in their Turn,
Confirm the Tidings as they rowl,
And spread the Truth from Pole to Pole.

What though, in solemn Silence, all
Move round the dark terrestrial Ball?
What tho' nor real Voice nor Sound
Amid their radiant Orbs be found?
In Reason's Ear they all rejoice,
And titter forth a glorious Voice,
For ever singing, as they shine,
"The Hand that made us is Divine."

AELIANUS CLAUDIUS

(Second Century A.D.)

According to his 'Varia Historia,' Aelianus Claudius was a native of
Praeneste and a citizen of Rome, at the time of the emperor Hadrian. He
taught Greek rhetoric at Rome, and hence was known as "the Sophist." He
spoke and wrote Greek with the fluency and ease of a native Athenian,
and gained thereby the epithet of "the honey-tongued". He lived to be
sixty years of