se of them, only because they were
published by an eminent printer, is much as if a man should buy clothes
that did not fit him, only because they were made by some famous
tailor.--_Pope_.

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TO MY BROTHER, ON HIS LEAVING ENGLAND.

By The Author of "Ahab."

(_For the Mirror._)

Wherever your fortune may lead you to roam,
Forget not, young exile, the land of your home;
Let it ever be present to memory's eye,
'Tis the place where the bones of your fore-father's lie.
Let the thought of it ever your comforter be,
For no spot on this earth like your home can you see.

The fields where you rove may be more fresh and fair,
More splendid the sun, and more fragrant the air,
More lovely the flowers, more refreshing the breeze,
More tranquil the waters, more fruitful the trees.
But home after all things--that dear little spot,
Tho' it be but a desert can ne'er be forgot.

In the thoughts of the day, and the dreams of the night,
On your eyes like the kiss of your mother 'twill light,
Then the mist will disperse which long absence has spread.
And the paths you have trodden again you shall tread.
Then farewell, young exile, wherever you roam,
Oh! dear as your honour, your life, be your home.

J.H.S.

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RETROSPECTIVE GLEANINGS.

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ORDERS FOR HOUSEHOLD SERVANTS IN 1566.

_Orders for Household Servantes; first deuised by John
Haryngton, in the yeare 1566, and renewed by John Haryngton,
sonne of the saide John, in the yeare 1592: The saide John, the
sonne, being then high shrieve of the county of Somerset._

Imprimis, That no servant bee absent from praier, at morning or
euening, without a lawfull excuse, to be alleged within one day
after, vppon paine to forfeit for eury tyme 2d.

II. Item, That none swear any othe, vppon paine for every othe
1d.

III. Item, That no man leaue any doore open that he findeth
shut, without theare bee cause, vppon paine for euery time 1d.

IV. Item, That none of the men be in bed, from our Lady-day to
Michaelmas, after 6 of the clock in the morning; nor out of his
bed after 10 of the clock at night; nor, from Michaemas till
our Lady-day, in bed after 7 in the morning, nor out after 9 at
night, without reasonable cause,