een, removes the qualmish fit,
And gives a brisker turn to female wit,
Warms in the nose, refreshes like the breeze,
Glows in the herd and tickles in the sneeze.
Without it, Tinsel, what would be thy lot!
What, but to strut neglected and forgot!
What boots it for thee to have dipt thy hand
In odors wafted from Arabian land?
Ah! what avails thy scented solitaire,
Thy careless swing and pertly tripping air,
The crimson wash that glows upon thy face,
Thy modish hat, and coat that flames with lace!
In vain thy dress, in vain thy trimmings shine,
If the Parisian snuff-box be not thine.
Come to my nose, then, Snuff, nor come alone,
Bring taste with thee, for taste is all thy own."

There seems to be as great a variety of design in snuff-boxes as among
pipes and tobacco-stoppers. The Indians of both North and South
America have their mills for grinding or pulverizing the leaves. In
the East a great variety of snuff-boxes may be seen; they are made of
wood and ivory, while many of them have a spoon attached to the box,
which they use in taking the dust from the box to the back of the
hand, whence it is taken by the forefinger and conveyed to the nose.
In Europe we find greater variety of design in snuff-boxes than in the
East. In Europe they are made of the most costly materials, and
studded with the rarest gems.

In the East they are made of ivory, wood, bamboo, and other materials.
Of late years boxes made of wood from Abbotsford or some other noted
place have been used for the manufacture of snuff-boxes. Formerly when
snuff-taking was in more general use by kings and courtiers than
now--a magnificent snuff-box was considered by royalty as one of the
most valuable and pleasing of "memorials." Many of these testimonials
of friendship and regard were of gold and silver, and set with
diamonds of the finest water.

Among the anecdotes of celebrated snuff-takers, the following from
White's "Life of Swedenborg," will be new to many:

"Swedenborg took snuff profusely and carelessly, strewing it
over his papers and the carpet. His manuscripts bear its
traces to this day. His carpet set those sneezing who shook
it. One Sunday he desired to have it taken up and beaten.
Shearsmith objected, 'Better wait till to-morrow,' 'Dat be
good! dat be good!' was his answer."

We copy the following article on the manufacture of snuff from a
well-known English journal, "Cope's To