er seen by our transatlantic neighbour, but
merely for the purpose of showing how the poets treat the same, and
certainly not very novel subject.

"DER SCHNITTER TOD.
(Von Luise Reichartdt.)
"Es ist ein Schnitter, der heisst Tod,
Der hat Gestalt vom hoechsten Gott.
Heut' wetzt er das Messer,
Es schneid't schon viel besser,
Bald wird er drein schneiden,
Wir muessen's nur leiden.
Huete dich, schoen's Bluemelein!

"Was heut' noch gruen und frisch dasteht,
Wird morgen schon hinweg gemaeht;
Die edlen Narzissen,
Die Zierden der Wiesen
Die schoen' Nyagnithen,
Die turkischen Binden.
Huete dich, schoen's Bluemelein!

"Viel hundert tausend ungezaehlt,
Was nur unter die Sichel faellt:
Ihr Rosen, ihr Lilien,
Euch wird er austilgen,
Auch die Kaiserkronen
Wird er nicht verschonen,
Huete dich, schoen's Bluemelein!

"Trotz, Tod! Komm her, ich fuercht' dich nicht!
Trotz, eil daher in einem Schnitt!
Werd' ich nur verletzet,
So werd' ich versetzet,
In den himmlischen Garten,
Auf den wir alle warten,
Freue dich, schoen's Bluemelein!"

J. C. B.

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Minor Notes.

_"Receipt" or "Recipe."_--In one of Mr. Ryle's popular tracts, "_Do you
pray?_" Wertheim and Mackintosh: London, 1853, occurs the following
expression, p. 18.:

"What is the best _receipt_ for happiness?"

Is the use of "receipt" for "recipe" to be admitted into the English
language?

W. E.

_Death of Philip III. of Spain._--D'Israeli, in his _Curiosities of
literature_, states to the effect that this kings fatal illness was induced
by the overheating of a brazier, whereof state etiquette forbad the removal
until the person in regular attendance should arrive. For this statement he
quotes no authority, and consequently MR. BOLTON CORNEY, in his
_Illustrations of the Curiosities of Literature_ (2nd ed., p. 87.),
discredits the story.

It is singular that MR. CORNEY should have forgotten that the anecdote is
given by the Marechal {584} de Bassompierre, who was at Madrid at the time
of the king's death; the Marechal's informant was the Marquis de Pobar,
_who was present at the scene_. Is not this sufficient? (See _Memoires de
Bassompierre_, under the date of 11th of March, 1621, vol. i. p. 548. of
the edition of Cologne, 1665.)

C. V.

_Churchwardens._--In an old scrap-book in my possession, I met with the
following, which, should y