which the Roman legions were protected were still visible. She acted as my cicerone; and, by a great stretch of courtesy, talked to me as if the ancient Romans had been the ancestors of the modern Italians; and I, in return, talked to her of Sir Walter Scott as if he were the Scottish Ariosto. The conversation never languished; and took my attention so entirely, that I should have passed a fine country-house on the opposite bank of the river without noticing it, had she not pointed it out to me. When we returned to the house dinner was ready, and she invited me to take refreshment. The grandmother was still invisible, being confined to her chamber by a cold. When dinner was over, at an inclination of her head, which is the signal for a toast, we drank together a glass of wine, composed of extract of flowers, sugar, and a little

brandy it is called "British wine," an agreeable beverage, which young ladies are permitted to drink. She then showed me Bohl de Faber's collection of Spanish romances and poetry. She had already observed to me that religion was the comfort of the soul, and the happiness of families she pointed out to me, therefore, some religious odes of Ponce de Leon, favourites with her, and truly sublime. She made me read a portion of the ode on Holy Solitude (Santa Soledad), in which the passages most beautiful, and most congenial to the sentiments of her soul, were already marked with a pencil. It was now high time to take leave, after a visit of four hours, which had passed as swiftly as the happiest hours of love. I rode back the ten miles I had come, at a gallop, not disordered, but tranquillized with a pleasure

resembling that experienced at the sight of a fine picture of Poussin, filled with beautiful nymphs and pleasant snatches of scenery.

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EDUCATION.

English and Italian Female Education-Protection to
Females Travelling alone.

THE young women of England, under a stormy and inconstant sky, have hearts and minds peaceful and serene, always equable, and always docile. My amiable countrywomen, under a heaven perpetually smiling, have minds and hearts always in a tempest. The former are educated for quiet and domestic felicity, everything conduces to this end, the order and system of their lives, the simplicity of their food, the climate, compelling them to live