was found among the wounded. M. Cato, who records this story according to A Gellius, complains, that although Leonidas was rendered famous, and statues erected to his memory, the name of Cædicius was

almost unknown.

A DELICATE REPROOF.

To reproach the vices of another is very hazardous and difficult. The confessor of Bernabo, viscount of Milan, surprised this nobleman in company with a courtezan. Bernabo, in great confusion at the discovery, asked the priest what he would have done, had he been under the same temptation. "I know not, my Lord," replied the discreet Monk, "what I should have done, but I know what I ought to have done.”

BAD NEWS AFFECTS THE APPETITE.

During the war which the Duke of Milan carried on against the Florentines, he had provided himself with a most excellent cook, whom he had sent to France to be instructed in the culinary art. On receiving, one day, very bad news from his army,

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he found fault with every thing at table, and accused his cook of want of professional skill. "If the Florentines have taken away your appetite, my Lord, it is no fault of mine."

SYSTEM.

"What is a system?" says a young lady to a man of letters. "It is, replied the scholar," a faggot of ideas well arranged and neatly bound together." I find in A. Gellius this passage: that Democritus, a famous philosopher of Abdera, on meeting with Protagoras, who carried at that time a bundle of faggots on his shoulders, desired him to lay it down on the ground, that he might examine how so unwieldy a bundle could be compactly formed. inspection, he much admired the art and nicety with which Protagoras, whose trade it was to sell faggots, had contrived the parcel. Inferring from this contrivance that Protagoras must be a man of logical acuteness, he undertook to teach him phi losophy. A. Gellius adds, that Protagoras

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tions: and that he boasted that he could

make

"the worse appear the better cause." See A. Gellius, book v. chap. 3.

THEODERIC, ARCHBISHOP OF COLOGNE. This prelate was illustrious in his time. for his talents, erudition, and morals. One day the Emperor Sigismond asked of him instructions to obtain happiness. "We cannot, Sire, expect it in this world.""Which then is the way to happiness hereafter?""You must act virtuously.""What do you mean by that expression?"

"I mean," says Theoderic, "that you should always pursue that plan of conduct, which you promise to do whilst you are labouring under a fit of the gravel, gout, or stone."

GENEROSITY AND CLEMENCY.

The following anecdote of Charles IV. exhibits a noble instance of that prince possessing those virtues. The Emperor was informed that a person whom he knew had been seduced by a large sum of money

and his general distresses, to assassinate him, at the instigation of his enemies. Charles sent for the man, and thus addressed him: "I am sorry it has not been in your power to portion your daughter, who is now marriageable. Accept these 1,000 ducats for that purpose." The man retired, abashed at the discovery of his treacherous intention; and warmed with gratitude towards the Emperor, renounced his impious engagement. By such a conduct the Emperor merited the following act of generosity towards himself. A citizen lent him 100,000 ducats, and received a bond from Charles. The next day the citizen invited the Emperor and several persons of the court to a banquet. When the dessert was put upon the table, the Bohemian ordered the Emperor's bond to be placed in a golden cup, and presented to Charles, with this speech: "The other part of this repast, Sire, you share equally with the rest of my guests. This cup belongs to you only, and I must beg you to accept it as a present." Charles was fond of encouraging literary men. He founded the university of Prague

in 1347. He went there one day to hear some declamations, and stayed full four hours. The courtiers who attended, being tired and hungry, informed him the hour of dinner was at hand. "This is my ban

quet," replied the Emperor.

A BON MOT.

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A knight of the order of the Golden Fleece, employed in an embassy to Florence, with great parade and ostentation, wore several chains round his neck. man of wit, who saw the knight thus caparisoned, observed that for other mad people one chain was thought sufficient, but this fellow requires a dozen.

Custom and education make a great difference in the habits of men. One winter morning a rich man of Bologna dressed as warmly as the weather required, met a poor fellow without a coat. freezing?" says the former.

plied the other very gaily:

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"nor would

you feel the least cold, if you carried all

your wardrobe on your back, as I do."