for five hours, were deposited, on March 26, in the grand ducal family
vault at Weimar near to those of Schiller. On the same day, the theatre
which had been closed from respect to his memory, was opened with the
representation of his Tasso. An epilogue was composed for the occasion
by Chancellor Muller, the intimate friend of Goethe. Its last stanza
produced a profound impression upon the audience:--"The spot where great
men have exercised their genius remains for ever sacred. The waves of
time silently efface the hours of life; but not the great works which
they have seen produced. What the power of genius has created, is
rarified like the air of the Heavens,--its apparition is fugitive,--its
works are eternal."

Goethe has left several MSS. for publication. Among them is a volume of
his early life in Weimar, a volume of poems, the second part of "Faust,"
interesting letters, &c.

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NOTES OF A READER.


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BEAR-HUNTING IN CANADA.

(_From a Backwoodsman's Sketches._[6])