whether the fable of Cupid and Psyche was invented by Apuleius; or
whether he made use of a superstition then current, turning it, as it
suited his purpose, into the beautiful fable which has been handed down
to us as his composition?

W.M.


_Zünd-nadel Guns._--In paper of September or October last, I saw a
letter dated Berlin, Sept. 11, which commenced--

"We have had this morning a splendid military spectacle, and
being the first of the kind since the revolution, attracted
immense crowds to the scene of action."

"The Fusileer battalions (light infantry) were all armed with
the new zünd-nadel guns, the advantages and superiority of which
over the common percussion musket now admits of no
contradiction, with the sole exception of the facility of
loading being an inducement to fire somewhat too quick, when
firing independently, as in battle, or when acting en
tirailleur. The invincible pedantry and amour-propre of our
armourers and inspectors of arms in England, their
disinclination to adopt inventions not of English growth, and
their slowness to avail themselves of new models until they are
no longer new, will, undoubtedly, exercise the usual influence
over giving this powerful weapon even a chance in England. It is
scarcely necessary to point out the great advantages that these
weapons, carrying, let us say, 800 yards with perfect accuracy,
have over our muskets, of which the range does not exceed 150,