to the Frondeurs, by inducing the celebrated Turenne an*

I>ake de la Rochefoucauld to join them. Turenne, however, returned to his allegiance to the king; but the duke remt taicbfol to the last, **d ses beaux yeux"

After the amicable termination of the civil war, the duchess received into the favour of Louis the Thirteenth, and from time devoted herself to literature, and united with her illusi 'brotiiers, the great Cond^, and the Prince de Cond^, in encoun rising genius. On the death of the Duke de Longueville, sh( the court, and consecrated the remainder of her days to the skustere penitence. She had a house built at Port-Royal aux Chi where, although she renounced *Hhe pomps and vanities o world," she still retained her love for society, and the conven of intelligent persons. The recluses at Port-Royal were all p who had acquired a high reputation while they lived in the v Human glory followed them to their hermitage, all the more be they disdained it.

The Duchess de Longueville died April 16th., 1679, at the of sixty-one. She left no children.

A German artist residing in Dresden, has acquired great celc in her profession. She is an excellent copyist. In particula] counterfeits rather than copies Correggio's Magdalene so beaut that she is paid one hundred guineas for each copy. In department of art women are fitted to excel.

A NATIVE of Ck)rdova, Spain, was so illustrious for her know of Greek, Latin, and Hebrew, that she was honoured witl degree of D.D. When she became a widow, she took the ha] St. Clair, went to Italy, and founded there the hospital of Lo where she ended her days, in acts of devotion and benevol March 5th., 1546, aged seventy-three.

Whose reputation is founded chiefly on works of utility, i daughter of Thomas Webb, Esq., of Ritwell House, near Binning who, in consequence of over-speculation, became embarass( )iis circumstances. Miss Webb, possessing literary talents, res to turn them to good account ; and, in 1827, published her work, a novel entitled "The Mummy," in which she embodied of scientific progress and discovery, that now read like proph Among other foreshadowings of things that were to be, m steam plough, and this attracting the attention of Mr. Jot Loudon, whose numerous and valuable works on gardening, culture, cte., are so well known, led to an acquaintance, v terminated in a matrimonial connection. After her marriage, London devoted her talents entirely to those branches of liter connected with her husband's favourite pursuits. "The Ta Flower Garden," "The Ladies* Country Companion," "Gard< fijT Ladies," "The Ladies* Companion to the Flower Garden,'* several works of a similar character, have become standard I of reference, and attained a large circulation. It should be