Life Of The Prince Consort.

We rise from the perusal of remarkable revelations with a less pleasant conception of many a great actor in these troubled waters . The " coup d ' ceil , " morally and politically as between man ancl man , is neither pleasant to the imagination or welcome to ponder over . How Praed ' s merry lines ^ come back to us with great force to-day , and which we venture to adapt " pro hac vice . "—

" Many we read of who , years ago , Were as white and fair as the new fallen snow ; But here they are , and lo , they are black As the plumage on the raven ' s back . And many whom we measured then , And thought them most enormous men , But here they are , aud its pretty well known-How very little they all have grown . "

And so we put the book down to-day with mingled feelings of sorrow ancl admiration , to mourn over a great light in these dark days so prematurely quenched , in admiration of that " good fig ht of truth " which , in simple hearted loyalty and unfaltering nobility , the lamented Prince Consort fought out "Deo adjuvants" to the last . We might , indeed , go through numerous instances of the hig h service Prince Albert rendered to Queen ancl country in

his wise counsel and his thoughtful plans ; but we confine ourselves to this , the fact , as so clearly set forth as it were a last sad offering of departing goodness ancl truth , and foreseeing intelligence , when he suggested those alterations . which rendered the great American difficulty of possible ancl facile solution . ¦ We refer our readers to the book itself . One remark we feel bound , however , to make . It is indeed leasant to note how the excellent aud remarkable

p character of Baron Stockmar , once the object of so much childish misrepresentation , comes out truly and strikingly from first to last . We cannot do better , we think , than close this short notice of a most interesting book , by giving our readers the beautiful lines of the Princess Imperial of Prussia , with what we fear is a most imperfect translation .

ZUM AUDENKEN . Gott imherzen vorwiirtz schauend , Stets sick offernd , auf lira , bauend , Aufwarts sticgend , Mit sich behend , Geist and Wissen seiner zeit , Diente er die Ewigkeit .

Living with God , but looking on to the unknown , In all self-sacrifice building on Him alone , Ever upwards lifting with thoughts sublime The spirit and the wisdom of our time . His strife is o'er , his warfare done , Heaven and eternity are won .

Superstitions And Customs Connected With Judas Iscariot.

SUPERSTITIONS AND CUSTOMS CONNECTED WITH JUDAS ISCARIOT .

BY HENRY CALVERT APPLEBY . CONCERNING the history of the foul traitor of our heavenly Saviour , little is known ; much of his life is mercifully shrouded in mystery . He is said to have been called Iscariot ( after the manner of the times in which he lived ) , from the place of his birth ; but this is not an universal belief , for in Anjou ancl the , Maine they say he was born at Sable . In " Menagiana " we