Hadrian: sixteen columns are standing, of the most beautiful marble and style of architecture.

Note 5. Page 80, line 26.

Th' insulted wall sustains his hated name.

It is related by a late oriental traveller, that when the wholesale spoliator visited Athens, he caused his own name, with that of his wife, to be inscribed on a pillar of one of the principal temples. This inscription was executed in a very conspicuous manner, and deeply engraved in the marble, at a very considerable elevation. Notwithstanding which precautions, some person (doubtless inspired by the Patron Goddess), has been at the pains to get himself raised up to the requisite height, and has obliterated the name of the laird, but left that of the lady untouched. The traveller in question accompanied this story by a remark, that it must have cost some labour and contrivance to get at the place, and could only have been effected by much zeal and determination.

Note 6. Page 81, line 12.

When Venus half avenged Minerva's shame.

His lordship's name, and that of one who no longer bears it, are carved conspicuously on the Parthenon above; in a part not far distant are the torn remnants of the basso-relievos, destroyed in a vain attempt to remove them.

Note 7. Page 81, line 18.

Frown not on England-England owns him not-
Athena, no! the plunderer was a Scot!

The plaster wall on the west side of the temple of

Minerva Polias bears the following inscription, cut in

very deep characters:

Quod non fecerunt Goti

Hoc fecerunt Scoti.

Hobhouse's Travels in Greece, etc. p. 345.

Note 8. Page 81, line 20.

And well I know within that bastard land.

Irish bastards, according to Sir Callaghan O'Brallaghan.

Note 9. Page 63, line 8.

With palsied hand shall turn each model o'er,
And own himself an infant of fourscore.

Mr West, on seeing « the Elgin collection» (I suppose we shall hear of the Abershaw's and Jack Shephard's collection next), declared himself a mere Tyro in Art. Note 10. Page 63, line 12.

While brawny brutes in stupid wonder stare,
And marvel at his lordship's stone shop there.

Poor Crib was sadly puzzled when exhibited at Elgin house; he asked if it was not «< a stone shop»: he was right, it is a shop.

Note 11. Page 63, line 26.

And last of all, amidst the gaping crew,

Some calm spectator, as he takes his view.

<< Alas! all the monuments of Roman magnificence, all the remains of Grecian taste, so dear to the artist, the historian, the antiquary, all depend on the will of an arbitrary sovereign; and that will is influenced too often by interest or vanity, by a nephew or a sycophant. Is a new palace to be erected (at Rome) for an upstart family? the Coliseum is stripped to furnish materials

Does a foreign minister wish to adorn the bleak walls of a northern castle with antiques? the temples of Theseus or Minerva must be dismantled, and the works of Phidias or Praxiteles be torn from the shattered frieze. That a decrepid uncle, wrapped up in the religious duties of his age and station, should listen to the suggestions of an interested nephew, is natural: and that an oriental despot should undervalue the masterpieces of Grecian art, is to be expected; though in both cases the consequences of such weakness are much to be lamented-but that the minister of a nation, famed for its knowledge of the language, and its veneration for the monuments of ancient Greece, should have been the prompter and the instrument of these destructions, is almost incredible. Such rapacity is a crime against all ages and all generations; it deprives the past of the trophies of their genius and the title deeds of their fame; the present, of the strongest inducements to exertion, the noblest exhibitions that curiosity can contemplate; the future, of the masterpieces of art, the models of imitation. To guard against the repetition of such depredations is the wish of every man of genius, the duty of every man in power, and the common interest of every civilized nation. » — Eustace's Classical Tour through Italy, p. 269.

<< This attempt to transplant the temple of Vesta from Italy to England, may, perhaps, do honour to the late Lord Bristol's patriotism or to his magnificence; but it cannot be considered as an indication, of either taste or judgment.» Ibid, p. 419.

Note 12. Page 65, line 15.

Blest paper credit who shall dare to sing?

Blest paper credit, last and best supply,

That lends corruption lighter wings to fly.-POPE.
Note 13. Page 65, line 21.

Then raves for ***

The Deal and Dover traffickers in specie.

Note 14. Page 66, line 4.

Gone is that gold, the marvel of mankind,
And pirates barter all that's left behind.

See the preceding note.