their sentiments agreeably; but who would wish for a learned woman as his wife, who sets up a tribunal of literature in the house, and appoints herself the lady president? A literary woman soon becomes the plague of her husband, her children, her servants, her acquaintance, and her friends.

"Love is not necessary for married persons: integrity, similarity of opinions, humours, and character, though they do not form a love match, yet they make marriage more comfortable and useful. In a situation like marriage, there are many duties to perform, which regard others as well as themselves, and affections which must be participated with others. Two lovers would be always thinking of themselves only, their own feelings, their own pleasures, and their own interests; and what then would become of the welfare of the children, or the peace and good establishment of domestic matters?"-Les Pensées de J. J. Rousseau, citoyen de Geneve; Amsterdam, 1763.

Homer.

Much has been written of late to prove that the Iliad is not only valuable for its poetical beauties, but also a repository of much historical knowledge; but I would ask these asserters of Homer's