hawkers, which I only intended for the weighty consideration of the gravest persons. This prejudiced the world so much at first, that several of my friends had the assurance to ask me, whether I were in jest. To which I only answered coldly, that the event would show. But it is the talent of our age and nation to turn things of the greatest importance into ridicule. When the end of the year had verified all my predictions, out comes Mr. Partrige's almanac, disputing the point of his death; so that I am employed, like the general who was forced to kill his enemies twice over, whom a necromancer had raised to life. If Mr. Partrige has practiced the same experiment upon himself, and be again alive, long may he continue so; that does not in the least contradict my veracity: but I think I have clearly proved, by invincible demonstration, that he died at farthest within half an hour of the time I foretold, and not four hours sooner, as the above mentioned author in his letter to a lord hath maliciously suggested, with design to blast my credit, by charging me with so gross a mistake. DEAN SWIFT. SKILL, wisdom and even wit are cumulative, but that diviner faculty which is the spiritual eye, though it may be trained and sharpened, cannot be added to by taking thought. This has always been something innate, unaccountable, to be laid to a happy conjunction of the stars. The last of the great poets, Goethe, accordingly takes pains to tell us under what planets he was born, and in him it is curious how uniform the imaginative quality is from the beginning to the end of his literary activity. His early poems show maturity, his mature ones a youthful freshness. The apple already lies potentially in the blossom, as that may be traced also in the ripened fruit. LOWELL'S Essay on Carlyle in "My Study Windows." We have selected Rudyard Kipling as the subject for our Kabalistic horoscope for this month. The first thing that arrests the attention of the student is the preponderating influence of the planet Mercury in this figure. This indicates that he is a well-informed, intellectual man. In the tenth house we find the planet Saturn (which commences the scale). Although the native has met with success, there have been numerous stumbling-blocks in his way; but Mercury's ray (mind) joined to the ray from Mars (force) has helped to build his fortune. Mercury throws a ray from second to tenth, and Mars throws a ray from ninth to second, a kind of interchange of civilities which has tended to advance the native. Adverse influences are certain at times, but he should manage to keep well above water. In the eleventh we find Mercury, some danger from friends of an unreliable nature, and as Mercury rules sixth house it may be well to "dine at home." I do not like Mercury in Scorpio; trouble is generally the outcome through affairs which are signified by the house held by Mercury when in this sign: fortunately the Sun is throwing a ray to eleventh from a sign, which when conjoined with the solar orb, confers some extraordinary faculties. Persons who show a deep insight into Nature's mysteries are the class from which the native should select his friends. In the twelfth we find XVII and Mercury with a ray from Jupiter from fourth house, some private enemies of a crafty, cunning nature, persons who have been helped by the native are ungrateful; but they cannot harm him much, only they may cause mental pain. Adverse reviews of his writings would tend to vex him, but no great mischief is shown from this quarter. In the first house we find Mars. Here we have an indication of a brave spirit and one not easily daunted, and as the ray is projected from Mars in Capricorn to Saturn in tenth house there is a fortitude to bear, and a will to dare much. Some bodily dangers are here shown, sudden illnesses, sharp penetrating pains and a tendency to feverish colds. Seeing Venus casts a ray from ninth some strife is stirred up by ecclesiastics. In the second house we find Mercury and the Sun and there is also a ray from Mars in ninth. Some amount of financial success is here shown, but there will be fluctuating periods, and the native must watch the ebb and flow and set his sails to catch the gentle breeze, reefing them when the wind appears to be going to blow a gale. In other words, he should sell his investments of a speculative kind when they are rising, thus avoiding a sudden loss owing to a collapse. In the third house we find Saturn, and the third house receives two rays from Mercury, one from seventh house, and one from twelfth. It is pretty certain that public enemies, and some private ones also, are jealous of the native's writings, and some of his neighbors are not overflowing with the milk of human kindness towards him. He is liable to many bothers in connection with correspondence, serious quarrels may be the outcome and perhaps litigation. The ray from V points to engagement in strife and its consequences. Yes, some troubles are surely shown here. In the fourth house we find Jupiter and V. Although Jupiter will save him to a large extent, still there is a grave danger shown here; it appears that fire is the element to be feared. All residences of the native should be provided with the necessary means for an easy exit in case of fire, and insurances should, at all times, be of sufficient amount to cover losses. This appears a strong point in the horoscope and should be borne in mind. We find no planet in fifth house. Venus its ruler is placed in ninth in a house trine to fifth, the chief pleasures appear mental ones, and some pleasure is gained through travel. The sixth house contains no planet. Mercury its ruler is first placed in Cancer and projects a ray to third house; this, keeping in view the fact that Gemini is on sixth house, points to illness contracted on short journeys; it also indicates that the health may suffer through accidents, which tends to lower the vitality, and thus allows an inrush of disease. The lungs are rather weak, and there will be a weakness of the eyes which causes dimness of vision. In the seventh house we find Mercury twice placed. I fear there are some public foes who would cheat the native. This influence will be felt in affairs ruled by third and tenth houses; possibly a certain class of publishers may, in early days, have tried to take advantage, and |