places the whole humble 'grave-stone' before the Reader.1 Such is the imperfect Story of the outer Life of HENRY VAUGHAN. None can mourn our scanty materials more than ourselves, fuller though they be relatively to our precursor's. Yet we have done our fruitless best to get more. But the outward Facts are the mere clothing of the "deep things" of his Life. His genius, his true utterance, his innerness, his outlook and insight, his supreme worth, demand separate and ample, treatment. Our Essay prefixed to Volume IId. is an attempt to meet the call. There too are brought together interpretative notices of the Events and Names of his age to which he was related. ALEXANDER B. GROSART. 1 In illustrated 4to. only. The stone is from the celebrated quarry of Bwlch-yr-Arllwys in the adjoining parish of Cwmdu. It is of unusual size and thickness, measuring 7ft. 2in. by 2ft. 10in. and 4 inches thick. The lettering is not that usual in the district. Note. THE following is the original title-page of Silex Scintillans', engraved on copper, as reproduced by us (in large paper): [An Emblem.] Silex Scintillans: OR Sacred Poems AND Priuate Eiaculations BY Henry Vaughan Silurist. London: Printed by T. W. for H. Blunden Collation: Authoris (de se) Emblema' one pagetitle-page-The Dedication, one page [all blank on reverse]-Poems pp. 7–110. In 1655 the preceding was re-issued, with a second Part. The following is the fresh title-page: [No Emblem.] Silex Scintillans : SACRED POEMS And private EJACULATIONS The second Edition, In two Books; By Henry Vaughan, Silurist. Job chap. 35, ver. 10, 11. Where is God my Maker, who giveth Songs in the night ? Who teacheth us more then the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser then the fowls of heaven ? London, Printed for Henry Crips, and Lodo- and in Popes-head Alley. 1655. [120.] Collation: Title-page, reverse blank-The Author's Preface to the following Hymns, ten and a half pages— reverse of last half page, blank-Texts, two and a half pages-Poem to Jesus begins on reverse of last half page and occupies three and a half pages-On reverse of the last half page are the lines beginning "Vain wits", &c.Silex Scintillans, pp. 7-110-No title-page to second Part or Book, and no fly-leaf-new pagination pp. 1–84 -at end an Alphabetical Table containing the several titles, &c., three and a half pages. For further details, including notice of a curious reprint of four pages only in Part I., see our Memorial-Introduction. G. |