The Metropolitan : a monthly magazine, devoted to religion, education, literature, and general information . ing. We have forgotten to say that,initiated by her father into the secrets of the ancient languages, she alsoknew rhetoric, logic, philosophy, geometry, algebra, history and music.Some remarkable works of hers in Latin, and some of her Greek transla-tions, are still extant. Her father and herself had commenced, separately, a treatise on theFour Ends of Human Life. When she showed Sir Thomas her work hetore up his own, affirming that his daughters was infinitely superior. Endowed with a
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The Metropolitan : a monthly magazine, devoted to religion, education, literature, and general information . ing. We have forgotten to say that, initiated by her father into the secrets of the ancient languages, she alsoknew rhetoric, logic, philosophy, geometry, algebra, history and music.Some remarkable works of hers in Latin, and some of her Greek transla-tions, are still extant. Her father and herself had commenced, separately, a treatise on theFour Ends of Human Life. When she showed Sir Thomas her work hetore up his own, affirming that his daughters was infinitely superior. Endowed with a vigorous and energetic soul, she wrote with strengthand depth, and always in a noble, elevated, and correct style. It isreasonably supposed that she was no stranger to the remarkaljle workpublished by her husband on the life of Sir Thomas More. Faithful to the last wishes of one who had been always a devoted andaffectionate wife, Roper had the leaden box containing her fathers headplaced in Margarets arms as she lay in her coffin. Even death could not separate her from that dear and invaluabletreasure.. rnE^E.NI AITEAUJ.NCE Of lUE MO-NASTEUV Of SANTA MARIA IlE BABIDA, .SEAR IALOS. SCENES IN THE LIFE OF COLUMBUS.Chapter 11.—Palos. Should any of you, my clear readers, ever happen to be in the old cityof Cadiz, by all means try to pay a visit to the village of Palos. It isonly about eighty miles distant and is easily accessible ])y steam. A pil-grimage to the cradle of American Discovery is well worth much morethan the little trouble you would lie required to endure. Supposing thenthat you have taken the boat in the morning, in little more than half anhour you will pass Rota with its Moorish walls and alcazar: further ouyou will get a glimpse of San Luis de Barraraeda at the mouth of thefamous Guadalquivir. Soon you tind yourself skirting one of the mostgloomy-looking sandwastes in the world, whose monotony an occasionalwatch-tower, or a knot of stunted pines, altogether fails