[_The Turks in Europe_ is by Lord John Russell: but the author of
_Austria as It Is_, we cannot discover; he was a native of the Austrian
Empire.]
"_Forgive, blest Shade._"--Where were the lines, commencing "Forgive, blest
shade," first {543} published? I believe it was upon a mural tablet on the
chancel wall of a small village church in Dorsetshire (Wyke Regis); but I
have seen it quoted as from a monument in some church in the Isle of Wight.
The tablet at Wyke, in Dorset, was erected anonymously, in the night-time,
upon the east end of the chancel outer wall; but whether they were
_original_, or copied from some prior monumental inscription, I do not
know, and should feel much obliged could any of your readers inform me.