W. S. G. _is thanked. We have not inserted the two Folk Lore articles he
has sent, inasmuch as they are already recorded in Brand._
W. S. D. _The saying_ "God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb," _made so
popular by its application to Sterne's "Maria," is from a French
proverb_ "A brebis tondue Dieu mesure le vent," _which, in a somewhat
older form, is to be found in Gruter's_ Florilegium: _Francfort, 1611_,
p. 353., _and in St. Estienne's_ Premices, _published in 1594.--See our_
1st Vol., pp. 211. 236. 325. 357. 418.
C. M. I. _We propose to insert some articles on Shakspeare in our next
or following Number._