Is it not a melancholy reflection, at the close of a long life, that,
after reciting the Psalms at proper seasons, through the greatest part
of it, no more should be known of their true meaning and application,
than when the Psalter was first taken in hand in school?--_Bishop
Horne._
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The most northern library in the world is that of Reikiarik, the capital
of Iceland, containing about 3,600 volumes. That of the Faro Islands has
been recently considerably augmented. Another is establishing at
Eskefiorden, in the north of Iceland.--_Foreign Q. Rev._
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