Welsh Journals

Scenes in North Wales, fyc. 289 cannot mean flinty in a figurative sense, and we have no such formation in North Wales, excepting (and that very rarely) small conglomerated knots. In what school of geology has our author studied ? In page 21, we are again favored with a little startling information regarding Snowdonia: " This is the highest of the North Cambrian chain, and still supposed the loftiest hill in Great Britain!!" In page 31, the author assures us that Owain Glendwr " was entombed at Monington,in Herefordshire.'" In two lines, he has taken upon himself to solve that which has been an obj ect of fruit¬ less investigation by our best antiquaries. We believe there is not an atom of proof that Glendwr was buried at Mo- nington. We know that there is in the British Museum a m.s., stating, that the supposed body of Glendwr was dis¬ covered at Monington, upon rebuilding the Church, in the year 1680; that it was entire, and of "goodly stature." Our Welsh scholars have been unable to fling the smallest ray of light upon the subject; and different places are said to have been the depository of Glendwr's ashes, with just as much proof in their favour as Monington. Had the author said that Glendwr was probably buried somewhere in Here¬ fordshire, he would have been supported, at least, by very vague and uncertain testimony. We must express to Eng¬ lishmen that it is of much consequence to us to preserve our history correctly : had Edward Plantagenet, their king, and our conqueror, been confounded with uncertainty in any assumption relating to him, in life or death, we should have deeply regretted the event; and we must be equally tena¬ cious in all that regards those immortal warriors, who, with their followers, were the last struggling remnant of what once were " a great and glorious nation." We cannot pursue our investigation further; sufficient has been shown that material errors occur in,the " Historical Il¬ lustrations." But it is our duty as well as our inclination to add, that the engravings are worth the price of the whole volume. The Juvenilia. No. 3. 1833. Any work intended for the well-directing of children's minds,which moves their little hearts towards good, and leads them from bad, is worthy of high commendation; and, as an instrument of this kind, we have perused the third Number of 'the Juvenilia' with considerable pleasure. The article ' On the Necessity of a Liberal Education,' must have an