TO CORRESPONDENTS.
The work to which we alluded in a recent number of our paper, was " The Patriot and the Hero, General Guyon, on the Battle Fields of Hungary and Asia." It was written by a friend of Guyon's, in order to snake the character and achieve- ments of that genuine knight of our day better known to his countrymen ; but it was a work of love, executed without any idea of profit. So much so, that the author, who is a gentleman of local authority and influence, devoted the proceeds to certain excellent charitable institutions of his own neighbourhood. That it was well done, our own readers know from the review which we gave of it at the time [Spectator, Jan. 5th, 1856); and it was published in the usual way, by Hamilton, Adams, and Co., and Smith. Elder, and Co., from whom it is still to be obtained. To us it is especially interesting as showing that the noblest chivalric spirit is not "dead." but—at least while Guyon lived—survived in its best form, in the person of a gentleman prepared to stake his person in the cause tie held to be just, and active in seeking opportunities to redress wrong.
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