CONTRIBUTIONS TO LITERATURE 91544 Historical, Antiquarian, and Metrical. BY MARK ANTONY LOWER, M.A., F. S.A. FELLOW OF THE ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETIES OF NORMANDY, AMERICA, AND NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE; MEMBER OF THE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF CAEN, ETC. ETC. ETC. Ubi quid datur oti, HOR. Sat. IV. LONDON: JOHN RUSSELL SMITH, 36, SOHO SQUARE. MDCCCLIV. TO THE REV. JOHN COLLINGWOOD BRUCE, LL.D., F.S.A. (LONDON AND NEWCASTLE), ETC. ETC. ETC. Author of 'The Roman Wall;' 'The Bayeux Tapestry Elucidated;' MY DEAR SIR, Permit me to mark my esteem for your person and character by dedicating to You this little Book. The similarity of our tastes, and the interest which you have taken in some of the topics here discussed, would alone justify my desiring the sanction of your name; but I have a yet stronger motive. You, dear Sir, have given to the world substantial evidence, that while you have devoted a portion of your time to literature, you have not the less efficiently discharged the important and arduous duties of the responsible position in which you are placed, as the head of one of the largest educational establishments in England. You have shown how gracefully to himself, and how advantageously to the intellectual world, one who is engaged in the stern labours of scholastic instruction can devote his b |