Notes On Literature, Science And Art.

in the spring of 1872 , has reached a third edition . Though the notices are necessarily brief , yet Ave have faithful guidance to Gilling , with its Castle of the Fairfaxes and church containing " in the chancel the tomb of a knight , in the sculptured tracery of the fourteenth century , combining in a

peculiar manner the monumental cross and the recumbent effigy ; '' Helmsley , with its ruined castle , ( once during the stormy days of 1644 , taken for tho Parliament , but not without a stern struggle , by Fairfax ) and its fine monument in the market

place by George Gilbert Scott , of the late Earl Feversham ; Duncombe Park , with its mansion in the Doric style , built from designs by Sir John Vauburgh , and containing some of the finest sculpture aud paintings in the kingdom ; Rievaulx

Abbey , Avhich Avas , as Dr . Young remarks , " the first Cistercian monastery in Yorkshire , being founded in 1131 by Walter Espec , a Avealthy baron , who was also the founder of Kirkham Priory , and of Warden Abbey in Bedfordshire , " and Avhich I may add is one of the finest ruins in England , rich as she is in those relies of the past ; Kirbymoorside , Avhere the Stutevilles once

had a castle on Vivers Hill , of which not a stone remains , and Avhere the Nevilles had a castle on a less lofty site , of which very little remains , and in the best house then in the town , ( and not " in the worst inn ' s Avorst room " as Pope has it , ) died

the profligate Buckingham ; Kirkdale , with its Saxon church and inscriptions older than the Norman Conquest , and its far more ancient cave , Avhere , besides the remains of 300 hyenas , Dean Buckland found the bones of elephantstigersbears

, , , Avolves , rhinoceroses , hippopotamuses , ox , deer , hares , rabbits , Avater rats , mice , ravens , pigeons , ducks , larks , snipes , <& c . ; Welburn Hall , Avith its fine cedar tree , noble roAv of oaks , and avenue of beeches ; the bonny little vale of Douthwaite ;

Lastingham , Avhere Cedd founded a monastery 1225 years ago , Avhen the Avhole neighbourhood Avas a desert , and where the crypt of the church is well Avorth a day ' s march to see ; and Pickering , with its ancient castle aud fine gothic church ; all thesewith some

, few other places of less importance , are pointed out in an agreeable manner , and the pith of their history given , for the small sum of sixpence ! Mr . Frank ' s excellent " Guide " is very neatly printed , not

altogether without illustrations , and in a convenient form for the pocket , and ought to be ( as it evidently is ) very popular Avith tourists . Having visited the places named , I can all the better bear my testimony to the value of the little compilation ; and Ryedale is a district Avell worthy of a visit .

If the reader examines a Map or a Gazetteer of Yorkshire he will find in the North Riding , about nine miles E . S . E . from Northallerton , aud eight from Thirsk , pleasantly situated at the foot of the Hambleton Hills , the small village of Covvesby ; and our Scandinavian ancestors

didAvell to leave their p lundering as rovers on the sea , and IOIIOAV cow-keeping in so fine a pastoral country . When that Avonderful Domesday * survey Avas made , it appears to have had neither church nor priestbut the plough Avas doing its

civilis-, ing Avork , and the others were to follow . Even yet , of the 1165 acres composing the township , 820 only are cultivated , the remainder being roads , woods , and moors . Lasvton , in his valuable Collections relative to Churches aud Chapels Avithin the Diocese

of York , tells us that " this church is an ancient rectory , " and that " the glebe house is unfit for residence . " I may add that it Avas a ruinous cottage , distinguished by a sun-dial from the others iu the village ,

and has now been pulled down , T . W . Lloyd , Esq ., J . P ., the present patron , having made an exchange in 1868 , considered to be for the benefit of the church , by taking the old rectory and giving in lieu thereof a good mill , at the Avestern extremity of the parish . The miller ' s

house has been converted into a manse , and the mill itself , gutted of its machinery , and the stream that worked its Avheel diverted , forms an excellent storehouse for the parson ' s garden produce ; not quite adaptedhoweverfor the storage

, , of the valuable treasures with which he has been forced to stow the upper chambers . For there , crammed iu boxes , for waut of room to place them carefully on shelves as he would wish to do—seeing that he values many of them above their

weight in gold—are books of all sizes , from the smallest pocket volume to big folios , Avhich form a classical library of rare works such as none of our universities or national libraries can boast of , and Avhich the present proprietor authorises me