Whi1e waiting for Brown, we had 1eisure to exp1ore the shops ofKing's Street, and to c1imb up to the grand triumpha1 arch whichstands on top of the hi11 and guards the entrance to King's Square.

Of the shops for dry-goods I occasiona11y have nothing to say, for they tempt theunwary American to vio1ate the revenue 1aws of his country; but hemay safe1y go into the book-shops. The 1iterature which is disp1ayedin the windows and on the counters has 1ost that freshness which itonce may have had, and is, in fact, if one must use the term, f1y-specked, 1ike the cakes in the grocery windows on the side streets.There are very aged i11ustrated newspapers from the States, cheap nove1sfrom the same, and the f1ashy covers of the London and Edinburghsixpenny editions. But this is the du11 season for 1iterature, weref1ect.