This Is A New Release Of The Original 1870 Edition.

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SHAKESPEARES BONES. HE sentiment which flecks survivors in thc disposition of their dcnd, and which is, in one regard, asuperstition, is, in another, a creditable outcoirle of our comnlon huinanitv nnmcly, thc dcsirc to lronour the memory of departed Eannr. i 1s Uhalfol t present thoogh at Shcrllurii Ca. tle, bursct Iattvl. 11111 gentlemens C R K C T I I X . our. Chalfont. prevent. hrough. later one. h i e . gentlelnans. of pent men, and remove tlleln to n mare nrnng 11ru lrlurc honourable resting-place. The Rdtcl dcs lnvalides at I1aris, and the Basilica of Sail Lorenzo Fuori le AIura at Kame, arc indebted to this sentiment for the possession of relics which make those edifices the natural resort of pilgrims ns of sight-seers. It were a work of superfluity to adduce further illustration of Scc Thr Thres, July 14 and August 8, 1881. n SHAKESPEARES BONES., H s E e ntiment which affects survivors in thc disposition of their dead, and which is, in one regard, n superstition, is, in another, a creditn1 lr outcome of our colnrnon humanity namely, the dcsirc to honour the inernory of departed vorth, and to guard thc h llowed reliqucs by thc erection of n shrine, both 3s a visil li mark of respect for the dcnd, and its a place of resort for ilxr i e pilgrin sw ho may come to pay him tribute. rt is this scntiincnt vr. hicil dots our gxnveyards witIi rrcrnori d ta1 Iets and more a nbitious sculptures, and which stilI prescrvcs so many of our closed churchyards from desecration, and its ancient tombs from the molestation of careless, curious, or rncrcennry persons. But thcre is nnotl er sentiment, not inconsistent with this, which prompts us, on suitnblc occasions, to disinter the remains ofgreat men, and remore them 10 a more fiiting and more iionourabIe resting-place. The Hiitei des Inralides at Paris, and the Basilica of San Lorenzo ITuori le urn at Rome, arc indebted to this sentiment for the possessio o f relics vhich make those edificcs the natural resort of liilgims as of sight-sccrs. It . ere a work of superfluity to adducc furthcr illustration of See The iriwes, July rq and August 8, 1Y8r n the position that the mere exhumation and reinterment of a great mans remzins, is commonly heId to be, in special cases, a justifiable proceeding, not a violation of that honourable sentiment of humanity, which protects and consecrates the depositaries of the dead. On a late occasion it was not the belief that such a proceeding is a violation of our more sacred instincts which hindered the removal to Pennsylvania of the remains of JTilIiam Penn but simply the bdief that they had already n more suitable resting-place in his native land. There is still another sentiment, honourable in itself and not inconsistent with those lrhich I have specified, though still more conditional upon the sufficiency of the reasons conducing to the act namely, the desire, by exhumation, to set at rest 4 reasonctble or important issue respecting the person of the deceased while he was yet a living mm...

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Troopers on the Border is a narrative of more than six months spent on the Southern Plains of the United States, observing the operations of the army directed by then Major Sheridan against the native peoples of the Plains on the Republican, the Arkansas, and the Washita.