. The New England historical and genealogical register . ton. Honorary.—William Willis, Portland, Me.; Frederick Madden, London, Eng.;Louis Adolphe Thiers, Paris, France; George R. Noyes, Cambridge. Corresponding.—Edward Burgess, Poughkeepsie, ; I. Daniel Rupp, Phila-delphia, Penn.; Jarvis M. Hatch, Rochester, N. Y.; Benj. H. Hall, Troy, N, Y.;James Riker, Harlem, N. Y.; Beriah Botfield, Norton Hall, Daventry, Eng.; Squier, New York city; Matthew S. Henry, Philadelphia, Penn.; JohnMeigs, Nashville, Tenn.; Henry Onderdonk, Jr., Jamaica, N. Y.; William E. DuBois, Philadelphia, Penn.
. The New England historical and genealogical register . ton. Honorary.—William Willis, Portland, Me.; Frederick Madden, London, Eng.;Louis Adolphe Thiers, Paris, France; George R. Noyes, Cambridge. Corresponding.—Edward Burgess, Poughkeepsie, ; I. Daniel Rupp, Phila-delphia, Penn.; Jarvis M. Hatch, Rochester, N. Y.; Benj. H. Hall, Troy, N, Y.;James Riker, Harlem, N. Y.; Beriah Botfield, Norton Hall, Daventry, Eng.; Squier, New York city; Matthew S. Henry, Philadelphia, Penn.; JohnMeigs, Nashville, Tenn.; Henry Onderdonk, Jr., Jamaica, N. Y.; William E. DuBois, Philadelphia, Penn.; Richard S Charnock, London, Eng.; Clifford StanleySims, Philadelphia, Penn.; G. J. Parish, Yarmouth, N. S.; William Winthrop,Island of Malta; Thos. Spoouer, Reading, 0.; Jas. C. Wetmore, Columbus, 0.;Rufus R. Belknap, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Frederic A. Holden, Washington, D. C.;George H. Tucker, New York city; Gilbert Cope, Westchester, Penn. ; John Rey-nolds, Belleville, 111.; John H. Redfield, Philadelphia, Penn. ; Robert P. Du Bois,New London, ^lEIS. ^^m, 3K.^2i11IE©] n-Sravei for TTKe American tirerary Magazine 1862.] Memoir of Sir Walter Ralegh. 105 MEMOIR OF SIR WALTER , 1552; Beheaded, 18 Oct., 1618. Few memories of any period have received more attention, thanthat of Sir Walter Ralegh; and few periods of the worlds historyafford such a constellation of names as that of the reign of QueenElizabeth. This can hardly fail to be admitted, if a brief survey botaken of even a portion of what has been written under the titles ofLives and Memoirs of the men of that time. Among the notables of the Elizabethan period stands prominentSir Walter Ralegh (as he uniformly wrote his name, but Rawley aseverybody pronounced it). It will not be hazarding much, it is pre-sumed, to pronounce the prominence of that Knight as rather an un-due or factitious one, and to venture the opinion that much of hisfame is owing to his tragical death. Notwithstanding the great
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