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No. 351.</b></td> + <td align="center"><b>SATURDAY, JANUARY 10, 1829.</b></td> + <td align="right"><b>[PRICE 2d.</b></td> + </tr> + </table> + <hr class="full" /> + <div class="figure" style="width:100%;"> + <a href="images/351-001.png"><img width="100%" src="images/351-001.png" + alt="MACCLESFIELD BRIDGE, REGENT'S PARK." /></a> + </div> + <h4>MACCLESFIELD BRIDGE, REGENT'S PARK.</h4> + <hr /> + <span class="pagenum"><a id="page18" name="page18"></a>[pg 18]</span> + <h3>MACCLESFIELD BRIDGE.</h3> + <p>This picturesque structure crosses the Canal towards the Northern verge of the + Regent's Park; and nearly opposite to it is a road leading to Primrose Hill, as + celebrated in the annals of Cockayne as was the Palatino among the ancient + Romans.</p> + <p>The bridge was built from the designs of Mr. Morgan, and its construction is + considered to be "appropriate and architectural." Its piers are formed by cast-iron + columns, of the Grecian Doric order, from which spring the arches, covering the + towing-path, the canal itself, and the southern bank. The <i>abacus</i>, or top of + the columns, the mouldings or ornaments of the capitals, and the frieze, are in + exceeding good taste, as are the ample shafts. The supporters of the roadway, + likewise, correspond with the order; although, says Mr. Elmes, the architect, + "fastidious critics may object to the dignity of the pure ancient Doric being + violated by degrading it into supporters of modern arches." The centre arch is + appropriated to the canal and the towing-path, and the two external arches to + foot-passengers, and as communications to the road above them. Mr. Elmes<a + id="footnotetag1" name="footnotetag1"></a><a href="#footnote1"><sup>1</sup></a> sums + up the merits of the bridge as follows:—"It has a beautiful and light + appearance, and is an improvement in execution upon a design of Perronet's for an + <i>architectural</i> bridge, that is, a bridge of <i>orders</i>. The columns are well + proportioned, and suitably robust, carrying solidity, grace, and beauty in every + part; from the massy grandeur of the abacus, to the graceful revolving of the + beautiful echinus, and to the majestic simplicity of the slightly indented flutings." + He then suggests certain improvements in the design, which would have made the bridge + "unexceptionably the most novel and the most tasteful in the metropolis. Even as it + is, it is scarcely surpassed for lightness, elegance, and originality by any in + Europe. It is of the same family with the beautiful little bridge in Hyde Park, + between the new entrance and the barracks."</p> + <p>We are happy to quote the above praise on the construction of <i>Macclesfield + Bridge</i>, inasmuch as a critical notice of many of the structures in the Regent's + Park would subject them to much severe and merited censure. The forms of bridges + admit, perhaps, of more display of taste than any other species of ornamental + architecture, and of a greater means of contributing to the picturesque beauty of the + surrounding scenery.</p> + <hr /> + <h3>TRIBUTES TO THE DEAD, &c.</h3> + <h4><i>(For the Mirror.)</i></h4> + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="i10">"When our friends we lose,</p> + <p>Our alter'd feelings alter too our views;</p> + <p>What in their tempers, teazed or distress'd,</p> + <p>Is with our anger, and the dead at rest;</p> + <p>And must we grieve, no longer trial made,</p> + <p>For that impatience which we then display'd?</p> + <p>Now to their love and worth of every kind,</p> + <p>A soft compunction turns the afflicted mind;</p> + <p>Virtues neglected then, adored become,</p> + <p>And graces slighted, blossom on the tomb."</p> + <p class="i10">CRABBE.</p> + </div> + </div> + <p>"It was the early wish of Pope," says Dr. Knox, "that when he died, not a stone + might tell where he lay. It is a wish that will commonly be granted with reluctance. + The affection of those whom we leave behind us is at a loss for methods to display + its wonted solicitude, and seeks consolation under sorrow, in doing honour to all + that remains. It is natural that filial piety, parental tenderness, and conjugal + love, should mark, with some fond memorial, the clay-cold spot where the form, still + fostered in the bosom, moulders away. And did affection go no farther, who could + censure? But, in recording the virtues of the departed, either zeal or vanity leads + to an excess perfectly ludicrous. A marble monument, with an inscription palpably + false and ridiculously pompous, is far more offensive to true taste, than the wooden + memorial of the rustic, sculptured with painted bones, and decked out with death's + head in all the colours of the rainbow. There is an elegance and a classical + simplicity in the turf-clad heap of mould which covers the poor man's grave, though + it has nothing to defend it from the insults of the proud but a bramble. The primrose + that grows upon it is a better ornament than the gilded lies on the oppressor's + tombstone."</p> + <p>The Greeks had a custom of bedecking tombs with herbs and flowers, among which + parsley was chiefly in use, as appears from Plutarch's story of Timoleon, who, + marching up an ascent, from the top of which he might take a view of the army and + strength of the Carthaginians, was met by a company of mules laden with parsley, + which his soldiers conceived to be a very ill boding and fatal occurrence, that being + the very herb wherewith they adorned the sepulchres of the dead. This custom gave + birth to that despairing proverb, when we pronounce of one dangerously sick, that he + has need of nothing but parsley; which is in effect to say, he's a dead man, and + ready for the grave. All sorts of purple and white flowers were acceptable to the + dead; as the amaranthus, which was first <span class="pagenum"><a id="page19" + name="page19"></a>[pg 19]</span> used by the Thessalians to adorn Achilles's grave. + The rose, too, was very grateful; nor was the use of myrtle less common. In short, + graves were bedecked with garlands of all sorts of flowers, as appears from + Agamemnon's daughter in Sophocles:—</p> + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>"No sooner came I to my father's tomb,</p> + <p>But milk fresh pour'd in copious streams did flow,</p> + <p>And <i>flowers</i> of ev'ry sort around were strow'd."</p> + </div> + </div> + <p>Several other tributes were frequently laid upon graves, as ribands; whence it is + said that Epaminondas's soldiers being disanimated at seeing the riband that hung + upon his spear carried by the wind to a certain Lacedæmonian sepulchre, he bid + them take courage, for that it portended destruction to the Lacedæmons, it + being customary to deck the sepulchres of their dead with ribands. Another thing + dedicated to the dead was their hair. Electra, in Sophocles, says, that Agamemnon had + commanded her and Chrysosthemis to pay this honour:—</p> + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>"With drink-off'rings and <i>locks of hair</i> we must,</p> + <p>According to his will, his <i>tomb</i> adorn."</p> + </div> + </div> + <p>It was likewise customary to perfume the grave-stones with sweet ointments, + &c.</p> + <p>P.T.W.</p> + <hr /> + <h3>SONG.</h3> + <h4><i>(For the Mirror.)</i></h4> + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>I've roam'd the thorny path of life,</p> + <p class="i2">And search'd abroad to find.</p> + <p>Amid the blooming flowers so rife,</p> + <p class="i2">That germ called peace of mind.</p> + <p>At length a lovely lily caught</p> + <p class="i2">My anxious, longing view,</p> + <p>With all the sweets of "Heartsease" fraught,</p> + <p class="i2">That fragrant flower was YOU.</p> + </div> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>Thy smile to me is Heaven divine,</p> + <p class="i2">Thy voice the soul of Love—</p> + <p>In pity, then, sweet maid, be mine,</p> + <p class="i2">My "heartsease" flow'ret prove.</p> + <p>Nor wealth nor power would I attain,</p> + <p class="i2">Though uncontrolled and free—</p> + <p>All other joys to me are pain,</p> + <p class="i2">When sever'd, love, from THEE.</p> + <p class="i10">ELFORD.</p> + </div> + </div> + <hr /> + <h3>CHARLES BRANDON, AFTERWARDS DUKE OF SUFFOLK.</h3> + <h4><i>(For the Mirror.)</i></h4> + <p>An event in the life of this nobleman gave Otway the plot for his celebrated + tragedy of "The Orphan," though he laid the scene of his play in Bohemia. It is + recorded in the "English Adventures," a very scarce pamphlet, published in 1667, only + two or three copies of which are extant. The father of Charles Brandon retired, on + the death of his lady, to the borders of Hampshire. His family consisted of two sons, + and a young lady, the daughter of a friend, lately deceased, whom he adopted as his + own child.</p> + <p>This lady being singularly beautiful, as well as amiable in her manners, attracted + the affections of both the brothers. The elder, however, was the favourite, and he + privately married her; which the younger not knowing, and overhearing an appointment + of the lovers to meet the next night in her bed-chamber, he contrived to get his + brother otherwise employed, and made the signal of admission himself, (thinking it a + mere intrigue.) Unfortunately he succeeded.</p> + <p>On discovery, the lady lost her reason, and soon after died. The two brothers + fought, and the elder fell. The father broke his heart a few months afterwards. The + younger brother, Charles Brandon, the unintentional author of all this family misery, + quitted England in despair, with a fixed determination of never returning.</p> + <p>Being abroad for several years, his nearest relations supposed him dead, and began + to take the necessary steps for obtaining his estates; when, roused by this + intelligence, he returned privately to England, and for a time took obscure lodgings + in the vicinity of his family mansion.</p> + <p>While he was in this retreat, the young king, (Henry VIII.), who had just buried + his father, was one day hunting on the borders of Hampshire, when he heard the cries + of a female in distress in an adjoining wood. His gallantry immediately summoned him + to the place, though he then happened to be detached from all his courtiers, where he + saw two ruffians attempting to violate the honour of a young lady. The king instantly + drew on them; and a scuffle ensued, which roused the <i>reverie</i> of Charles + Brandon, who was taking his morning walk in an adjoining thicket. He immediately + ranged himself on the side of the king, whom he then did not know; and by his + dexterity, soon disarmed one of the ruffians, while the other fled.</p> + <p>The king, charmed with this act of gallantry, so congenial to his own mind, + inquired the name and family of the stranger; and not only repossessed him of his + patrimonial estates, but took him under his immediate protection.</p> + <p>It was this same Charles Brandon who afterwards privately married Henry's sister, + Margaret, queen-dowager of France; which marriage the king not only forgave, but + created him Duke of Suffolk, and continued his favour towards him to the last hour of + the duke's life.</p> + <p>He died before Henry; and the latter showed, in his attachment to this nobleman, + that notwithstanding his fits of capriciousness <span class="pagenum"><a + name="page20" id="page20"></a>[pg 20]</span> and cruelty, he was capable of a cordial + and steady friendship. He was sitting in council when the news of Suffolk's death + reached him; and he publicly took that occasion, both to express his own sorrow, and + to celebrate the merits of the deceased. He declared, that during the whole course of + their acquaintance, his brother-in-law had not made a single attempt to injure an + adversary, and had never whispered a word to the disadvantage of any one; "and are + there <i>any of you</i>, my lords, who can say as much?" When the king subjoined + these words, (says the historian,) he looked round in all their faces, and saw that + confusion which the consciousness of secret guilt naturally threw upon them.</p> + <p>Otway took his plot from the fact related in this pamphlet; but to avoid, perhaps, + interfering in a circumstance which might affect many noble families at that time + living, he laid the scene of his tragedy in Bohemia.</p> + <p>There is a large painting of the above incident now at Woburn, the seat of his + Grace the Duke of Bedford; and the old duchess-dowager, in showing this picture a few + years before her death to a nobleman, related the particulars of the story.</p> + <p>A CORRESPONDENT.</p> + <hr class="full" /> + <h2>THE TOPOGRAPHER.</h2> + <hr /> + <h3>CARMARTHEN.</h3> + <h4><i>(For the Mirror)</i></h4> + <p>The best or north-east view of Carmarthen comprises the bridge, part of the quay, + with the granaries and shipping, and in the middle is seen part of the castle. Few + towns can, perhaps, boast of greater antiquity, or of so many antiquarian remains as + Carmarthen, South Wales; although, I am sorry to say, that their origin and history + have not been, I believe, clearly explained or understood by the literary world. One + would conclude, that as a Welshman is almost proverbially distinguished for deeming + himself illustriously descended, and relating his long pedigree, he would naturally + boast of, and exhibit to the public, some account of these vestiges of his ancestors; + but such is not the case, and to their shame be it spoken, these ruins are scarcely + noticed with any degree of interest by the inhabitants of Carmarthen. But to my + subject. The name is derived from <i>caera</i>, wall, and <i>marthen</i>, a + corruption of Merlyn, the name of its founder, who was a great necromancer and + prophet, and held in high respect by the Welsh. There is a seat hewn out of a rock in + a grove near this town, called Merlyn's Grove, where it is said he studied. He + prophesied the fate of Wales, and said that Carmarthen would some day sink and be + covered with water. I would concur with the author of a "Family Tour through the + British Empire," by attributing his influence, not to any powers in magic, but to a + superior understanding; although some of his predictions have been verified. The town + of Carmarthen is pleasantly situated in a valley surrounded by hills; it has been + fortified with walls and a castle, part of which remain; so that it appears to have + been the residence of many princes of Wales. It has also been a Roman station, and + has the remains of a Roman prætorium. Amongst its other antiquities are the + Grey Friars, (a monastery,) the Bulwark, (a trench on the side of the town that + fronts the river,) and the Priory. Its modern buildings are, the monument erected to + Sir Thomas Picton, the Guildhall, the two gaols, a fish and butter market-place, over + which is the town fire-bell; the slaughter-house, similar to the abattoir at Paris, + and excellent shambles, with poultry and potato market-places annexed. The church, + which is an ancient one, has an unattractive exterior; but when you enter it, I think + you will say it can compete with any church for ancient beauty and ornament. Amongst + the tombs in the chancel are those of Sir Rhys ap Thomas, with the effigies of him + and his lady, affording a specimen of the costume of the reign of Henry VII.; and Sir + Richard Steele, whose remains are discovered by a small, simple tablet. There is a + promenade here, called the Parade, which commands a fine and extensive view of the + surrounding picturesque scenery and of the Towy, where the coracles may be seen + plying about. The town consists of ten principal streets, noted for being kept clean, + and lighted with gas. It is governed by a mayor, two sheriffs, and twenty councilmen; + sends a member to Parliament, and gives title of marquess to the family of Osborne. + It carries on a great trade in butter and oats; and traffics much with Bristol by the + river Towy, which runs into the sea; whence ships of two hundred tons burden come up + to the town. The bay is very dangerous, owing to the bar and the quicksands. Its + chief manufacture is tin, which is esteemed the best in the kingdom. It has a small + theatre, in appearance a stable; but it is in contemplation to build a new one, as + also a church; so that you will perceive the march of improvement is rapidly + spreading into Wales, as well as other places.</p> + <p>W.H.</p> + <p>P.S. Since I sent you an account of Picton's Monument at Carmarthen, it has <span + class="pagenum"><a name="page21" id="page21"></a>[pg 21]</span> been altered. The + statue, bas-reliefs, and ornaments of the Picton Monument, have been bronzed by the + direction of Mr. Nash, on his late visit to this town. Elegant as this column was + before, the effect of the bronze, and a few other alterations, have so improved its + appearance, as to make it seem a different structure. Nothing now remains to complete + the outside but the names of the different actions in which Sir T. Picton was engaged + during his honourable career. These are to be placed in bronzed letters on the base. + A Latin inscription, already prepared, together with the arms and a bust of Picton, + will ornament the inside of the building. It certainly is a monument worthy of the + hero to whose memory it has been erected, and of the country by which it has been + raised.</p> + <hr class="full" /> + <h2>THE SKETCH BOOK.</h2> + <hr /> + <h3>WATERLOO, THE DAY AFTER THE BATTLE.</h3> + <h4><i>By an eye witness.</i></h4> + <p>[For the following very interesting Narrative, our acknowledgments are due to the + <i>United Service Journal,</i>—a work which has just started with the year, and + to which, in the "customary" phrase, we wish "many happy returns."]</p> + <p>The summer of 1815 found me at Brussels. The town was then crowded to + excess—it seemed a city of splendour; the bright and varied uniforms of so many + different nations, mingled with the gay dresses of female beauty in the Park, and the + <i>Allée Verte</i> was thronged with superb horses and brilliant equipages. + The <i>tables d'hôte</i> resounded with a confusion of tongues which might have + rivalled the Tower of Babel, and the shops actually glittered with showy toys hung + out to tempt money from the pockets of the English, whom the Flemings seemed to + consider as walking bags of gold. Balls and plays, routs and dinners were the only + topics of conversation; and though some occasional rumours were spread that the + French had made an incursion within the lines, and carried off a few head of cattle, + the tales were too vague to excite the least alarm. I was then lodging with a Madame + Tissand, on the Place du Sablon, and I occasionally chatted with my hostess on the + critical posture of affairs. Every Frenchwoman loves politics, and Madame Tissand, + who was deeply interested in the subject, continually assured me of her complete + devotion to the English.—"Ces maudits François!" cried she one day, with + almost terrific energy, when speaking of Napoleon's army. "If they should dare come + to Brussels, I will tear their eyes out!"—"Oh, aunt!" sighed her pretty niece; + "remember that Louis is a conscript!"—"Silence, Annette. I hate even my son, + since he is fighting against the brave English!"—This was accompanied with a + bow to me; but I own that I thought Annette's love far more interesting than Madame's + Anglicism.</p> + <p>On the 3rd of June, I went to see ten thousand troops reviewed by the Dukes of + Wellington and Brunswick. Imagination cannot picture any thing finer than the + <i>ensemble</i> of this scene. The splendid uniforms of the English, Scotch, and + Hanoverians, contrasted strongly with the gloomy black of the Brunswick Hussars, + whose veneration for the memory of their old Duke, could be only be equalled by their + devotion to his son. The firm step of the Highlanders seemed irresistible; and as + they moved in solid masses, they appeared prepared to sweep away every thing that + opposed them. In short, I was delighted with the cleanliness, military order, and + excellent appointments of the men generally, and I was particularly struck with the + handsome features of the Duke of Brunswick, whose fine, manly figure, as he galloped + across the field, quite realized my <i>beau ideal</i> of a warrior. The next time I + saw the Duke of Brunswick was at the dress ball, given at the Assembly-rooms in the + Rue Ducale, on the night of the 15th of June. I stood near him when he received the + information that a powerful French force was advancing in the direction of Charleroy. + "Then it is high time for me to be off," said the Duke, and I never saw him alive + again. The assembly broke up abruptly, and in half an hour drums were beating and + bugles sounding. The good burghers of the city, who were almost all enjoying their + first sleep, started from their beds at the alarm, and hastened to the streets, + wrapped in the first things they could find. The most ridiculous and absurd rumours + were rapidly circulated and believed. The most general impression seemed to be that + the town was on fire; the next that the Duke of Wellington had been assassinated; but + when it was discovered that the French were advancing, the consternation became + general, and every one hurried to the Place Royale, where the Hanoverians and + Brunswickers were already mustering.</p> + <p>About one o'clock in the morning of the 16th, the whole population of Brussels + seemed in motion. The streets were crowded as in full day; lights flashed to and fro; + artillery and baggage-wagons were creaking in every direction; the <span + class="pagenum"><a name="page22" id="page22"></a>[pg 22]</span> drums beat to arms, + and the bugles sounded loudly "the dreadful note of preparation." The noise and + bustle surpassed all description; here were horses plunging and kicking amidst a + crowd of terrified burghers; there lovers parting from their weeping mistresses. Now + the attention was attracted by a park of artillery thundering through the streets; + and now, by a group of officers disputing loudly the demands of their imperturbable + Flemish landlords; for not even the panic which prevailed could frighten the Flemings + out of a single *stiver; screams and yells occasionally rose above the busy hum that + murmured through the crowd, but the general sound resembled the roar of the distant + ocean. Between two and three o'clock the Brunswickers marched from the town, still + clad in the mourning which they wore for their old duke, and burning to avenge his + death. Alas! they had a still more fatal loss to lament ere they returned. At four, + the whole disposable force under the Duke of Wellington was collected together, but + in such haste, that many of the officers had not time to change their silk stockings + and dancing shoes; and some, quite overcome by drowsiness, were seen lying asleep + about the ramparts, still holding, however, with a firm hand, the reins of their + horses which were grazing by their sides. About five o'clock, the word "march" was + heard in all directions, and instantly the whole mass appeared to move + simultaneously. I conversed with several of the officers previous to their departure, + and not one appeared to have the slightest idea of an approaching engagement. The + Duke of Wellington and his staff did not quit Brussels till past eleven o'clock; and + it was not till some time after they were gone, that it was generally known the whole + French army, including a strong corps of cavalry, was within a few miles of Quatre + Bras, where the brave Duke of Brunswick first met the enemy:</p> + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>"And foremost fighting—fell."</p> + </div> + </div> + <p>Dismay seized us all, when we found that a powerful French army was really within + twenty-eight miles of us; and we shuddered at the thought of the awful contest which + was taking place. For my own part, I had never been so near a field of battle before, + and I cannot describe my sensations. We knew that our army had no alternative but to + fly, or fight with a force four times stronger than its own: and though we could not + doubt British bravery, we trembled at the fearful odds to which our men must be + exposed. Cannon, lances, and swords, were opposed to the English bayonet alone. + Cavalry we had none on the first day, for the horses had been sent to grass, and the + men were scattered too widely over the country, to be collected at such short notice. + Under these circumstances, victory was impossible; indeed, nothing but the stanch + bravery, and exact discipline of the men, prevented the foremost of our infantry from + being annihilated; and though the English maintained their ground during the day, at + night a retreat became necessary. The agony of the British, resident at Brussels, + during the whole of this eventful day, sets all language at defiance. No one thought + of rest or food; but every one who could get a telescope, flew to the ramparts to + strain his eyes, in vain attempts to discover what was passing. At length, some + soldiers in French uniforms were seen in the distance; and as the news flew from + mouth to mouth, it was soon magnified into a rumour that the French were coming. + Horror seized the English and their adherents, and the hitherto concealed partizans + of the French began openly to avow themselves; tri-coloured ribbons grew suddenly + into great request, and cries of "Vive l'Empereur!" resounded through the air. These + exclamations, however, were changed to "Vive le Lord Vellington!" when it was + discovered that the approaching French came as captives, not conquerors.</p> + <p>Between seven and eight o'clock in the evening, I walked up to the <i>Porte de + Namur</i>, where the wounded were just beginning to arrive. Fortunately some + commodious caravans had arrived from England, only a few days before, and these were + now entering the gate. They were filled principally with Brunswickers and + Highlanders; and it was an appalling spectacle to behold the very soldiers, whose + fine martial appearance and excellent appointments I had so much admired at the + review, now lying helpless and mutilated—their uniforms soiled with blood and + dirt—their mouths blackened with biting their cartridges, and all the splendour + of their equipments entirely destroyed. When the caravans stopped, I approached them, + and addressed a Scotch officer who was only slightly wounded in the knee.—"Are + the French coming, sir?" asked I.—"Egad I can't tell," returned he. "We know + nothing about it. We had enough to do to take care of ourselves. They are fighting + like devils; and I'm off again as soon as my wound's dressed."—An English lady, + elegantly attired, now rushed forwards—"Is my husband safe?" asked she + eagerly.—"Good God! Madam," replied one of the men, "how can we possibly <span + class="pagenum"><a name="page23" id="page23"></a>[pg 23]</span> tell! I don't know + the fate of those who were fighting by my side; and I could not see a yard round me." + She scarcely heeded what he said; and rushed out of the gate, wildly repeating her + question to every one she met. Some French prisoners now arrived. I noticed one, a + fine fellow, who had had one arm shot off; and though the bloody and mangled tendons + were still undressed, and had actually dried and blackened in the sun, he marched + along with apparent indifference, carrying a loaf of bread under his remaining arm, + and shouting <i>"Vive l'Empereur!"</i> I asked him if the French were + coming.—"Je le crois bien," returned he, "preparez un souper, mes + bourgeois—il soupera à Bruxelles ce soir."—Pretty information for + me, thought I. "Don't believe him, sir," said a Scotchman, who lay close beside me, + struggling to speak, though apparently in the last agony. "It's all + right—I—assure—you—." The whole of Friday night was passed in + the greatest anxiety; the wounded arrived every hour, and the accounts they brought + of the carnage which was taking place were absolutely terrific. Saturday morning was + still worse; an immense number of supernumeraries and runaways from the army came + rushing in at the <i>Porte de Namur,</i> and these fugitives increased the public + panic to the utmost. <i>Sauve qui peut!</i> now became the universal feeling; all + ties of friendship or kindred were forgotten, and an earnest desire to quit Brussels + seemed to absorb every faculty. To effect this object, the greatest sacrifices were + made. Every beast of burthen, and every species of vehicle were put into requisition + to convey persons and property to Antwerp. Even the dogs and fish-carts did not + escape—enormous sums were given for the humblest modes of conveyance, and when + all failed, numbers set off on foot. The road soon became choked up—cars, + wagons, and carriages of every description were joined together in an immovable mass + and property to an immense amount was abandoned by its owners, who were too much + terrified even to think of the loss they were sustaining. A scene of frightful riot + and devastation ensued. Trunks, boxes, and portmanteaus were broken open and pillaged + without mercy; and every one who pleased, helped himself to what he liked with + impunity. The disorder was increased by a rumour, that the Duke of Wellington was + retreating towards Brussels, in a sort of running fight, closely pursued by the + enemy; the terror of the fugitives now almost amounted to frenzy, and they flew like + maniacs escaping from a madhouse. It is scarcely possible to imagine a more + distressing scene. A great deal of rain had fallen during the night, and the unhappy + fugitives were obliged literally to wade through mud. I had, from the first, + determined to await my fate in Brussels; but on this eventful morning, I walked a few + miles on the road to Antwerp, to endeavour to assist my flying countrymen. I was soon + disgusted with the scene, and finding all my efforts to be useful, unavailing, I + returned to the town, which now seemed like a city of the dead; for a gloomy silence + reigned through the streets, like that fearful calm which precedes a storm; the shops + were all closed, and all business was suspended. During the panic of Friday and + Saturday, the sacrifice of property made by the British residents was enormous. A + chest of drawers sold for five francs, a bed for ten, and a horse for fifty. In one + instance, which fell immediately under my own observation, some household furniture + was sold for one thousand francs, (about 40l.) for which the owner had given seven + thousand francs, (280l.) only three weeks before. This was by no means a solitary + instance; indeed in most cases, the loss was much greater, and in many, houses full + of furniture were entirely deserted, and abandoned to pillage.</p> + <p>Sunday morning was ushered in by one of the most dreadful tempests I ever + remember. The crashing of thunder was followed by the roar of cannon, which was now + distinctly heard from the ramparts, and it is not possible to describe the fearful + effect of this apparent mockery of heaven. I never before felt so forcibly the + feebleness of man. The rain was tremendous—the sky looked like that in + Poussin's picture of the Deluge, and a heavy black cloud spread, like the wings of a + monstrous vulture, over Brussels. The wounded continued to arrive the whole of + Saturday night and Sunday morning, in a condition which defies description. They + appeared to have been dragged for miles through oceans of mud; their clothes were + torn, their caps and feathers cut to pieces, and their shoes and boots trodden off. + The accounts they brought were vague and disheartening—in fact, we could only + ascertain that the Duke of Wellington had late on Saturday taken up his position at + Waterloo, and that there he meant to wait the attack of the French. That this attack + had commenced we needed not to be informed, as the roar of the cannon became every + instant more distinct, till we even fancied that it shook the town. The wounded + represented the field of battle as a perfect quagmire, and their appearance <span + class="pagenum"><a name="page24" id="page24"></a>[pg 24]</span> testified the truth + of their assertions. About two o'clock a fresh alarm was excited by the horses, which + had been put in requisition to draw the baggage-wagons, being suddenly galloped + through the town. We fancied this a proof of defeat, but the fact was simply thus: + the peasants, from whom the horses had been taken, finding the drivers of the wagons + absent from their posts, seized the opportunity to cut the traces, and gallop off + with their cattle. As this explanation, however, was not given till the following + day, we thought that all was over; the few British adherents who had remained were in + despair, and tri-coloured cockades were suspended from every house. Even I, for the + first time, lost all courage, and my only consolation was the joy of Annette. + "England cannot be much injured by the loss of a Single battle," thought I; "and as + for me, it is of little consequence whether I am a prisoner on parole, or a mere + wanderer at pleasure. I may easily resign myself to my fate; but this poor girl would + break her heart if she lost her lover, for he is every thing to her." In this manner + I reasoned, but in spite of my affected philosophy, I could not divest myself of all + natural feeling; and when about six o'clock we heard that the French had given way, + and that the Prussians had eluded Grouchè, and were rapidly advancing to the + field, I quite forgot poor Annette, and thanked God with all my heart. At eight + o'clock there was no longer any doubt of our success, for a battalion of troops + marched into the town, and brought intelligence that the Duke of Wellington had + gained a complete victory, and that the French were flying, closely pursued by the + Prussians. Sunday night was employed in enthusiastic rejoicing. The tri-coloured + cockades had all disappeared, and the British colours were hoisted from every window. + The great bell of St. Gudule tolled, to announce the event to the surrounding + neighbourhood; and some of the English, who had only hidden themselves, ventured to + re-appear. The only alloy to the universal rapture which prevailed, was the number of + the wounded; the houses were insufficient to contain half; and the churches and + public buildings were littered down with straw for their reception. The body of the + Duke of Brunswick, who fell at Quatre Bras, was brought in on Saturday, and taken to + the quarters he had occupied near the Chateau de Lacken. I was powerfully affected + when I saw the corpse of one, whom I had so lately marked as blooming with youth and + health; but my eyes soon became accustomed to horrors. On Monday morning, June 19th, + I hastened to the field of battle: I was compelled to go through the forest de + Soignês, for the road was so completely choked up as to be + impassable.—The dead required no help; but thousands of wounded, who could not + help themselves, were in want of every thing; their features, swollen by the sun and + rain, looked livid and bloated. One poor fellow had a ghastly wound across his lower + lip, which gaped wide, and showed his teeth and gums, as though a second and + unnatural mouth had opened below his first. Another, quite blind from a gash across + his eyes, sat upright, gasping for breath, and murmuring, "De l'eau! de l'eau!" The + anxiety for water, was indeed most distressing. The German "Vaser! vaser!" and the + French "De l'eau! de l'eau!" still seem sounding in my ears. I am convinced that + hundreds must have perished from thirst alone, and they had no hope of assistance, + for even humane persons were afraid of approaching the scene of blood, lest they + should be taken in requisition to bury the dead; almost every person who came near, + being pressed into that most disgusting and painful service. This general burying was + truly horrible: large square holes were dug about six feet deep, and thirty or forty + fine young fellows stripped to their skins were thrown into each, pell mell, and then + covered over in so slovenly a manner, that sometimes a hand or foot peeped through + the earth. One of these holes was preparing as I passed, and the followers of the + army were stripping the bodies before throwing them into it, whilst some Russian Jews + were assisting in the spoilation of the dead, by chiseling out their teeth! an + operation which they performed with the most brutal indifference. The clinking + hammers of these wretches jarred horribly upon my ears, and mingled strangely with + the occasional report of pistols, which seemed echoing each other at stated + intervals, from different corners of the field. I could not divine the meaning of + these shots, till I was informed, that they proceeded from the Belgians, who were + killing the wounded horses. Hundreds of these fine creatures were, indeed, galloping + over the plain, kicking and plunging, apparently mad with pain, whilst the poor + wounded wretches who saw them coming, and could not get out of their way, shrieked in + agony, and tried to shrink back to escape from them, but in vain. Soon after, I saw + an immense horse (one of the Scotch Greys) dash towards a colonel of the Imperial + Guard, who had had his leg shattered; the horse was frightfully wounded, and part of + a <span class="pagenum"><a name="page25" id="page25"></a>[pg 25]</span> broken lance + still rankled in one of its wounds. It rushed snorting and plunging past the + Frenchman, and I shall never forget his piercing cry as it approached. I flew + instantly to the spot, but ere I reached it the man was dead; for, though I do not + think the horse had touched him, the terror he felt had been too much for his + exhausted frame. Sickened with the immense heaps of slain, which spread in all + directions as far as the eye could reach, I was preparing to return, when as I was + striding over the dead and dying, and meditating on the horrors of war, my attention + was attracted by a young Frenchman, who was lying on his back, apparently at the last + gasp. There was something in his countenance which interested me, and I fancied, + though I knew not when, or where, that I had seen him before. Some open letters were + lying around, and one was yet grasped in his hand as though he had been reading it to + the last moment. My eye fell upon the words "Mon cher fils," in a female hand, and I + felt interested for the fate of so affectionate a son. When I left home in the + morning, I had put a flask of brandy and some biscuit into my pocket, in the hope + that I might be useful to the wounded, but when I gazed on the countless multitude + which strewed the field, I felt discouraged from attempting to relieve them. Chance + had now directed my attention to one individual, and I was resolved to try to save + his life. His thigh was broken, and he was badly wounded on the left wrist, but the + vital parts were untouched, and his exhaustion seemed to arise principally from the + loss of blood. I poured a few drops of brandy into his mouth, and crumbling my + biscuit contrived to make him swallow a small particle. The effects of the dose were + soon visible; his eyes half opened, and a faint tinge of colour spread over his + cheek. I administered a little more, and it revived him so much that he tried to sit + upright. I raised him, and contriving to place him in such a manner, as to support + him against the dead body of a horse, I put the flask and biscuit by his side, and + departed in order to procure assistance to remove him. I recollected that a short + time before, I had seen a smoke issuing from a deep ditch, and that my olfactory + nerves had been saluted by a savoury smell as I passed. Guided by these indications, + I retraced my steps to the spot, and found some Scotch soldiers sheltered by a hedge, + very agreeably employed in cooking a quantity of beefsteaks over a wood tire, in a + French cuirass!! I was exceedingly diverted at this novel kind of frying-pan, which + served also as a dish; and after begging permission to dip a biscuit in their gravy + for the benefit of my patient, I told my tale, and was gratified by the eagerness + which they manifested to assist me; one ran to catch a horse with a soft Hussar + saddle, (there were hundreds galloping over the field,) and the rest went with me to + the youth, whom we found surprisingly recovered, though he was still unable to speak. + The horse was brought, and as we raised the young Frenchman to put him upon it, his + vest opened, and his <i>"livret"</i> fell out. This is a little book which every + French soldier is obliged to carry, and which contains an account of his name, age, + pay, accoutrements, and services. I picked it up, and offered it to my + patient—but the young man murmured the name of "Annette," and fainted. + "Annette!" the name thrilled through every nerve. I hastily opened the <i>livret,</i> + and found that it was indeed Louis Tissand whom I had saved! The rest is soon told. + Louis reached Brussels in safety, and even Madame's selfishness gave way to rapture + on recovering her son. As to Annette—but why perplex myself to describe her + feelings? If my readers have ever loved, they may conceive them. Louis soon + recovered; indeed with such a nurse he could not fail to get well. When I next + visited Brussels, I found Annette surrounded by three or tour smiling cherubs, to + whom I was presented as <i>le bon Anglais,</i> who preserved the life of their + papa.</p> + <hr class="full" /> + <h2>NOTES OF A READER</h2> + <hr /> + <h3>GERMAN SCHOOLS.</h3> + <p>A law respecting schools has existed, more or less, in the states of the south of + Germany, for above a century, but which has been greatly improved within the last + thirty years. By this law, parents are compelled to send their children to school, + from the age of six to fourteen years, where they must be taught reading, writing, + and arithmetic, but where they may acquire as much additional instruction in other + branches as their parents choose to pay for. To many of the schools of Bavaria large + gardens are attached, in which, the boys are taught the principal operations of + agriculture and gardening in their hours of play; and, in all the schools of the + three states, the girls, in addition to the same instruction as the boys, are taught + knitting, sewing, embroidery, &c. It is the duty of the police and priest (which + may be considered equivalent to our parish vestries) of each commune or parish, to + see that the law is duly executed, <span class="pagenum"><a name="page26" + id="page26"></a>[pg 26]</span> the children sent regularly, and instructed duly. If + the parents are partially or wholly unable to pay for their children, the commune + makes up the deficiency. Religion is taught by the priest of the village or hamlet; + and where, as is frequently the case in Wurtemberg, there are two or three religions + in one parish, each child is taught by the priest of its parents; all of which + priests are, from their office, members of the committee or vestry of the commune. + The priest or priests of the parish have the regular inspection of the school-master, + and are required by the government to see that he does his duty, while each priest, + at the same time, sees that the children of his flock attend regularly. After the + child has been the appointed number of years at school, it receives from the + schoolmaster, and the priest of the religion to which it belongs, a certificate, + without which it cannot procure employment. To employ any, person under twenty-one, + without such a certificate, is illegal, and punished by a fixed fine, as is almost + every other offence in this part of Germany; and the fines are never remitted, which + makes punishment always certain. The schoolmaster is paid much in the same way as in + Scotland; by a house, a garden, and sometimes a field, and by a small salary from the + parish, and by fixed rates for the children.</p> + <p>A second law, which is coeval with the school law, renders it illegal for any + young man to marry before he is twenty-five, or any young woman before she is + eighteen; and a young man, at whatever age he wishes to marry, must show, to the + police and the priest of the commune where he resides, that he is able, and has the + prospect, to provide for a wife and family.—<i>London's Mag. Nat. Hist.</i></p> + <hr /> + <h3>EATING AND WRITING.</h3> + <p>Ovid, Horace, and Virgil all frequented the tables of the great; Cato warmed his + virtue with wine; Shakspeare kept up his <i>verve</i> with stolen venison; Steele and + Addison wrote their best papers over a bottle; Sir Walter Scott is famed for good + housekeeping; and I know authors who love to dine like lords. Even booksellers do + their spiriting more gently for good fare, and bid for an author the most spiritedly + after dinner.</p> + <p>There is not a more vulgar mistake than that of confounding good eating with + gluttony and excess. It is not because a man gets twenty or five-and-twenty guineas + per sheet for a dashing article, and has taste to expend his well-earned cash upon a + cook who knows how to dress a dinner, that he is necessarily to gorge himself like a + mastiff with sheep's paunch. On the contrary, if he means to preserve the powers of + his palate intact, he must "live cleanly as a nobleman should do." The fat-witted + people in the City are not nice in their eating, quantity being more closely + considered by them than quality. There is, I admit, something in the good man's + concluding conjecture, that "the sort of diet men observe influences their style." I + should know an "heavy-wet" man at the third line; and I can tell to a nicety when + Theodore Hook writes upon claret, and when he is inspired by the over-heating and + acrimonious stimulus of Max. Hayley obviously composed upon tea and bread and butter. + Dr. Philpots may be nosed a mile off for priestly port and the fat bulls of Basan; + and Southey's Quarterly articles are written on an empty stomach, and before his + crudities, like the breath of Sir Roger de Coverley's barber, have been "mollified by + a breakfast."—<i>New Monthly Mag.</i></p> + <hr /> + <h3>SACRED POETRY.</h3> + <p>Songs and hymns, in honour of their Gods, are found among all people who have + either religion or verse. There is scarcely any pagan poetry, ancient or modern, in + which allusions to the national mythology are not so frequent as to constitute the + most copious materials, as well as the most brilliant embellishments. The poets of + Persia and Arabia, in like manner, have adorned their gorgeous strains with the + fables and morals of the Koran. The relics of Jewish song which we possess, with few + exceptions, are consecrated immediately to the glory of God, by whom, indeed, they + were inspired. The first Christians were wont to edify themselves in psalms and + hymns, and spiritual songs; and though we have no specimens of these left, except the + occasional doxologies ascribed to the redeemed in the Book of Revelation, it cannot + be doubted that they used not only the psalms of the Old Testament, literally, or + accommodated to the circumstances of a new and rising Church, but that they had + original lays of their own, in which they celebrated the praises of Christ, as the + Saviour of the world. In the middle ages, the Roman Catholic and Greek churches + statedly adopted singing as an essential part of public worship; but this, like the + reading of the Scriptures, was too frequently in an unknown tongue, by an affectation + of wisdom, to excite the veneration of ignorance, when the learned, in their + craftiness, taught that "Ignorance is the mother of devotion;" and Ignorance was very + willing to believe it. At the era of the Reformation, <span class="pagenum"><a + name="page27" id="page27"></a>[pg 27]</span> psalms and hymns, in the vernacular + tongue, were revived in Germany, England, and elsewhere, among the other means of + grace, of which Christendom had been for centuries + defrauded.—<i>Montgomery.</i></p> + <hr /> + <h3>SUPERSTITION.</h3> + <p>Grievously are they mistaken who think that the revival of literature was the + death of superstition—that ghosts, demons, and exorcists retreated before the + march of intellect, and fled the British shore along with monks, saints, and masses. + Superstition, deadly superstition, may co-exist with much learning, with high + civilization, with any religion, or with utter irreligion. Canidia wrought her spells + in the Augustan age, and Chaldean fortune-tellers haunted Rome in the sceptical days + of Juvenal. Matthew Hopkins, the witch-finder, and Lilly, the astrologer, were + contemporaries of Selden, Harrington, and Milton. Perhaps there never was a more + superstitious period than that which produced Erasmus and Bacon. + <i>—Blackwood's Mag.</i></p> + <hr /> + <h3>"FELLOW" FEELING.</h3> + <p>A "certain exalted personage," as the newspapers would say, commanded the + attendance of a physician, who was only a Licentiate, and, thereby, struck + consternation throughout the whole body of "Fellows." The great men already in + attendance were dreadfully alarmed and confounded by this terrible subversion of + established College etiquette. "Sire!" said one of them, "we humbly acquaint your + Majesty, with all dutiful submission that as Dr.—— is not a Fellow, it is + contrary to rule and custom to meet him in attendance here."—"A Fellow?" asked + his Majesty; "what mean ye?" The learned physician explained. "Well, make him a + Fellow, then," was his Majesty's quick reply; and he was accordingly made one!</p> + <hr /> + <h3>CULTIVATION OF WASTE LANDS.</h3> + <p>No man at all acquainted with the principles of fertility and the present state of + British tillage, can for a moment doubt that a very large quantity of waste land is + scattered over the different districts of this country, which is not only susceptible + of improvement, but which would yield an ample return for any amount of labour which + could, for centuries to come, be spared from the cultivation of our own land. To be + fully convinced of this fact, no man need do more than ride twenty miles in any + direction from the metropolis. Let him select whatever road he may choose for his + excursion, and he will find tracts of land, forming in the aggregate a very + considerable quantity, which at this moment remain in the hands of nature—which + man has never made the slightest effort to reclaim. Even the hebdomadal excursions of + the citizen will conduct him over or near many such scenes. What Gilpin, living + within the sound of Bow-bells, does not know Epping and Hainault Forests, Hounslow, + Putney, and Black Heaths, Brook Green, Turnham Green, Wandsworth, Esher, Sydenham, + Hays, and various other Commons? Within a circle of twenty miles around the largest + and most opulent city in the world, we thus discover a large quantity of land, which + cultivation would render highly productive, but which, in its present state of waste, + is of little or no value to the public. And this land, situated in the very outskirts + of the metropolis, continues to be utterly neglected, if not entirely overlooked, at + a moment when the whole kingdom resounds with the groans of those who argue that the + population of this country has outrun the means of subsisting them. As the traveller + advances in his journey from the metropolis, the waste becomes more extensive, if not + more numerous. The English wastes, which amount to about five millions of acres, are + more valuable than those of Ireland; and these again are more improvable than, the + Scotish wastes.—<i>Quarterly Rev.</i></p> + <hr /> + <h3>CHINESE NOVELS.</h3> + <p>The character of the Chinese novels is the same with that of the better parts of + <i>Don Quixote, Gil Blas, Tom Jones</i>, and <i>Cecilia</i>. Their authors address + themselves to the reason rather than the imagination of their readers. The other + Asiatic nations, led away by a passion for the marvellous, have often disfigured the + most respectable traditions, and converted history itself into romance. The Chinese, + on the other hand, may be said to have given their romances the truth of + history.—<i>N. American Review.</i></p> + <hr /> + <p>The Canadian Indian females are described as passionately fond of their children, + as submissive slaves, and at the same time affectionately attached to their husbands. + This they evince by <i>self-immolation</i>, after the manner of eastern wives. Among + the few poisonous plants of Canada, is a shrub, which yields a wholesome fruit, but + contains in its roots a deadly juice, which the widow, who wishes not to survive her + husband, drinks. An eye-witness describes its effects; the woman having resolved to + die, chanted her death song and funeral service; she then drank off the poisonous + juice, was seized with shivering and convulsions, <span class="pagenum"><a + name="page28" id="page28"></a>[pg 28]</span> and expired in a few minutes on the body + of her husband.</p> + <hr class="full" /> + <h2>SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS.</h2> + <hr /> + <h3>TWENTY-EIGHT AND TWENTY-NINE.</h3> + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>"Rien n'est changé, mes amis!"<a id="footnotetag2" + name="footnotetag2"></a><a href="#footnote2"><sup>2</sup></a></p> + <p class="i10">CHARLES DIX.</p> + </div> + </div> + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>I heard a sick man's dying sigh,</p> + <p class="i2">And an infant's idle laughter;</p> + <p>The old Year went with mourning by,</p> + <p class="i2">The new came dancing after;</p> + <p>Let Sorrow shed her lonely tear,</p> + <p class="i2">Let Revelry hold her ladle;</p> + <p>Bring boughs of cypress for the biel.</p> + <p class="i2">Fling roses on the cradle;</p> + <p>Mates to wait on the funeral state!</p> + <p class="i2">Pages to pour the wine!</p> + <p>And a requiem for Twenty-eight,—</p> + <p class="i2">And a health to Twenty-nine.</p> + </div> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>Alas! for human happiness,</p> + <p class="i2">Alas! for human sorrow;</p> + <p>Our Yesterday is nothingness,</p> + <p class="i2">What else will be our Morrow?</p> + <p>Still Beauty must be stealing hearts,</p> + <p class="i2">And Knavery stealing purses;</p> + <p>Still Cooks must live by making tarts,</p> + <p class="i2">And Wits by making verses;</p> + <p>While Sages prate and Courts debate,</p> + <p class="i2">The same Stars set and shine;</p> + <p>And the World, as it roll'd through Twenty-eight,</p> + <p class="i2">Must roll through Twenty-nine.</p> + </div> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>Some King will come, in Heaven's good time,</p> + <p class="i2">To the tomb his Father came to;</p> + <p>Some Thief will wade through blood and crime</p> + <p class="i2">To a crown he has no claim to;</p> + <p>Some Suffering Land will rend in twain</p> + <p class="i2">The manacles that bound her,</p> + <p>And gather the links of the broken chain</p> + <p class="i2">To fasten them proudly round her;</p> + <p>The grand and great will love, and hate,</p> + <p class="i2">And combat, and combine;</p> + <p>And much where we were in Twenty-eight,</p> + <p class="i2">We shall be in Twenty-nine.</p> + </div> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>O'Connell will toil to raise the Rent,</p> + <p class="i2">And Kenyon to sink the Nation;</p> + <p>And Sheil will abuse the Parliament,</p> + <p class="i2">And Peel the Association;</p> + <p>And the thought of bayonets and swords</p> + <p class="i2">Will make ex-Chancellors merry—</p> + <p>And jokes will be cut in the House of Lords,</p> + <p class="i2">And throats in the County Kerry;</p> + <p>And writers of weight will speculate</p> + <p class="i2">On the Cabinet's design—</p> + <p>And just what it did in Twenty-eight,</p> + <p class="i2">It will do in Twenty-nine.</p> + </div> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>Mathews will be extremely gay,</p> + <p class="i2">And Hook extremely dirty;</p> + <p>And brick and mortar still will say</p> + <p class="i2">"Try Warren, No. 30;"</p> + <p>And "General Sauce" will have its puff,</p> + <p class="i2">And so will General Jackson—</p> + <p>And peasants will drink up heavy stuff,</p> + <p class="i2">Which they pay a heavy tax on;</p> + <p>And long and late, at many a fête,</p> + <p class="i2">Gooseberry champagne will shine—</p> + <p>And as old as it was in Twenty-eight,</p> + <p class="i2">It will be in Twenty-nine.</p> + </div> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>And the Goddess of Love will keep her smiles;</p> + <p class="i2">And the God of Cups his orgies;</p> + <p>And there'll be riots in St. Giles,</p> + <p class="i2">And weddings in St. George's;</p> + <p>And Mendicants will sup like Kings,</p> + <p class="i2">And Lords will swear like Lacqueys—</p> + <p>And black eyes oft will lead to rings,</p> + <p class="i2">And rings will lead to black eyes;</p> + <p>And pretty Kate will scold her mate.</p> + <p class="i2">In a dialect all divine—</p> + <p>Alas! they married in Twenty-eight,—</p> + <p class="i2">They will part in Twenty-nine!</p> + </div> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>John Thomas Mugg, on a lonely hill,</p> + <p class="i2">Will do a deed of mystery—</p> + <p>The Morning Chronicle will fill</p> + <p class="i2">Five columns with the history;</p> + <p>The Jury will be all surprise,</p> + <p class="i2">The Prisoner quite collected—</p> + <p>And Justice Park will wipe his eyes,</p> + <p class="i2">And be very much affected;</p> + <p>And folks will relate poor Corder's fate,</p> + <p class="i2">As they hurry home to dine,</p> + <p>Comparing the hangings of Twenty-eight</p> + <p class="i2">With the hangings of Twenty-nine.</p> + </div> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>A Curate will go from the house of prayer</p> + <p class="i2">To wrong his worthy neighbour,</p> + <p>By dint of quoting the texts of Blair,</p> + <p class="i2">And singing the songs of Weber;</p> + <p>Sir Harry will leave the Craven hounds,</p> + <p class="i2">To trace the guilty parties—</p> + <p>And ask of the Court five thousand pounds,</p> + <p class="i2">To prove how rack'd his heart is:</p> + <p>An Advocate will execrate</p> + <p class="i2">The spoiler of Hymen's shrine—</p> + <p>And the speech that did for Twenty-eight</p> + <p class="i2">Will do for Twenty-nine.</p> + </div> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>My Uncle will swathe his gouty limbs,</p> + <p class="i2">And tell of his oils and blubbers;</p> + <p>My Aunt, Miss Dobbs, will play longer hymns,</p> + <p class="i2">And rather longer rubbers;</p> + <p>My Cousin in Parliament will prove</p> + <p class="i2">How utterly ruin'd trade is—</p> + <p>My Brother at Eton will fall in love</p> + <p class="i2">With half a hundred ladies;</p> + <p>My Patron will sate his pride from plate.</p> + <p class="i2">And his thirst from Bordeaux vine—</p> + <p>His nose was red in Twenty-eight,—</p> + <p class="i2">'Twill be redder in Twenty-nine!</p> + </div> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>And oh! I shall find, how, day by day.</p> + <p class="i2">All thoughts and things look older—</p> + <p>How the laugh of Pleasure grows less gay,</p> + <p class="i2">And the heart of Friendship colder;</p> + <p>But still I shall be what I have been,</p> + <p class="i2">Sworn foe to Lady Reason,</p> + <p>And seldom troubled with the spleen,</p> + <p class="i2">And fond of talking treason;</p> + <p>I shall buckle my skait, and leap my gate,</p> + <p class="i2">And throw, and write, my line—</p> + <p>And the woman I worshipped in Twenty-eight,</p> + <p class="i2">I shall worship in Twenty-nine!</p> + </div> + </div> + <p><i>New Monthly Magazine</i>.</p> + <hr /> + <h3>MORAL EFFECT OF ROME UPON THE TRAVELLER.</h3> + <p>Those only who have lived in Rome can duly estimate the potent and lasting + impression produced upon the mind of a thinking man, by a residence in this capital + of the ancient world. The daily contemplation of so many classical and noble objects + elevates and purifies the soul, and has a powerful tendency to allay the + inconsiderate fervours and impetuosities of youth, to mature, and consolidate the + character. I am already so altered, and, <span class="pagenum"><a name="page29" + id="page29"></a>[pg 29]</span> I have the vanity to think, so improved a man since my + arrival here, that there are times when I almost doubt my own identity, and imagine + that, by some preternatural agency, I have been born over again, and have had new + blood and new vitality infused into my frame.</p> + <p>The gratifications of a residence in Rome are inexhaustible. At every turn I + discover some new evidence of the power and magnificence of her ancient inhabitants, + and vivid sensations of delight and awe rapidly succeed each other. This venerable + metropolis is the tomb and monument, not of princes, but of nations; it illustrates + the progressive stages of human society, and all other cities appear modern and + unfinished in comparison.</p> + <p>Exploring this forenoon the vicinity of Monte Palatino, I discovered in an obscure + corner, near the temple of Romulus, the time-hallowed spring of Juturna, rising with + crystal clearness near the Cloaca maxima, into which it flows unvalued and forgotten. + I refreshed myself in the mid-day heat by drinking its pure lymph from the hollow of + my hand, and gazed with long and insatiable delight upon the memorable fountain. This + sacred spot is surrounded and obscured by contiguous buildings, and the walls are + luxuriantly fringed and mantled with mosses, lichens, and broad leaved ivy. The proud + aqueducts of the expanding city diminish the value and importance of this spring, but + it was unquestionably the ruling motive which determined Romulus, or possibly an + earlier colony of Greeks, to take root here, as within the wide compass of the Roman + walls there is no other source of pure water.—<i>Blackwood's Magazine.</i></p> + <hr /> + <h3>SONG, BY T. CAMPBELL</h3> + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>When Love came first to Earth, the SPRING</p> + <p class="i2">Spread rose-buds to receive him.</p> + <p>And back he vow'd his flight he'd wing</p> + <p class="i2">To Heaven, if she should leave him.</p> + </div> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>But SPRING departing, saw his faith</p> + <p class="i2">Pledg'd to the next new comer—</p> + <p>He revell'd in the warmer breath</p> + <p class="i2">And richer bowers of SUMMER.</p> + </div> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>Then sportive AUTUMN claim'd by rights</p> + <p class="i2">An Archer for her lover,</p> + <p>And even in WINTER'S dark, cold nights</p> + <p class="i2">A charm he could discover.</p> + </div> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>Her routs and balls, and fireside joy,</p> + <p class="i2">For this time were his reasons—</p> + <p>In short, Young Love's a gallant boy,</p> + <p class="i2">That likes all times and seasons.</p> + </div> + </div> + <p><i>New Monthly Magazine.</i></p> + <hr /> + <h3>SCHOOL AND COLLEGE.</h3> + <p>College! how different from school! Never believe a great, broad-faced, + beetle-browed Spoon, when he tells you, with a sigh that would upset a schooner, that + the happiest days of a man's life are those he spends at school. Does he forget the + small bed-room occupied by eighteen boys, the pump you had to run to on Sunday + mornings, when decency and the usher commanded you to wash? Is he oblivious of the + blue chalk and water they flooded your bowels with at breakfast, and called it milk? + Has he lost the remembrance of the Yorkshire pudding, vulgarly called choke-dog, of + which you were obliged to eat a pound before you were allowed a slice of beef, and of + which, if you swallowed half that quantity, you thought cooks and oxen mere works of + supererogation, and totally useless on the face of the earth? Has the fool lost all + recollection of the prayers in yon cold, wet, clay-floored cellar, proudly + denominated the chapel? has he forgot the cuffs from the senior boys, the pinches + from the second master? and, <i>in fine</i>, has he forgot the press at the end of + the school-room, where a cart-load of birch was deposited at the beginning of every + half year, and not a twig left to tickle a mouse with, long before the end of it? He + talks of freedom from care—what a negative kind of happiness! Let him cut off + his hand, he will never hurt his nails. Let him enclose an order for all his money + even unto us, and no more will he be troubled with cares about the Stocks—no + more will he be teased with calculations on the price of grain. All that raving about + school-boys is perfect nonsense—it is the most miserable period of a human + being's life. Poor, shivering, trembling, kicked, buffetted, thumped, and starved + little mortals! We never see a large school but we feel inclined to shoot them all, + masters, ushers, and door-keepers included, merely to put them out of pain.</p> + <p>But at College, how different!—<i>There</i>, a man begins to feel that it is + a matter of total indifference to him whether he sit on a hard wooden bench, or a + soft stuffed chair; <i>there</i>, the short coat is discarded, and he stalks about + with the air of a three-tailed bashaw, as his own two, generally, at first, are + prolonged a little below the knee; <i>there</i>, his penny tart, which he bought on + Saturdays at the door of the school, is exchanged for a dessert from Golding's; his + beer, which he occasionally imbibed at the little pot-house, two miles beyond the + school bounds, is exchanged for his wine from Butler's.—Books from Talboy's, + the most enterprising of bibliopoles, supply the place of the tattered Dictionary he + brought to the University, which, after being stolen when new, and passing, by the + same process, through twenty hands, is at last, when fluttering in its last leaves, + restolen by the original proprietor, who fancies he has made a very profitable + "nibble." <span class="pagenum"><a name="page30" id="page30"></a>[pg 30]</span> The + trot he used to enjoy by stealth on the butcher's broken-kneed pony, is succeeded now + by a gallop on a steed of Quartermain's; and he is delighted to find that horse and + owner strive which shall be the softest-mouthed and gentlest charger. The dandy mare, + we suppose, has many long years ago made fat the great-grandfathers of the present + race of dogs; and old Scroggins, we imagine, has been trod to pieces in boots and + shoes, the very memory of which departed long, long before they were paid for. Of old + Scroggins—as Dr. Johnson says—and of his virtues, let us indulge ourself + in the recollection. Though not formed in the finest mould, or endowed with the + extremity of swiftness, his pace was sure and steady—equal to Hannibal in + endurance of fatigue; and, like that celebrated commander, his aspect was rendered + peculiarly fierce and striking by a blemish in his eye; not ignorant of the way to + Woodstock was the wall-eyed veteran; not unacquainted with the covers at Ditchley; + not unaccustomed to the walls at Hethrop: but Dandy and Scroggins have padded the + hoof from this terrestrial and unstable world—peace to their + manes!—<i>Blackwood's Magazine.</i></p> + <hr class="full" /> + <h2>SPIRIT OF DISCOVERY.</h2> + <hr /> + <h4><i>Friction of Screws and Screw-presses.</i></h4> + <p>An examination of the friction in screws having their threads of various forms, + has led M. Poncelet to this very important conclusion, namely, that the friction in + screws with square threads is to that of equal screws with triangular threads, as + 2.90 to 4.78, proving a very important advantage of the former over the latter, + relative to the loss of power incurred in both by friction.—<i>Brande's + Journal.</i></p> + <h4><i>Fulminating Powder.</i></h4> + <p>According to M. Landgerbe, a mixture of two parts nitre, two parts neutral + carbonate of potash, one part of sulphur, and six parts of common salt, all finely + pulverized, makes a very powerful fulminating powder. M. Landgerbe adopts the + extraordinary error of supposing that these preparations act with more force + downwards than in any other direction.—<i>Bull. Univ.</i></p> + <h4><i>Aurora Borealis.</i></h4> + <p>An aurora borealis was seen from North End, Hampstead, near London, from about + seven o'clock until eleven, on the evening of Dec. 1. It generally appeared as a + light resembling twilight, but shifting about both to the east and the west of north, + and occasionally forming streams which continued for several minutes, and extended + from 30 to 40 degrees high. The light on the horizon was not more than 12 or 15 + degrees in height.—<i>Brande's Journal.</i></p> + <h4><i>Paper Linen.</i></h4> + <p>According to the Paris papers, a new invention, called <i>papier linge</i>, has + lately attracted much attention. It consists of a paper made closely to resemble + damask and other linen, not only to the eye, but even to the touch. The articles are + used for every purpose to which linen is applicable, except those requiring much + strength and durability. The price is low, a napkin costs only five or six centimes + (about a halfpenny), and when dirty, they are taken back at half-price. A good sized + table-cloth sells for a franc, and a roll of paper with one or two colours for + papering rooms or for bed curtains, may be had for the same price.</p> + <h4><i>Maturation of Wine.</i></h4> + <p>M. de St. Vincent, of Havre, states, from his own experience of long continuance, + that when bottles containing wine are closed by tying a piece of parchment or bladder + over their mouths, instead of using corks in the ordinary manner, the wine acquires, + in a few weeks only, those qualities which is only given by age in the ordinary way + after many years.—<i>Nouveau Jour, de Paris.</i></p> + <h4><i>Indications of Wholesomeness in Mushrooms.</i></h4> + <p>Whenever a fungus is pleasant in flavour and odour, it may be considered + wholesome; if, on the contrary, it have an offensive smell, a bitter, astringent, or + styptic taste, or even if it leave an unpleasant flavour in the mouth, it should not + be considered fit for food. The colour, figure, and texture of these vegetables do + not afford any characters on which we can safely rely; yet it may be remarked, that + in colour, the pure yellow, gold colour, bluish pale, dark or lustre brown, wine red, + or the violet, belong to many that are esculent; whilst the pale or sulphur yellow, + bright or blood red, and the greenish, belong to few but the poisonous. The safe + kinds have most frequently a compact, brittle texture; the flesh is white; they grow + more readily in open places, such as dry pastures and waste lands, than in places + humid or shaded by wood. In general, those should be suspected which grow in caverns + and subterranean passages, on animal matter undergoing putrefaction, as well as those + whose flesh is soft or watery.—<i>Brande's Journal.</i></p> + <span class="pagenum"><a name="page31" id="page31"></a>[pg 31]</span> + <h4><i>Zoological Society.</i></h4> + <p>Dr. Brookes, in his address to the recent anniversary meeting of the Zoological + Society, stated that the <i>Museum</i> already contains 600 species of mammalia, + 4,000 birds, 1,000 reptiles and fishes, 1,000 testacea and Crustacea, and 30,000 + insects. During the last seven months, the <i>Gardens</i> and Museum have been + visited by upwards of 30,000 persons. The vivarium contains upwards of 430 living + quadrupeds and birds. The expenses of the past year have been 10,000<i>l</i>., partly + contributed by the admission of the public, and still more largely by the members of + the Society, who already exceed 1,200 in number. These are gratifying facts to every + lover of natural history, as they serve to indicate the progress of <i>zoology</i> in + this country—a study which it has ever been our aim to identify with the pages + of the MIRROR.</p> + <hr class="full" /> + <h2>RETROSPECTIVE GLEANINGS.</h2> + <hr /> + <h3>ENGLISH ROADS.</h3> + <p>The roads of England are the marvel of the world. The improvements which have been + effected during a century would be almost miraculous, did we not consider that they + had been produced by the spirit and intelligence of the people, and were in no degree + dependant upon the apathy or caprice of the ruling power. The first turnpike-road was + established by an act of the 3rd Charles II. The mob pulled down the gates; and the + new principle was supported at the point of the bayonet. But long after that period + travelling was difficult and dangerous. In December, 1703, Charles III. king of + Spain, slept at Petworth on his way from Portsmouth to Windsor, and Prince George of + Denmark went to meet him there by desire of the queen. In the relation of the journey + given by one of the prince's attendants, he states, "We set out at six in the + morning, by torchlight, to go to Petworth, and did not get out of the coaches (save + only when we were overturned or stuck fast in the mire) till we arrived at our + journey's end. 'Twas a hard service for the prince to sit fourteen hours in the coach + that day without eating any thing, and passing through the worst ways I ever saw in + my life. We were thrown but once indeed in going, but our coach, which was the + leading one, and his highnesses body coach, would have suffered very much, if the + nimble boors of Sussex had not frequently poised it, or it with their shoulders, from + Godalming almost to Petworth; and the nearer we approached the duke's house, the more + inaccessible* it seemed to be. The last nine miles of the way cost us six hours' time + to conquer them; and, indeed, we had never done it, if our good master had not + several times lent us a pair of horses out of his own coach, whereby we were enabled + to trace out the way for him." Afterwards, writing of his departure on the following + day from Petworth to Guildford, and thence to Windsor, he says, "I saw him (the + prince) no more, till I found him at supper at Windsor; for there we were overturned, + (as we had been once before the same morning,) and broke our coach; my Lord Delaware + had the same fate, and so had several others."—Vide Annals of Queen Anne, vol. + ii. Appendix, No. 3.</p> + <p>In the time of Charles, (surnamed the Proud,) Duke of Somerset, who died in 1748, + the roads in Sussex were in so bad a state, that, in order to arrive at Guildford + from Petworth, travellers were obliged to make from the nearest point of the great + road leading from Portsmouth to London. This was a work of so much difficulty, as to + occupy the whole day; and the duke had a house at Guildford which was regularly used + as a resting-place for the night by any of his family travelling to London. A + manuscript letter from a servant of the duke, dated from London, and addressed to + another at Petworth, acquaints the latter that his grace intended to go from London + thither on a certain day, and directs that "the keepers and persons who knew the + holes and the sloughs must come to meet his grace with lanterns and long poles to + help him on his way."</p> + <p>The late Marquess of Buckingham built an inn at Missenden, about forty miles from + London, as the state of the roads compelled him to sleep there on the way to + Stow—a journey which is at present performed between breakfast and dinner.</p> + <hr class="full" /> + <h2>THE GATHERER.</h2> + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>A snapper up of unconsidered trifles.</p> + <p class="i10">SHAKSPEARE.</p> + </div> + </div> + <hr /> + <p>Sir Joseph Banks used to tell a story of his being at Otaheite with Capt. Cook, + when it was accidentally discovered to be the king's birth-day, on which it was + suddenly agreed to have a jollification; every soul on board got fuddled, except + three men who were on duty. The next day they came on deck, and begged to speak to + the captain. "Well," said the captain, "what have you got to say?"— "Please + your honour, you were all drunk yesterday, all except we three; will your honour be + pleased to allow us to get drunk to-day?" Sir Joseph, who was standing <span + class="pagenum"><a name="page32" id="page32"></a>[pg 32]</span> by, was so tickled + with the oddity of the request, that he begged they might be indulged, and that he + would subscribe two bottles of rum and two bottles of brandy. The boon was granted, + and in less than three hours, these messmates balanced accounts, being as drunk as + their hearts could wish.—<i>Mr Wadd.</i></p> + <hr /> + <h3>MADEMOISELLE MARS.</h3> + <p>Some time after Napoleon's return to Paris, in 1815, as he was passing the troops + in review at the Place Carousel, he happened to see the celebrated Mademoiselle Mars, + stationed among the troops, in order to view the imposing military spectacle. The + emperor, approaching the spot, and addressing her, said, "What do you do here, + Mademoiselle? this is no place for you."—"Sire," answered the witty and + animated daughter of Thalia, "I come to behold a real hero; I am tired of seeing mock + ones upon the stage."</p> + <p>INA.</p> + <hr /> + <p>Some years ago the following inscription, engraved on the fragment of a stone, was + discovered amongst the relics of an antiquarian, and was considered by him as a great + curiosity, and enhanced in value by its translation having puzzled the best scholars + of the age:—</p> + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="i10">BENE.</p> + <p class="i4">A.T.H. T.H. I.S.S.T.</p> + <p class="i8">ONERE. POS. ET</p> + <p class="i4">H. CLAUD. COSTER. TRIP</p> + <p class="i16">E. SELLERO</p> + <p class="i18">F. IMP</p> + <p class="i8">IN. GT. ONAS. DO</p> + <p class="i10">TH. HI</p> + <p class="i18">S. C.</p> + <p class="i16">ON. SOR.</p> + <p class="i10">T. I. A. N. E.</p> + </div> + </div> + <p>Some supposed it to refer to the Emperor Claudian, till a lad one day spelt it + out: "Beneath this stone reposeth Claud Coster, tripe-seller, of Impington, as doth + his consort Jane." R. B.</p> + <hr /> + <h3>DRINKING.</h3> + <p>Captain John Graunt, in his Observations on the Bills of Mortality, says, that of + 229,250 persons, who died in twenty years, only <i>two</i> are put to the account of + <i>excessive drinking</i>. But, perhaps, if the matter were truly stated, a great + many of the dropsies, apoplexies, and palsies ought to have been placed under that + head. It is not impossible that those who had the charge of rendering these accounts, + might have entertained the opinion of old Dick Baldwyn, who stoutly maintained that + no man ever died of drinking. "Some puny things," said he, "have died learning to + drink, but no man ever died of drinking!" Now, this was no mean authority; for he + spoke from great practical experience, and was moreover many years treasurer of St. + Bartholomew's Hospital.—<i>Mr. Wadd—in Brande's Journal.</i></p> + <hr /> + <p>The "Sunday Times" of the 28th ult. has the following paragraph + inserted:—</p> + <h4><i>Typographical Errors.</i></h4> + <p>The New Times speaks (some time ago) of a "Party given by the Duke of + <i>Pork</i>!" Another paper, of "Proceedings in the Court of Common <i>Fleas</i>!" + and the <i>Morning Chronicle</i> of Tuesday last speaks of "an atrocious + <i>Bobbery</i>!" The cream of this criticism on others is, that the very same paper + has the following paragraph:—"<i>Fleet Prison, Dec. 26th.</i> Died last night, + about 12 o'clock, the Rev. Mr. Chaundy, in the meridian of life. This makes the ninth + death which has happened in the Fleet since the 29th of April last. The free use of + spirituous liquors is the cause of so much MORALITY in the prison."</p> + <p>BONAS.</p> + <hr /> + <h3>A "MELTING SUBJECT."</h3> + <p>M. Tissot, a celebrated French physician, who was the intimate friend of + Zimmerman, relates the case of a literary gentleman, who would never venture near a + fire, from imagining himself to be made of butter, and being fearful he should + melt.</p> + <hr /> + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>"There are whom heaven has bless'd with store of wit,</p> + <p>Yet want as much again to manage it."</p> + </div> + </div> + <hr class="full" /> + <h4>LIMBIRD'S EDITION OF THE</h4> + <h4><i>Following Novels are already Published:</i></h4> + <br /> + <br /> + + <table width="100%" summary="Title, Prices"> + <thead> + <tr> + <th> </th> + <th><i>s.</i></th> + <th><i>d.</i></th> + </tr> + </thead> + <tbody> + <tr> + <td>Mackenzie's Man of Feeling ...</td> + <td>0</td> + <td>6</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td>Paul and Virginia ...</td> + <td>0</td> + <td>6</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td>The Castle of Otranto ...</td> + <td>0</td> + <td>6</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td>Alaeoran and Hamet ...</td> + <td>0</td> + <td>6</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td>Elizabeth, or the Exiles of Siberia ...</td> + <td>0</td> + <td>6</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td>The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayna ...</td> + <td>0</td> + <td>6</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td>Rasselas ...</td> + <td>0</td> + <td>8</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td>The Old English Baron ...</td> + <td>0</td> + <td>8</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td>Nature and Art ...</td> + <td>0</td> + <td>8</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td>Goldsmith's Vicar of Wakefield ...</td> + <td>0</td> + <td>10</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td>Sicilian Romance ...</td> + <td>1</td> + <td>0</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td>The Man of the World ...</td> + <td>1</td> + <td>0</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td>A Simple Story ...</td> + <td>1</td> + <td>4</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td>Joseph Andrews ...</td> + <td>1</td> + <td>6</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td>Humphry Clinker ...</td> + <td>1</td> + <td>8</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td>The Romance of the Forest ...</td> + <td>1</td> + <td>8</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td>The Italian ...</td> + <td>2</td> + <td>0</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td>Zeluco, by Dr. Moore ...</td> + <td>2</td> + <td>6</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td>Edward, by Dr. Moore ...</td> + <td>2</td> + <td>6</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td>Roderick Random ...</td> + <td>2</td> + <td>6</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td>The Mysteries of Udolpho ...</td> + <td>3</td> + <td>6</td> + </tr> + </tbody> + </table> + <hr class="full" /> + <blockquote class="footnote"> + <a id="footnote1" name="footnote1"></a><b>Footnote 1</b>: <a + href="#footnotetag1">(return)</a>Letter-press to Jones's "Metropolitan + Improvements." + </blockquote> + <blockquote class="footnote"> + <a id="footnote2" name="footnote2"></a><b>Footnote 2</b>: <a + href="#footnotetag2">(return)</a> I have taken these words for my motto, because + they <i>enable</i> me to tell a story. When the present King of France received his + first address on the return from the emigration, his answer was, "Rien n'est + changé, mes amis; il n'y a qu'un Français de plus." When the Giraffe + arrived in the Jardin des Plantes, the Parisians had a caricature, in which the + ass, and the hog, and the monkey were presenting an address to the stranger, while + the elephant and the lion stalked angrily away. Of course, the portraits were + recognisable—and the animal was responding graciously, "Rien n'est + changé, mes amis: il n'y a qu'un bête de plus!" + </blockquote> + <hr class="full" /> + <p><i>Printed and Published by J. LIMBIRD, 143, Strand, London; sold by ERNEST + FLEISCHER, 626, New Market, Leipsic; and by all Newsmen and Booksellers.</i></p> + <hr class="full" /> + + <div>*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 11112 ***</div> +</body> +</html> + + + diff --git a/11112-h/images/351-001.png b/11112-h/images/351-001.png Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..8bfbe81 --- /dev/null +++ b/11112-h/images/351-001.png |
