compass, so copious a mine of brilliant gems, so rich a store of compositions of all classes, gay and graveinteresting either by their humour, their pathos, and their information, and which the first living writers might be proud to own. : Of the present volume, individually, little need be said it is before the reader, and will speak for itself. One thing, however, I must not omit, namely, this public expression of the grateful acknowledgments of the publishers to Colonel de Ceva, aide-de-camp to His Majesty the King of the Netherlands. To the liberality of that gentleman they are indebted for the subjects of two of the embellishments, which he permitted to be copied for this work, from paintings in his elegant gallery at the Hague. They are those which have been entitled "Louis XI. at Plessis-les-Tours," and "The Surprise of Montrose," and to which Miss Lawrance and Allan Cunningham have furnished highlyspirited and characteristic illustrations. |