LIST OF EMBELLISHMENTS. Illustrated Title... The Parting.. The Honours paid to Raphael, after his Death Sleeping Infant, after Chantrey The Marriage of Rebecca The Laughing Horseman Æneas relating his Adventures The Dog of the Regiment.. A Hindoo Girl, after Westmacott ...... St. Cecilia View of Ispahan.. The Dead Trumpeter View of Rouen H. CORBOULD. R. WESTALL. BERJERET. H. CORBOULD. CLAUDE. R. WESTALL. GUERIN. H. VERNET. H. CORBOULD. MIGNARD. SIR R. K. PORTER. H. VERNET. R. P. BONNINGTON. A MONARCH'S DEATH-BED. The Emperor Albert First, assassinated by his nephew, John, surnamed the Parricide, expired on the banks of the river Reuss, in the field afterwards called Königsfelden, supported only by a female peasant, who was accidentally passing at the time. A MONARCH in his death-pangs lay— A lone tree waving o'er his head, Had he then fallen as warriors fall, Where spear strikes fire with spear? B Was there a banner for his pall, A buckler for his bier? Not so:-nor cloven shields nor helms Where he, the helpless lord of realms, Yielded his soul to God! Were there not friends with words of cheer, And princely vassals nigh? And priests, the crucifix to rear Before the fading eye? A peasant girl that royal head Upon her bosom laid, And, shrinking not for woman's dread, Alone she sat :-from hill and wood Red sank the mournful sun; With her long hair she vainly prest The wounds, to staunch their tide ;Unknown, on that meek, humble breast, Imperial Albert died! F. H. [The following letter is taken from a correspondence, which was kept up, for many years, between the gentleman by whom it was written, and one of his most intimate friends. We have every reason to believe the reality of the occurrence which it relates.] Berne, October. MY DEAR I HAVE been wandering among the Alps, for the last three weeks, which has been the occasion of my not writing to you, during that time. Even now, you must expect from me no particular account of my peregrinations; for, during the last five days, I have been able to think, only, upon one subject; and am too eager to vent it upon you, to be inclined to talk about any thing else. I had been above a fortnight out, and had visited most of the usual points in the tour of the Alps; and |