BY THE AUTHOR OF THE “BRAVO," &c. &c.

"How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds,

Makes deeds ill done !"

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

A NEW EDITION.

PHILADELPHIA:

LEA AND BLANCHARD,

SUCCESSORS TO CAREY & CO.

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ENTERED according to the act of congress, in the year 1833, by CAREY, LEA, & BLANCHARD, in the clerk's office of the district court for the eastern district of Pennsylvania.

Pattison 18455

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add.cap. INTRODUCTION.

EARLY in October 1882, a travelling-carriage stopped on the summit of that long descent where the road pitches from the elevated plain of Moudon in Switzerland to the level of the lake of Geneva, immediately above the little city of Vévey. The postilion had dismounted to chain a wheel, and the halt enabled those he conducted to catch a glimpse of the lovely scenery of that remarkable view.

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The travellers were an American family, which had long been wandering about Europe, and which was now destined it knew not whither, having just traversed a thousand miles of Germany in its devious course. years before, the same family had halted on the same spot, nearly on the same day of the month of October, and for precisely the same object. It was then journeying to Italy, and as its members hung over the view of the Leman, with its accessories of Chillon, Châtelard, Blonay, Meillerie, the peaks of Savoy, and the wild ranges of the Alps, they had felt regret that the fairy scene was so soon to pass away. The case was now different, and yielding to the charm of a nature so noble and yet so soft, within a few hours, the carriage was in remise, a house was taken, the baggage unpacked, and the household gods of the travellers were erected, for th twentieth time, in a strange land.

Our American (for the family had its head) was familiar with the ocean, and the sight of water awoke old