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cible jealousy: the offended Mrs. Cleveland | Cleveland, the brother of Adela's father; became revengeful, and eloped with a Sr Francis Rosalvan, a man of amiable character , and who never could forgive himself for the seduction of this lovely woman. Mr. Cleveland obtained a divorce, and Sir Francis married the unfortunate Mrs. Cleveland.

Though Mr. Cleveland acknowledges his children, he only countenances his idolized Julius, his son and heir; while Adela, being some years younger, and resembling in beauty her unhappy mother, yet with strong traits of the Cleveland family, he never cau be prevailed upon to notice; she becomes therefore the protegée of her affectionate grandmother, who bequeathes her a small fortune, and appoints Dr. Hampden her guardian.

A growing affection, which appears to be ripening into love, seems to be taking place between Algernon Mordington and Adela while they are living together under the roof of Dr. Hampden; but soon the uncle of Algernon acknowledging him his heir, he is sent to Eton, where Julius Cleveland, so unlike him in disposition, is also placed; and the two youths soon commence a kind of hostility which threatens to become a Capulet and Montague sort of hatred between the families.

an easy tempered, gay, and not very acutely feeling man of fashion; and sensible of the many provocations his propensity to gallantry had given his lady, submitting to her censures with patience and humility, when he cannot escape them, but seeking every means to avoid them: the system of his life seeming to be, by words and looks, at least, if not by actions, to keep all whom he associates with in good humour with him, by endeavouring to keep them so with themselves.”—Mrs. Cleveland, the wife of the General, is quite an every day woman of fashion; her son, Talbot Clevelaud, is an amiable and sensible youth, and strongly attached to his cousin, the fair Adela: this son and four daughters constitute the General's family. Barbara, the eldest daughter, plain in her person, affects the abstruser studies, to which she pretends to add more lighter accomplishments, such as music, dancing, &c. &c. The second daughter, Jemima, is represented beautiful, of pleasing manners, but of a false character; while the third, Christina, diminituve in stature, is arch, sensible, and vivacious; the young Laura is yet an

infant.

While Adela was a child under the roof of Dr. Hampden, she accidentally meets with her mother, Lady Rosalvan, who, with her hus band, Sir Francis, after deluding Adela into a private meeting, place her in a postchaise, in which it seems their intention to carry her off, but for the timely interposition of Algernon and Dr. Hampden.

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Mr. Somerville, a wealthy gentleman, becomes the husband of the amiable Elinor, one of the sisters of Adela, and the latter being on a visit to them, it was proposed by the goodnatured Mr. Somerville, to give a dance for the amusement of the young people; Julius, however, insisted that the heir of Mordingtou Castle should not be invited. Algernon, bow. ever, fiuds means to introduce himself in the disguise of a one-eyed youth, the deaf and dumb son of an old harper: he dances with exquisite grace, despises the money collected for him, but makes signs to possess himself of a cornelian heart worn by Adela: he soOR afterwards wins a bet, by asserting he was at the dance given by Mr. Somerville; and produces the cornelian heart as proof. We feel, however, naturally disappointed by his marry-point, which is the names of her children;

ing in the early part of the work, and not to Adela, but to a young woman who had little else than a very beautiful face to recommend

her.

The next prominent character is General

The character of the worthy Dr. Hampden and his wife, are of that stamp as to call forth all the affections of the interesting Adela: the Doctor's ruling passion, next to universal benevolence, is literature; Mrs. H. despises the profundity of feminine accomplishments, but is a true matter of fact lady, possessed of the best and most affectionate heart in the world: she only disagrees with her husband in one

she insists on scripture names, except that of her eldest son William; while the Doctor, after reading a new edition of Shakespeare, is re solved his youngest boy shall be called Hotspur; the good lady expostulates in vain, on

the heathenism of the name, and adds to it Benjamin, and refuses ever to call him by any other appellation than by his second name, which she declares is true Christian!

Speaking of the virtues of the heart, there is no one in this work which appears more fair and excellent than one inclosed in a black casket, the faithful Amy, an attendant on Adela; she is possessed of one the most vaJuable, a fidelity above all price; she attends her mistress every where, and evinces the kindness and tenderness of her nature on every occasion.

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in which she lives in the house of her father. From this monotony she is, however, one night relieved by the General, who invites her to a ball given by a lady of high fashion, to which she is escorted by Julius. Here she meets with an interesting nobleman, with whom her brother not seeming well pleased to see her converse with much pleasure and spirit, abruptly tells her the carriage waits to convey her bome; as she wishes to procrastinate, she is alarmed by the ferocity of her brother's countenance, who draws her precipitately away, and tells her in the anti-room if she seeks any pretence to re-enter the apartment she has just quitted, he will never forgive her. The next morning he tells her he wishes they may part, and declares he never wishes to see her face again. At an evening party a few nights after, a qui pro quo between Sir Patrick Harley and Julius, which arises from Sir Pa

In the first volume we read of the death of the penitent Sir Francis Rosalvan; and Adela obtains eave of her guardian, Dr. Hampden, to visit her widowed mother in Scotland, who, still weak and vain, is the dupe of a deceitful woman of the name of Cameron; against whose guile, however, Adela having received sufficient warning, observes a prudent pre-trick's having been introduced to Adela by the caution, and easily sees through the art of Mrs. Cameron. Ad: la soon quits Scotland, under the care of one of Lady Rosalvan's most steady male domestics.

Adela on her return to her beloved home at Dr. Hampden's, finds his eldest daughter, Ruth, on the point of an advantageous mar. riage; and William, the eldest son, decidedly bent on going into the army, much to the sorrow of his fond mother, ordered on foreign service.

Adela soon after receives an invitation to General Cleveland's town house, from whence she soon departs, with her brother Julius, to that of her father, on account of a French governess of Christine's being taken with a fever pronounced by the apothecary infectious. The kind hearted Amy, however, will not leave the sick foreigner, with whom Adela is also desirous of staying, but her brother assuring her that her father is not in town, insists on her accompanying him. She is permitted to take her cousin Christine with her, who is all delight at the spacious unoccupied apartments of Mr. Cleveland, and amuses herself with the ideas of fairy adventures; while Adela reflects deeply that it was from that house, in which she herself had been born, her misguided mother had eloped; nor are these reflections dissipated by the seclusion No. XXXII. Vol. V.—N. S.

giddy Christine as to her French governess, brings about a reconciliation between the brother and sister; and a few days after Adela accompanies her uncle and his family to a grand dinner party, where she again meets Lord Eanerdale, the nobleman with whom she was conversing at the ball when her brother so abruptly hastened her departure. Amongst this party is a pre-eminent character in the work, a Mrs. Elmer, who is possessed of a rage for patronizing. Mrs. Elmer, in the course of the evening amusements, declares how superior are the musical abilities of Lord Ennerdale. Immediately then, to the great surpri of Adela, Lord Ennerdale with one hand, and the most comic affectation of gravity, puzzles out the very notes to which, so many years before, the pretended harper's son had danced at Mrs. Somerville's. "And if this does not content you," said his Lordship, "you descrve to be punished by that very tune which I heard twanged upon a villainous harp to keep measure to a boy professedly deaf and dumb." Adela now steps forward, and her eyes meet those of Lord Ennerdale, who gives an exact description of the boy, and of the loveliest and most admired young woman in the room. All listen with pleasure except Adela, who blushes at being made the heroine of the recital; but though passing years had at first Kk

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withheld her recollection of the friend of her childhood, it is needless to inform the reader that Lord Ennerdale was no other than AlgerThe earldom of Ennerdale had fallen to Lord Viscount Osseley, t he uncle of Algernon, just before his death. Algernon was now a widower; a duel had been fought by him with Julius, on account of some rude expressions thrown out by Julius to Mrs. Mordington, the wife of Algernon, before he came to the title. Julius was wounded, and bore an invincible hatred to Algernon, as has been before observed. Mrs. Mordington soon after fell into a nervous fever, from which she never recovered, and left behind her twins, a boy and a girl.

At a morning visit to the Panorama, the artful Jemima Cleveland shews her vindictive

disposition, on seeing Lord Ennerdale attach himself to her cousin Adela; by reminding her, in his hearing, of her mother in Scotland, Jemima affects to be desperately and sentimentally in love with Lord Ennerdale.

Lord Ennerdale, well and good; but that to a man like his Lordship, his doors will ever be open, and the most hearty welcome afforded; accordingly, as may be supposed, Algeruon and Julius soon meet; Julius shows an hasty glow of resentment, Lord Ennerdale manifests a determined coolness. Julius sullenly observes his sister and Lord Ennerdale converse, while Mrs. Somerville ventures to observe the re. serve of her brother, and Julius suddenly bids her good night: thus ends the first quiet meeting between these hostile gentlemen since their duel. The amiable Mrs. Somerville, however, brings her brother into better temper; but he attacks Adela in private, and tells her it is only the ambition of the Somervilles to behold her a Countess which causes them to pay so much court to Lord Ennerdale, and this is an infallible method to work on the dignified mind of Adela.

The ill state of health of Lord Ennerdale's son, and Adela's kindness in consenting to stay with Lady Isabella Annesley, a married cousin of Lord Ennerdale, and to nurse the infantine invalid, naturally becomes the precursor of softer scenes; an officious blunder, however, of Mr. Somerville's, again throws the lovers into a state of distance.

Adela, now amongst cold-hearted, comfortless beings, dispatches a letter to her sister, Mrs. Somerville, who affectionately replies, that her home shall ever be the home of Adela, and this pressing invitation, though she does not instantly accept, is gratefully appreciated. Adela goes, during this period to a mas In the third volume we find Talbot Cleve- querade, where she meets Jemima Cleveland land's attachment to his cousin Adela rapidly || and her brother Julius: Jemima jealous of her increasing; he resolves on a journey to Scot-staying under the roof of Lady Isabella Anland, to change the scene and dissipate bis thoughts, as his parents seem to take alarm at any symptoms of sociability and regard which he evinces towards Adela; this alarm|| is much increased by the artful insinuations of Jemima, whose mother, to avoid all private intercourse between her son and Adela, carries the latter to every place where she is likely to meet Lord Ennerdale. This fills the bosom of Jemima with jealousy, and both mother and daughter take the lovely girl about with them, as if only on sufferance, scarce giving her pre

tection.

On the arrival of Mr. and Mrs. Somerville in town, Adela takes her leave of the General's family, and Mr. Somerville, though the mest indulgent of husbands, asserts his prerogative as master of his house, and declares that if the refractory Julius chuses to be on terms with

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nesley, lays plans against her, and affects much kindness. Adela at the masquerade has been drawn into an interesting conversation with 8 friar, whom her brother and Jemima fancy to be Lord Ennerdale. Jemima persuades Adela to take a seat in her mother's carriage, where the stupid Sir Patrick Harley pays her particular attention, as he had before at the masquerade, in the character of a Spaniard. On her return from the masquerade, she sits with the little patient, who delighted with her dress, will not let her quit him, but detains her till they both fall asleep, from which she is awakened by the entrance of Lord Enner. dale. Her appearance at first causes him to smile, but his feelings soon become absorbed in parental anxiety, and sensible of the im propriety of remaining longer in the room, Adela repairs to her own chamber.

The Dowager Lady Ennerdale now arrives || sister, and resolves to serve her to the utmost at Lady Isabella's. She is displeased at seeing of his power. the insinuating young woman, as she calls We hear nothing more of the Hampden Adela, watching over the sick bed of the family, till towards the middle of the fourth young Lord Osseley; and the old lady takes || volume, when Adela, accompanied one morncare to inform Lady Isabella that the mothering by Mr. Somerville, meets William in Kenof Adela is dead to fame and honour, through sington Gardens, sick and wounded, and acher own faulty conduct, and that Mr. Cleve-companied by a very lovely young woman, fo land takes no notice of his daughter. The whom he is married against the consent of Dowager then tries to sift Adela about her her father, a Baronet, who refuses his pardon, motives for remaining near the young Algerand William knowing his father would be non, but finds herself completely foiled. averse to his having carried off the daughter of Sir Thomas Forrester, is too proud to ask reconciliation from that quarter; the conse quence of which is the youthful pair are reduced to the indigent situation of subsisting on Ensign's pay. Adela beholds in this situation her old play-mate, recollects him, but he seems to shun the rencounter; till finding him nearly fainting, her kind and tender assiduity is noticed by the Dowager Lady Ennerdale, who, charmed with her humanity and tenderness, feels her heart incline towards this favourite of her son. Lady Ennerdale takes the young Ensign and his wife home inher carriage, and Lord Ennerdale, as may naturally be supposed, is not backward in affording every assistance to the friend of his boyish days.

After her departure Lord Ennerdale seriously declares to Mr. Annesley, his brother-inlaw, that he adores Adela, and that he is determined to make her his wife. Jemima now tries to get on a visiting footing at the Annesleys, under pretence of calling on her cousin, while Lady Isabella goes out purposely to avoid her; and Adela soon after this morning visit returns to Mr. Somerville's. Here she meets with the unwelcome intelligence, by a letter from her mother's female faithful servant, that a man named Norris, the brother of Mrs. Cameron, is become a resident near Pine Lodge, the seat of her mother, and seems to have made an impression on the too easy heart of Lady Ro

salvan. Adela ventures to write to her mother on this subject, informs her she had heard this report, and intreats her not to verify it; but the unhappy lady soon becomes the wife of the unprincipled Norris.

Mrs. Erington, Adela's sister Alicia, a lively inconsequent young widow, arrives about this time, on a visit to her sister, Mrs. Somerville, and though she finds Sir Patrick Harley as much in love with Adela, as so stupid and dull a character was capable of being, she is yet resoled to attach him to herself, and by a marriage with this wealthy Baronet, render herself the envy of all the town. Lord Ennerdale is at times jealous of Talbot Cleveland. Explanations, half declarations of love, accidentally interrupted, begin to take place between Lord Ennerdale and Adela.

Julius still continues inflexible towards his fellow Etonian, till overcome by thefascinating charms of Lord Ennerdale's sister, Lady Eudocia Mordington, the Capulet and Montague division begin to subside. Julius pities his

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At a party at Lady Isabella Annesley's, Adela hears a most mortifying conversation between two ladies, wherein not only the faults of her mother are cruelly exaggerated, but an idea of her own illegitimacy is mentioned, as being the cause of her father's estrangement. She feels herself now totally unworthy of being the object of Lord Ennerdale's affection, answers him abruptly, which he knows not how to account for, till an explanation takes place, which is commenced in the concert-room; at this party she meets her father, who seeing her in close conversation with Lord Ennerdale, darts at him an angry frown; but when the cousins of Adela go up with her sisters, to bid Mr. Cleveland good night, when she finds herself the only one interdicted, she bursts into tears, and flies to the staircase, where the anxious Ennerdale follows, and a tender declaration takes place.

The next morning when she goes to pay a visit to William Hampden and his wife, Mr. Somerville leaves her in the haberdasher's

insists immediately on Adela's returwing it, in a blank cover, and also instantly committing every letter she ever received from Lord Ennerdale to the flames. Julius sits by during this trying scene, his hands covering his face, and his bosom heaving with severe agitation; while Adela, in strict obedience to her father, lights a taper, and beholds the letters of her lover consumed to ashes. Julius then rises, embraces her, and entreats her to take comfort, for such unconditional submission must meet its reward. Mr. Cleveland after this never reverts to the event, but be

shop where they lodge, while he goes up to announce her; here she is insulted by Norris, with a kind of theatrical gallantry, till compelled to seek her deliverance by rushing into the street, she is happily protected by Lord Ennerdale. Having discovered by the woman in the shop that the man who insulted her is the husband of her mother, when again alone with Lord Ennerdale, she says, "Oh! my Lord, am 1 thus degradingly connected, worthy to be the object of your choice?" Lord Ennerdale, however, disclaims acknowledging such accidental circumstances, and makes proposals to her father, of wedding his daugh-haves to Adela, as if such correspondence had ter, but receives from Mr. Cleveland a formal rejection. The lovers now partly agree on a correspondence, and Adela solemanly promises that she will, for one twelvemonth, positively refuse any offer that may be made her.

never taken place. Sir Patrick Harley about this time leads the lively Mrs. Erington to the altar.

The beautiful Jemima Cleveland takes a severe cold one evening after dancing, and loses the use of her limbs; and her little amiable sister, Christine, shews herself the pupil of Adela, and attends unremitting, on the sick couch of her sister. Julius quits the paternal roof, and for some days is not heard of; good tidings, however, soon arrives, of which Talbot Cleveland is the bearer; Adela listens in anxious expectation, and she hears the voice of her father say, "Be patient, and I will send her to you."--She springs forward, her father takes both her hands in his, and his eyes are filled with tears of joy: at length he says, "Go, my child!"-The study door is opened for her, where she expects to see Talbot, but finds herself supported in the arms of Lord Eunerdale. The father gives his consent, and the lovers are made happy.

Julius now, notwithstanding all his boyish follies, evinces an excellent fraternal heart; engaged in an enterprize which requires all his known influence over his father, be at length conquers, and enters the apartment one day where Adela is sitting with her two sisters, and with almost breathless joy, tells her that his father's house is henceforth her home. There she meets, soon after she becomes an inmate, a Major Morthemer, who had been in India, and whom Mr. Cleveland destines to be the husband of Adela. Mr. Cleveland, however, finding his daughter not to be the brilliant adept in music, that he wished to find her, engages masters at a great expence, and wearies the poor girl with practising from morning till night, till his nerves unable to bear the noise of the instrument, makes him seek an expedient to bring the Major and Adela imperceptibly and often together, and he insists on her studying, under the Major's instructions the Persian language: this highly effended Julius, whose love increasing every day for one of the house of Ennerdale, feels for his sister, and is angry with her for consenting to give this indirect kind of encourage-nerdale and Adela. ment to Major Murthemer.

A most interesting scene takes place towards

Eudocia Mordington had captivated Julius Cleveland, and thus the feelings of the two separate families became changed, while Talbot Cleveland, "like a kind guardian spirit," steps forward to complete the reconciliation, by recommending and assisting in the elopement of Lady Eudocia with Julius, whose marriage excelerates that of Lord Eu

Talbot, charmed with the unassuming manners of a lovely girl named Rivers, soon trans

the latter part of the work between Mr.fers the affection he had formerly borne toCleveland and his daughter. Mr. Cleveland intercepts a letter from Lord Ennerdale, and with anger flashing in his eyes, be

wards his cousin Adela, to her, and they are soon united.

Lady Harley, frivolous in character, is the

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