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yet only strangers thought so: for in the sweet every-day of home, his heart and his eyes overflowed with tenderness.

"Every one that had seen Valombrosa, called bim singularly handsome; yet when they tried to ascertain the precise grounds for such an assertion, they could not recollect then.

"A graceful manliness of figure, and an expressive countenance; an air of nobleness; and a voice to which he could give the music of every tender or powerful passion, made him become his quality. Thus accomplished, amiable, young, and rich, the women of course decreed him all the honours of an Apollo."

REMAINS OF A BANQUETTING HOUSE BE LONGING TO THE FAMILY OF VALOMBROSA.

"At a considerable distance from the villa, stood the remains of a banquetting house. It had been erected in the thirteenth century, by a Marquis of Valombrosa, and still bore traces of former magnificence. The only son of a succeeding Marquis, fell in the Holy Land; and the news of his death being brought to the father when at a feast in this place, it was deserted ever after by him, and so gradually sunk into decay.

"The present possessor, considering it with a painter's eye, suffered the ruin to remain; neither arresting its picturesque decay, by vain repairs, nor encouraging its premature des truction, by allowing the depredations of his peasantry.

"Part of the building had fallen, and was

now overgrown with bushes spreading amongst the broken arches, so as to be scarcely discernable from the rocky ground about. The shattered pillars and half destroyed walls were therefore mixed with cypresses and acacias, growing wild in the open courts, or shooting. up from the shells of the roofless towers, where they waved their high tops in all the blasts which swept over the ruin.

"Under foot, wherever the shattered stones of the pavement allowed soil for a soot to, strike in, wall-flowers and yarrow grew in dark. profusion. Through such a melancholy covering, the banqueting hall still showed the ich mosaic with which it was paved; and the walls yet preserved some faded remains of paintings by Giotto; onte beheld with adrairation as the chef-d'œuvre of infant art, now discoloured by damps, defaced by the slime of reptiles; forgotten and despised !”

STRENGTH ACQUIRED BY REASON. "Such is the progress of reason!-It becomes stronger from more frequent conflicts. with the passious,. In our infancy complaint is almost spontaneously indulged, because by it we get our bodily ills alleviated, and our wants satisfied. This circumstance so connects the two ideas of complaint and relief, that experience alone can disunite them. Thus, in youth, when we are struck by any, calamity, we give loose to lamentation; but when we have reached maturity, we complain seldom, though we pray oftener; and we do so, because we no longer expect relief from any other hand than that of God."

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THERE is a very fine Tragedy which, however it may hold its rank in the bookcase, is excluded from the stage catalogue, solely through its painful and revolting dénouement. Every attempt to revive it, even with the support of a Kemble and a Siddons, has failed of success. We allude to Lillo's Fatal Curiosity. If the following attempt to soften the acuteness of its catastrophe, by preserving the innocent, though imprudent cause of crime and suffering, be worthy the page of criticism, let us hope that abler hands may lay hold of the suggestion, and restore to the stage a well-favour. ed prodigal, who, having corrected, and amended its evil tendencies, may impart rapture to its friends, aud to the world...

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Would he defer your happiness so long ;
Or could a habit so disguise your son,
That you refused to own him?
Agn.-Heard you that?

What prodigy of horror is disclosing
To render murder venial?

O. Wil.-Prithee, peace

The miserably damn'd suspend their bowling,
And the swift orbs are fix'd in deep attention.

Y. Wil.-(groans within) Oh! oh! oh!
Eust. Sure that deep groan came from the

inner room.

Rand-It did; and seem'd the voice of one expiring;

Merciful Heaven! where will these terrors end?

That is the dagger my young master wore; And see, his father's hands are stain'd with blood.

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[YOUNG WILMOT groans again. Eust.-Another groan! why do we stand to gaze

On these dumb phantoms of despair and horror!

Let us search further.-Randal, show the way. [Exeunt all but OLD WILMOT and AGNES. Agn.-Let life forsake the earth, and light

the sun,

And death and darkness bury in oblivion
Mankind and all their deeds, that no posterity
May ever rise to hear our horrid tale,
Or view the grave of such detested parricides.
O. Wil.-Curses and deprecations are in
vain-

The sun will shine, and all things have their

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May all your

woes end here.
0. Wi-O would they end

A thousand ages hence, I then should suffer
Much less than I deserve. Yet, let me say,
You'll do but justice to inform the world,
This horrid deed, that punishes itself,
Was not intended, thinking him our son;
For that we knew not, till it was loo late.
Proud and impatient under our afflictions,
While Heaven was labouring to make us
happy,

We brought this dreadful ruin on ourselves.
Mankind may learn-but-ob? Leongo

eam Faints.
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.*GI ཧཿ1{v* ༄ 1.MOT, pale and bleeding dyodt
Eust.-What miracle, spodo

When we, the curse and burthen of the earth,
Shall be absorbed and mingled with its dust!
Our guilt and desolation must be told,
From age to age, to teach desponding mortals,
How far beyond the reach of human thought
Heaven, when incensed, can punish. Die thou
first.

I dare not trust thy weakness.

Agn. Ever kind, 1,

But most in this.

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Voyage of Captain Galownin, of the Imperial Navy of Russia, containing the recital of > His captivity amongst the Japanese, in 1811, 1812, and 1813. Translated from the eano Germant shan tu trai hai tuyến * bolang bunstɔk a

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Levise the period when first the Japanese avise▲ opened their ports to the Europeans, their ksen manuers, customs, &c. were related by the French missionary Charlevoix, in 1736; they have now, no doubt, undergone some change; therefore a writer on those sub jects, such as Captain Galovning cannot fail of being appreciated with interest. iW yanHenwas commissioned by the Russian the government to reconnoitre a part of Archipelago the Kouriles Islands: unluckily, a Russian officer, named Chvostoff, had, a short time ago, committed several depredations on one of these islands, and which belonged to the Japanese..

At first, when they went ashore to procure provisions, they were tolerably well received; but soon after Mr. Galovnin was put under arrest, with two of his officers, and four sailors. It was in vain for him to plead that the unwarranted attacks of Mr. Chvostoff had been given by himself in ́ ́dividually,' and had nothing to do with

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both fried and boiled: the soups were made with wild herbs, and thickened with flour; and the fish fried in poppy oil.

THE KOURILES VILLAGES, A

"They consist merely of cottages, without kitchen-gardens or orchards, are small, and, in general, bear the stamp of wretchedness. It is not the same with the Japanese villages: they are extensive, and their streets laid out in a regular manner. The houses are all built of wood, but have a very pleasing appearance. Every house has a garden, and some have orchards. The Japanese have been often known to declare that they can build houses of stone, but that they are prevented by the frequent earthquakes. Their streets and houses are remarkable for their neatness."

FONDNESS OF THE JAPANESE FOR
READING.

"The very lowest of the soldiery are continually reading. But this propensity was far from pleasing to us, because they always read aloud, in a sing-song tone, like the chauuting of psalms at a funeral. Before we were accustomed to this noise, it was impossible for us to close our eyes during the whole night. The history of their country, and the relation of their quarrels between themselves and their neighbours, are the favourite subjects of reading amongst the Japanese."

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"The joy of the Japanese was really sincere. On the 6th of October, at twelve o'clock at noon, a troop of people followed us bearing our effects, consisting of presents we had received and provisions for our voy. age; these consisted of fifty sacks of rice, a few barrels of saki, a great quantity of fish, both fresh and salt, &c. &c." All the Japanese who knew us, and even those who knew us not, bade us adieu, and wished us a good voy. age. Our captivity had lasted two years and twenty-six days; daring which time we bad no hopes, till about six months before it ended, of ever again reviewing our native land.

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"On the 8th of October we opened, from curiosity, one of the packing cases which bad been brought on board with ourselves. To our great surprise we found every thing be. longing to us; such as linen, money—in a word, the minutest article, even to our shirtbuttons. We even found the fragments of a broken looking-glass, put up together in little bag, by themselves, with a note containing apologies because the glass was broken by the way, on account of their not knowing how to pack such brittle furniture. The Japanese are unacquainted with mirrors made of glass; but they have those of steel, so bigħly polished that they are quite equal to our finest looking-glasses."

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INTERIOR OF THEIR HOUSES. "The beds of the Japanese consist of large quilts of silk or cotton, according to the tank of the persons. They are stuffed with cotton wool, about two inches in thickness, and this stuffing is taken out every time they are washed.. The Japanese double those quilts, and spread them ou the floor, which, in every house, eved to the meanest cottage, is well matted, with, handsome and supple matting when they lay down to sleep, they wrap themselves in a large night gown, with short, and full sleeves of silk or cotton, and well wadded, Instead of a pillow, they make use of a block of wood, of various forms. The common people have their's made round, and hollow at one extremity," and custom has rendered this as easy to them as a pillow of down. The rich, instead of cushions, have small coffers, about four inches in depth, very elegantly made, upon the lid of which is fixed a round "' cushion, about six or eight inches long, and about the thickness of three or four inches. In this coffer is inclosed all the paraphernalia of the toilette-with razors, scissors, poma. tum, powder, and tooth-brushes,

"The next day several Japanese magistrates, our interpreters, and an academician, with whom we had some relations, came to pay us "The Japanese cat no animal food; rich a visit on board our ship. We treated them and poor feed equally on vegetables and roots, with some French brandy, and other liquors. || with a little fish. Instead of spoons or forks,

They would accept no kind of present from

us except a few books and engravings. While

they make use, at their meals, of two small sticks of wood, 19. 9085 se

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"They make use both of green and black tea; but the latter is very bad, and only resembles that of China in colour. The Japanese seldom put sugar in their tea, but prefer eating it by itself; they take a spoonful in their hand, and eat it in a childish manner, as a dainty."

"At Japan they celebrate the new year during a whole month; but the festival, properly speaking, only lasts from the new moon

During this time the courts of justice are closed, and labour of every kind suspended: they are occupied solely with visiting and feasting: but the other half of the month the labouring people return to their work. The new year is the principal festival in the Japanese calendar. Every one, at that time, puts on new clothes; and the custom is to pay visits to all their acquaintance in town, and write letters of compliment and congratu

to the full; consequently only two weeks.-lation to those at a distance."

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A Voyage to Smyrna, the Archipelago, and the Isle of Candia, in 1811, 1812, 1815, and 1814. By J. M. Tancoigne, formerly attached to the Embassy from France to Persia, in the year 1807. 2 vols. 12mo. Paris.

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MR. TANCOIGNE embarked at Constantinople on the 19th of October, 1811, and arrived at Smyrna at the time of the celebration of the new year, a coutinual scene of visiting and pleasure in that place it is then that the merchants, belonging to all the different parts of the globe, re-unite together in forming an assembly, to which they give the name of Casin. By means of a general subscription, which is put together from small sums collected from each individual merchant, there is to be found, at all hours in the day, a good fire, books, pamphlets, newspapers, billiards, and refreshments of every kind.

On the 29th of January, 1812, Mr. Tancoigne quitted Smyrna, in order to repair to Candia; contrary winds compelled him to sojourn for a while at Scio. This island is about thirty leagues in length, and six or eight in breadth. The city of Scio contains handsome and solid buildings, of stone, the work of the Genoese, who were driven out by the Turks, above a century ago. Mr. Tancoigne did not find the wines of Scio deserving of that high eulogium bestowed on them by the ancients. Amongst the most common productions of this island, may be reckoned the gum mastic, which runs from the mastich tree: the females of the Levant are continually chewing this aromatic gum, notwithstanding its bitterness; and a prodigious quantity of it is sent every year to Constantinople.

The women of Scio have remarkably fine eyes, but their shape and carriage are far

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"The streets are narrow and dirty; the houses, like those of Constantinople, built of brick, wood, and earth. Every stranger is lost in, admiration at the extent of the Bazaars; which are laid out in distinct galleries, where all kinds of merchandise are exposed for sale, and disposed with the greatest order the most valuable, articles in wooden stalls, and symmetry. But it is astonishing to see continually exposed to the casualty of fire, while dry fruits, and other eatables, are sold under magnificent roofs of marble.

"Smyrua, like most other Turkish towns, boasts no remarkable edifices. The house of the Governor, one of the most conspicuous on the quay, is built only of painted wood, and the mosques are all small and mean-looking buildings."

DESCRIPTION OF THE CASIN AT SMYRNA.

"This place may be regarded as, at once, the Vauxhall and the Exchange of Smyrna; there they dance, and there they transact the most important affairs, both concerning their bank and commerce. During the time of the carnival, every subscriber clubs together a sum independent of their former subscription, in order to treat the ladies with balls and fêtes, to which are invited, all the principal

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