BOOK OF BEAUTY.

1837.

WITH

NINETEEN BEAUTIFULLY FINISHED ENGRAVINGS,

FROM

DRAWINGS BY THE FIRST ARTISTS.

EDITED BY

THE COUNTESS OF BLESSINGTON.

LONDON:

LONGMAN, REES, ORME, BROWN, GREEN, AND LONGMAN,

PATERNOSTER ROW;

DELLOY & CO., PARIS.

22414.5

MAR 19 .901

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CONTENTS.

MADONNA. By Βετα

ON THE ROMANTIC HISTORY OF THE ARABS IN SPAIN.

BY SIR WILLIAM GELL

.........

PAGE

1.

TRIOLET, FROM CABESTAING.

BY THE VISCOUNT

STRANGFORD......

30

JULIET'S TOMB IN VERONA. BY THE AUTHOR OF "RIENZI,"

&c. &c.

32

ON A PORTRAIT OF LADY SYKES. BY AL. CHALON, ESQ.

R.A.

105

THE ASPEN, FROM WEISFLOG. BY LORD ALBERT

CONYNGHAM

106

HAVE I THEN STILL A HEART FOR THEE? BY HENRY

JOHN LOWTHER, ESQ. M. P............

108

OF

AN EASTERN STORY. BY J. G. WILKINSON, ESQ., Author

"TOPOGRAPHY OF THEBES, AND GENERAL VIEWS OF

EGYPT."

110

ON THE CASCADE OF CHEDE, IN THE VALLEY OF CHA-

MOUNI. BY THE LADY CHARLOTTE BURY..................

COULD ANY OTHER CONCLUSION BE EXPECTED?

R. BERNAL, Esq., M.P.

116

BY

119

THE LADY TO HER LOVER'S PICTURE. BY BARRY

CORNWALL

136

GRACE FALKINER. BY THE AUTHOR OF " CECIL HYDE," &c. ..

138

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THE DEATH OF CLEOPATRA. BY W. J. DENISON, ESQ. M.P. 174

THE BRIDE OF WALSINGHAM. BY LORD WILLIAM LENNOX 177

TO A MAIDEN SLEEPING AFTER HER FIRST BALL. By

THE AUTHOR OF "VIVIAN GREY"

186

THE HONEY-MOON. BY THE COUNTESS OF BLESSINGTON......

PARAPHRASE OF CAP. 93, AL-KORAN. BY C. J. KEMEYS

TYNTE, ESQ. M.P.....

188

203

MINNA MORDAUNT. BY MRS. S. C. HALL

205

DRAMATIC FRAGMENTS. BY SIR Aubrey de VERE, Bart...

214

THE TWO FUNERALS. BY MRS. FAIRLIE

216

FELICITÉ. BY the Countess of Blessington

223

PROLOGUE TO ION. BY MR. SERGEANT TALFOURD, M. P..... 225

TO A LADY READING. BY HENRY F. CHORLEY, Esq. 228

THE LAST LETTER. BY MISS LOUISA H. SHERIDAN

........ 230

A SCENE IN THE LIFE OF NOURMAHAL. BY L. E. L.

TO MYRA. BY HENRY L. BULWER, Esq. M.P.

DEATH IN MASQUERADE. BY THE HON. ROBERT TALBOT.... 245

SUN AND MOON. BY JAMES SMITH, Esq...

.... 232

241

248

GENIUS. FROM VICTOR HUGO. BY MRS. TORRE HOLME

ΤΟ

ON HER BIRTH DAY, APRIL 4, 1828. BY PAUL

METHUEN, Esq. M.P.

251

CALANTHA. BY THE AUTHOR OF "VIVIAN GREY"

252

YOUTH. BY MISS ATWELL..

256

LINES. BY THE HON. GRANTLEY F. BERKELEY, M.P.

FAREWELL TO ITALY. BY WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR, ESQ... 259

INSCRIPTION IN AN ANNUAL. BY THE AUTHOR OF "MI-