REPUBLIC OF LETTERS, A SELECTION, IN POETRY AND PROSE, FROM THE WORKS OF THE MOST EMINENT WRITERS, WITH MANY ORIGINAL PIECES. BY A. WHITELAW, EDITOR OF "THE CASQUET OF LITERARY GEMS." Books are yours, Wordsıcorth. IN FOUR VOLUMES. WITH TWENTY ENGRAVINGS. VOL. III. GLASGOW: AND 5, SOUTH COLLEGE STREET, EDINBURGH; W. CURRY, JUN. & Co., DUBLIN: AND SIMPKIN & MARSHALL, LONDON. MDCCCXXXV. CONTENTS OF VOLUME III. THE ORIGINAL PIECES ARE DISTINGUISHED BY A DAGGER. PAGE. + View of the Clyde from Erskine Ferry, The Battle of Leipsic, . . . . A Farewell to Tobacco, . . . . . 82 . The Squire's Pew, . . . . . . . . 149 The Two Sisters, . . . . . . . . 151 The River, · · · · · · · · · 166 The Mining Curate, . . . . . . . 167 The Heiress's Complaint, . . . . . . 177 Jeannot and Colin, . . . . . . . . 179 The “ How” and the “ Why," . . . . . . 186 The Church in the wilderness, . . . . . . 187 The Household Festival, . . . . . . . 201 A Fairy Tale, . . . . . . . . . 203 The Lady of my Love, . . . . . . . 208 Herbert: a Tale, . . . . . . . A New English Ballad, . . . . . . . Wheesht, . . . . . . . . . . 265 Say, Sweet Carol, . . . . . . . 274 The Friars of Dijon, . . . . . . : • 202 The Bank Note, . . . . . . . . 285 |