A SKETCH OF THE HISTORY OF MUSIC, FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES. BY A MU Page A MARRIAGE FOR THE OTHER WORLD. (FROM THE FRENCH.) BY MISS M. S. WATSON 329 "TRIALS." (AN AMERICAN STORY.) BY MRS. MARY H. PARSONS 336 ib. ib. BY B...... 337 BY A. T. PECQUEUR .... ... 343 344 ib. 345 359 ... 360 ib. THEY BLAME ME FOR BELIEVING HIM. BY ROBERT H. BROWN, ESQ..... THE PHILOSOPHER;" OR, 'TWERE WISER TO FORGET. BY F. L. JAQUEROD..... .. 363 THE PLEASURES OF AN EDITOR. (FROM A MS. FOUND IN THE DESK OF A COUNTRY GENTLEMAN.)..... 364 LINES SUGGESTED BY HEARING BIRDS SING IN A CHURCH-YARD. BY J. R. W. L. MUSIC AND MEMORY. BY LOUISA H-. TO A NEW-MARRIED PAIR. BY BRADSHAWE WALKER LINES TO AN ANGRY BOY, WHO THE PAST AND THE PRESENT. OUR CONSERVATORY MUSIC.... LITERATURE .... AMUSEMENTS OF THE MONTH FINE ARTS.... FASHIONS FOR JUNE DESCRIPTION OF THE PLATES TO CORRESPONDENTS .... . 367 .. 369 CLARA MOWBRAY. A woman must be borne down indeed by pain and suffering, when she totally loses all respect for her external appearance. The mad-woman in Bedlam wear her garland of straw, with a certain air of pretension; and we have seen a widow, whom we knew to be most sincerely affected by a recent deprivation, whose weeds, nevertheless, were arranged with a dolorous degree of grace, which amounted almost to coquetry. Clara Mowbray had also, negligent as she seemed to be of appearances, her own art of the toilet, although of the most rapid and most simple character. She took off her little riding-hat, and, unbinding a lace of Indian gold which retained her locks, shook them in dark and glossy profusion over her very handsome form, which they overshadowed down to her slender waist; and while her brother stood looking on her with a mixture of pride, affection, and compassion, she arranged them with a large comb, and, without the assistance of any femme d'atours, wove them, in the course of a few minutes, into such a natural head-dress as we see on the statues of the Grecian nymphs. ST. RONAN'S WELL. |