NEW MONTHLY BELLE ASSEMBLÉE; A MAGAZINE OF LITERATURE AND FASHION, UNDER THE IMMEDIATE PATRONAGE OF HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUCHESS OF KENT. VOL. XXXII. JANUARY TO JUNE, 1850. LONDON: PUBLISHED AT 24, NORFOLK STREET, STRAND. Home and Paradise, 272 284 Hope for the Best, 199 Impertinent Epigram, an, 363 In St. Paul's Cathedral, 287 Kathleen's Ghost, 198 L'Abandonné, 302 Lady Margaret's Song, 179 134 Language, the, of Flowers, 213 Lines on the Picture of Amy Lines to Mrs. Abdy, on the Lines suggested by hearing Lines to an angry Boy, who would fight, 371 Love-a "Heart-thought," 71 343 Man's Life, 290 Meet me, Mary, 359 Merry Christmas, a, and a Happy New Year, 101 Music, 112 Parting Year, the, 34 Rose-colour, 290 Sea-bird's Flight, 270 Shall we see thee no more, 272 Smithfield, a few Lines on, 284 Songs, 92, 135, 303, 336 Song, the, of a Belle, 143 The Philosopher; or, 'Twere There are Graves that never close, 344 They blame me for believing My Heart's adopted Home, 115 Thou has slighted thy Vow, 36 Printed by Joseph Rogerson, 21, Norfolk Street, Strand, London. CONTENTS. A SKETCH OF THE HISTORY OF MUSIC, FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES. BY A MU- LONDON VIEWED IN TWO SONNETS. BY NEWTON CROSLAND A MARRIAGE FOR THE OTHER WORLD (FROM THE FRENCH). BY MISS M. S. WATSON.. Just published, in post 8vo., price 2s. Gd., in a Wrapper, TOIL AND TRIAL: A STORY OF LONDON LIFE. BY MRS. NEWTON CROSLAND; AUTHOR OF PARTNERS FOR LIFE," "LAYS AND LEGENDS OF ENGLISH LIFE," &c., &c. WITH FRONTISPIECE BY JOHN LEECH. "The writer has the great merit, for a reform teacher, of not alienating her hearers by extravagant doctrines. The book is quite wholesome, and well calculated to help an important movement."-Athenæum. "She is a moralist, who draws truths from sorrow with the hand of a master, and depicts the miseries of mankind only that she may improve their condition."-Bell's Weekly Messenger. "The characters of the tale are cleverly conceived; the incidents are ingeniously evolved, and the general structure of the plot is exceedingly symmetrical."-Weekly Chronicle. "We cordially commend the work to general perusal, but more particularly to the attention of employers and heads of families."-Oxford Herald. "A well-told and most affecting story, apparently of real life."-Morning Herald. Arthur Hall, Virtue, and Co., 25, Paternoster-row, London. Just published, price 2s. 6d., cloth gilt, STRATAGE M S: A STORY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. BY MR S. NEWTON CROSLAND, WITH FOUR ILLUSTRATIONS ON WOOD. "This is a very delightful little book for the purpose for which it is intended. As an instructive and amusing tale for children, it is one which is calculated to be extremely popular. * ** It is written in an easy and familiar style, and, from the pleasing manner in which the incidents are narrated, is likely to awaken and excite the curiosity of youthful readers."-Sunday Times. "Mrs. Crosland's story is nicely written, not down to the capacities of children, but in better style than such incidents are usually narrated the moral is never lost sight of, and is made attractive from first to last. ***** The incidents it will be seen are simple enough; and it is by the interweaving of the accessory circumstances that the writer of the tale has shown her skill, and kept up the interest without sacrificing probability. The work is illustrated with a few pretty engravings.”—Illustrated London News. "Mrs. Crosland's nicety of delineation and delicacy of touch remind us of Miss Edgeworth.”—Standard of Freedom. "A sweet tale, and such as will make a rare gift for a child."-Sun. "Few works have pleased us more in the perusal than this simple and unpretending little narrative. Although simple, it is ingenious in construction, and the interest is ably and unremittingly sustained. The effect upon the mind of the first conscious act of deception on the part of a child, and the extrinsic consequences of such conduct in relation to others, innocently suspected of wrong and deceit, are forcibly and faithfully delineated."—Nottingham Mercury. Arthur Hall, Virtue, and Co., 25, Paternoster Row. |