An Alpine Tale.

"E'en now, while Alpine solitudes ascend,

I sit me down a pensive hour to spend."-Goldsmith.

AN

Alpine Tale:

SUGGESTED BY

CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH OCCURRED \TOWARDS

THE COMMENCEMENT

OF THE

Present Century.

BY THE AUTHOR OF

TALES FROM SWITZERLAND."

"Hail! awful scenes, that calm the troubled breast,
And woo the weary to profound repose;

Can passion's wildest uproar lull to rest,

And whisper comfort to the man of woes!"-BEATTIE.

"Simul et jucunda et idonea dicere vitæ."

VOL. I.

BOD

LONDON:

Printed for

FRANCIS WESTLEY, 10, STATIONERS'-COURT, AND

AVE-MARIA-LANE;

AND L. B. SEELY, 169, FLEET-STREET.