the numerous mosques, and by the ocean of houses and streets, which form the real Constantinople, or the city of Stamboul. The Mosque of St. Sophia," the St. Peter's of the Eastern Rome, raises its massive and gigantic dome above and quite close to the outward walls of the Seraglio.

39. Such arer the prominent points of the picture; but if you add to theses the vast frameworkt which encircles it and makes it stand out" from its background of sky and sea- -viz., the black lines of the Asiatic mountains, the blue and vapoury horizon of the gulf of Nicomedia, the summit of the Olympus of Brussa, rising behind the Seraglio, beyond the sea of Marmora, and which appear like white clouds in the firmament-if you add to this majestic whole the grace and colouring of the details-if you can picture in imagination the varied effects produced on the sea and the city by the sky, the wind, and the different hours of the day—if fleets of merchant-vessels, like flights of sea-birds, detaching themselves from the dark groves of the Seraglio, floating in the middle of the canal, and then slowly sailing down the Bosphorus, forming ever-changing groups

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40. If the rays of the setting sune gild the tops of the trees and the minarets, and illumine as if with fire the red walls of Scutari and Stamboul-if a dead calm should lulls the sea of Marmora to the stillness of a lake of molten lead, or if a breeze should lightly ruffle the Bosphorus, seeming to spread over its surface the resplendent meshesh of a network of silverif the smoke of the steamboats rises and curls roundi the broad trembling sails of the Sultan's frigates-if the guns fired1 for prayers on board them vessels of

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the fleet resound in prolonged echoes to the cypresses surrounding the cemetery-if the various noises from the seven towns and the thousands of vessels rise from the shore and the sea, and are wafted by the breeze to the hill whence you are looking downr. if you recollect that you are ins Constantinople, the queen of Europe and Asia, at the precise point where these two quarters of the world meet, as it were," either for friendly greeting, or for combat, you have at every hour the most delicious spectacle that cany charm the sight. It is an enchantment of the eye which communicates to the mind, a dazzling of the sight and the soul.-LAMARTINE.

V

ALFRED THE GREAT, KING OF ENGLAND.

41. At a period whend England was torn by civil war, and a prey to the cruelty of the Danes, a man appeared, destined by Providence to avenge his country, to defend his rights, to enlighten the age in which he lived, and to adorn humanity. Alfred the Great was the fourth son of Ethelwolf, King of England; he succeeded to the throne on the death of his brother Ethelred, in the year 871. After several actions with the Danes, the unfortunate Alfred was obliged to seek his safety by flight, and to retire tom the cottage of one of his peasants, where he remained several months as a * servant. He afterwards withdrew to the Isle of Athelney, in Somersetshire,P where, having heard that the Earl of Devonshire had

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obtained a great victory over the Danes, and had taken their magical standard, he disguised himself as a harper, entered the enemy's camp, and was admitted to the principal generals, who praised his talents for music. Having acquired an exact knowledge of the situation of his enemies, and finding▾ that they were divided among themselves, he seized the favourable moment, joined the Earl, headed his troops, surprised the Danes at Eddington, in Wiltshire, and obtained a complete victory.

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42. Having secured the peace of his dominions, after a great number of battles, which filled his enemies with terror, his next care was to polish his kingdom. Although there remain but fewd of his laws, England owes to him many of those advantages which render her constitution so precious. The trial by jury is said to have been instituted by him. caused learning to revive, and used his utmost endeavours to excite a love for letters among his subjects. He was himself a very learned prince, and all the hours he could take from businessi were devoted to study. When we consider the great qualities of Alfred, and his many virtues, we need not be suṛprised that his memory is still so dear to Englishmen. ADDISON.

RUINS OF TROY.

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our left, conceals the open sea;t nearer, and to the right, extends," like a dark barrier, the low and indented shore of the plain of Troy. The full moon, rising over the snow-capped a summit of Mount Ida, diffuses a serene but uncertain light over the mountain tops, the hills, and the plain; then beaming upon the sea, tinges its quiet waves with her mild effulgence, under the very side of our vessel, converting its surface into a bright areas upon which no shadow may dare to glide. We distinguish the tumuli,i or little conical mounds, which tradition assigns as the tombs of Hector and Patroclus. The broad red moon," glancing° over the undulations of the hills, resembles the ensanguined shield of Achilles; nop light is visible on all that line of coast, except a distant fire lighted by the shepherds on the ridges of Ida; no sound meetst our ears except the dull flapping of the sail, which, untouched by the lightest breeze, is occasionally beatens against the mainyard by the wavering of the mast: the image of the death which has passed over the ages of its glory seems impressed upon this still and melancholy scene.

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44. Leaning over the shrouds of the vessel, that land, those mountains, those ruins, those tombs, rised before me, with vaporous forms and undecided outlines, under the sleeping and silent rays of the planet off night, like the shadowy apparitions of a past world evoked from the bosom of the sea, and vanishing asi the moon sinks k behind the summits of other moun

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tains: it is an additional bright pagem to then Homeric poem; it is the consummation of all poems and of all history, unknown tombs, ruins without any certain names, a dark and naked soil, confusedly illuminated by immortal stars; and newP spectators passing with indifference before those shores, and repeating for the thousandth¶ time the epitaph of all things: Here lies an empire, a city, a people, heroes! God alone is great, and the thoughts which search Him outt and adore Him are alone imperishable.-LAMARTINE.

LAST MOMENTS OF CHARLES I.

45. After four hours' profound sleep, Charles left" his bed. "I have a great work to do this day," he said to Herbert, "I must get up immediately; and he sat down at his dressing-table. Herbert, in his

agitation, combed his hair with less care than usual.a "I pray you," said the king, though my head be not long to remain on my shoulders, take the same pains as usual; I wish to be as trim to-day as a bridegroom."c As he was dressing, he asked to have a *more than ordinary: on The season is so sharp," he said, as may make me shake, which some observers might imagine to proceed fromh fear. I would have no such imputation; I fear not death. I bless my God, I am prepared."

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