in England with the "Danse Macabre," is bright and gay. A ballad, in black-letter copy, to be found in the Ashmolean Museum, under the name of "The Dolefull Dance and Song of Death, intituled, Dance after my pipe, to a pleasant new tune," gives some faint insight into the nature of the dance. It begins: "Can you dance The Shaking of the Sheets,' A dance that every one must do? Then follows a lengthy enumeration of all the various personages limned in the well-known pictures or described in the well-known rhymes; and the ballad concludes with the moral: "Therefore, take time while it is lent, Prepare with me yourselves to dance," &c. The "Shaking of the Sheet" was afterwards, as has been stated, used as a country dance; and probably no less cheery was the measure to which men in other lands executed the misused mystery of the "Dance of Death." P. Chiswick, May 20th, 1864. WHERE, remote from din of commerce, Spread a grateful umbrage here, High their stately crests uprear. On the lawns, soft swards of velvet To the river's marge descend; In the gardens, art and nature All their choicest gifts expend. Here to-day, within the mansion, Brightened by the chestnut's bloom, Come they solely to pay homage To the summer's earliest sheen? Deck'd with life the fairy scene? "Tis to bear a holy witness For the brave against the strong; "Tis to blast with detestation Foulest tyranny and wrong; "Tis to show that if we may not From the scabbard pluck the brand, England's sympathies are ever With a brave and suffering land. It were vain to tell how Poland All the gallant nation's throes. At those tales of blood and crime, At the ruthless, fierce oppression, Born with fortitude sublime? Vain devotion! futile valour! All too mighty were her foes- Who shall tell what throngs of victims To the dauntless hearts that perished Shall we not send aid and succour Yes! their grateful countrywomen Sell their jewels here to-day, "Tis for this, that English ladies, Great and highborn, gather there,— Not in vain a cause so noble Pleads their sympathies to share; 'Tis to bear a holy witness For the brave against the strong; "Tis to blast with detestation Foulest tyranny and wrong. W. T. L. I. THE DOCTOR'S WIFE. BY THE AUTHOR OF "LADY AUDLEY'S SECRET," ETC. CHAPTER XXX. THE BEGINNING OF A GREAT CHANGE. PAGE 305 XXXII. "I'LL NOT BELIEVE BUT DESDEMONA'S HONEST." V. BROKEN TO HARNESS. A STORY OF ENGLISH DOMESTIC LIFE. DOCTOR'S WIFE. BY THE AUTHOR OF "LADY AUDLEY'S SECRET," "HENRY DUNBAR," &c. LONDON: TEMPLE BAR OFFICE, 122 FLEET STREET. The right of publishing translations of articles in this Magazine is reserved b ONLY OBTAINED THE PRIZE MEDAL At the Great Exhibition, 1862. Sold by all Grocers, Druggists, &c., throughout the United Kingdom. PAPER&ENVELOPES THE PUBLIC SUPPLIED AT WHOLESALE PRICES, Carriage paid to the Country on Orders exceeding 20s. AND USEFUL CREAM NOTE 2s. Od. per Ream SUPERFINE CREAM-LAID SUPERFINE ditto SUPERFINE THICK ditto 3s. Od. " ENVELOPES. THICK VELLUM ditto CIAL) ditto NO CHARGE for Stamping Crests, Initials, Arms, or Address on Paper or Envelopes. Polished Steel Crest Dies engraved for 5s.; Business Dies, from 2s. 6d. Colour Stamping (Relief) reduced to 4s. per Ream. PARTRIDGE & COZENS', "IMPROVED PRIZE WRITING-CASE," fitted with Envelopes, Paper, Blotting-book, Penholder, Pencil, &c. 1s. 6d. each, or post-free for 22 Stamps. "This neat, commodious, and ingenious case is a marvel of cheapness and utility; being small enough to carry in a coat pocket, and yet cotaining every requisite for correspondence. It also possesses the valuable quality of being waterproof, which must render it particularly serviceable to persons travelling."-Vide Civil Service Gazette. This is the Case recently noticed and approved of by the Society of Arts as being "conveniently and neatly arranged." PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUMS, from 2s. 6d. to 5 Guineas. The Largest and Best Assortment in the Kingdom. DESPATCH-BOXES, TRAVELLING WRITING-CASES, LETTER-SCALES, INKSTANDS, WALNUT AND OAK STATIONERY-CABINETS, &c. &c. PARTRIDGE & COZENS, 192 FLEET STREET, & 1 & 2 CHANCERY LANE, LONDON, E.C. Price-List post-free. Trade supplied. KINAHAN'S LL WHISKY V. COGNAC BRANDY. TH HIS celebrated old IRISH WHISKY rivals the finest French Brandy. It is pure, mild, mellow, delicious, and very wholesome. Sold in bottles, 38. 8d., at the retail houses in London; by the agents in the princi pal towns in England; or, wholesale, at 8 Great Windmill Street, Haymarket, W. Observe the red seal, pink label, and cork branded "Kinahan's LL Whisky." |