JUSTIN WINSOR,

CAMBRIDGE, MASS.

EVENINGS IN AUTUMN;

A

Series of Essays,

NARRATIVE AND MISCELLANEOUS.

BY

NATHAN DRAKE, M.D.

AUTHOR OF LITERARY HOURS,

ON PERIODICAL LITERATURE, OF SHAKSPEARE

AND HIS TIMES, AND OF WINTER

NIGHTS.

OF ESSAYS

Nunc frondes autumno frigore tactas
Jamque malé hærentes alta rapit arbore ventus.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. II.

OVIDIUS.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR

LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, AND BROWN.

PATERNOSTER-ROW.

ANY

JUL 28 1955

CONTENTS OF VOL. II.

No.

XII. On the Blindness of Homer, Ossian, and Milton.

PAGE

24

XIII. The Valley of the Rye, a Tale, continued
XIV. On the Character and Writings of Sir Thomas
Browne, with Extracts from, and Observations
on his Religio Medici -

XV. Critical Remarks on "The Judgment, a Vision,"

a Poem by Mr. Hillhouse of New York

63

100

-

128

XVI. The Valley of the Rye, a Tale, continued

XVII. On the Blindness of Homer, Ossian, and Milton.

OSSIAN

XVII. On the Religio Medici of Sir Thomas Browne

concluded

170

222

XIX. The Valley of the Rye, a Tale, continued
XX. On the Blindness of Homer, Ossian, and Milton.

MILTON

XXI. The Valley of the Rye, a Tale, concluded

XXII. Remarks on Social Worship-The Village-

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