sian princess, as rich as it was elegant: it was of black velvet, lined throughout with the most valuable kind of sable, embroidered all round with gold, and surmounted by a collar a la Medicis; it fastened by a brooch in form of a lozenge, composed of five different kinds of jewels. Though the Boa tippets are still worn in out-door costume, yet, when the weather is chill, fur pelerines with long ends, seem more in general favor. For morning visits of ceremony, particularly to a newly-married lady, a white satin pelisse, with a pelerine trimmed with blond, is reckoned very elegant: the pelerine is round, and is left open in front. Satin pelisses, of light and lively spring colors, are much worn at the different promenades: Cachemire shawls and cloaks are yet favorite envelopes.

There is but very little novelty at present in the hat and bonnet department. The new bonnets are either white or of some lively color, in satin, or watered gros de Naples: those which are colored are adorned with white ribbon, spotted with the same color as the bonnet. Black and colored velvet hats are yet seen, but these have given place to those of satin, as more appropriate to the demi-saison. Very few are ornamented with feathers; but the greater part have a deep blond at the edge of the brim when the hat is of velvet, the figures on the ribbons which trim it are also of velvet; if the hat is satin, the ribbons are of gauze, with rich satin stripes or other figures.

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Gloves are embroidered at the back of the hand, in various colors; and the half-boots are of velvet, or merino. Every invention seems now to be bestowed chiefly on jewellery. Arrows of gold, pearls, differently colored gems and diamonds, are fixed across the bows of hair, and are splendid in the extreme; and long branches of foliage, composed of emeralds and gold, are often seen mingled among the tresses. At the court festivals, just before Lent, the blaze of diamonds almost caused a artificial day. Butterflies, in different colored stones, and of various sizes, from the number of six to eight, are very favorite ornaments on the hair.

The colors most admired are green, blue, rose-color, brown, slate-color, steam-yellow, orange, and cherry-color.

FROM THE FRENCH OF FLORIAN; AUTHOR OF ESTELLE;" "GALATEA ;" BELTON, OR THE FAITHLESS

The German language is difficult, and little studied in France, by which we consequently lose much pleasure; for, could we read their best authors in the original, we should be enchanted by their simplicity, and the genuine pastoral spirit which characterises their works. They understand natureespecially rural nature-better than we do, and paint it in all the exquisite coloring of truth. The translations of Gessner surpass all our pastorals, and we never lay down his "Death of Abel," his Idylls," or his "Daphnis," without feeling our hearts more gentle-more tender-more virtuous than before. The moral is every where simple and pure. Were

The highly interesting tale of Belton, or the Faithless Husband, will be found in the second volume of The Ladies' Pocket Magazine for 1824; although occupying nearly fifty pages, it will amply repay the reader for a re-perusal.

L. 29. 1.

I a village pastor, I would frequently read these works to my flock, and I should be certain of finding an improvement in all my parishioners.

But I am only a writer of tales, and the following is one which I had from a little Swiss of thirteen years old, who for some time kept the flocks of the pastoral Gessner.

In a village of Franconia lived a labourer, named Pierre ; his farm, though the finest in the neighbourhood, was the least esteemed of his possessions: he had three daughters, and three sons, who were married, and, with their families, inhabited the same cottage. Pierre, aged eighty, and his wife, Theresa, seventy-eight, were served, loved, and respected, by this numerous offspring, whose dearest occupation was to ameliorate and prolong their old age. Having been sober and industrious in youth, no unnatural infirmities tormented their latter years; contented in themselves, loving to the last, and proud of their dren, they blessed them, and rendered thanks to Him, ti e great author of all their happiness.

One evening, after a day passed in the labors of the harvest, the good Pierre, Theresa, and their descendants, seated on the green turf, rested before their door. They gazed on the brilliant spectacle of those voluptuous summer nights, to the citizen unknown.

"See," said the old man, "the azure canopy spangled with stars, some of them shooting across the horizon,—nature's own splendid fire-works. The moon, sunk behind these poplars, sheds her pale and trembling light, tinging every object with her shadowy hues. Zephyr sleeps; the tranquil trees seem to respect the sleeping birds; the linnets place their heads beneath their wings; the stockdove's gentle note has ceased;-all the grove is hushed to silence: one distant sound alone strikes the ear at intervals-it is the owl;-he watches while others sleep; his murmurs break on the ear of night, like the wicked and perturbed spirit of the guilty. Oh, my children, be ever virtuous! and peace of heart is yours eternally. How many years your mother and I have enjoyed uninterrupted tranquillity! may your repose be less severely punished!"

At these words, a tear moistened the old man's eyes. Louisa, a little girl of seven years' old, ran to embrace him. Grandpapa," said she, "you sometimes tell us stories in

the evenings; I wish you would relate your own: it is not late, the evening is lovely, and we are not inclined to sleep."

All the family united in Louisa's request, and they formed a little circle round Pierre,-Louisa seated herself at his feet; each mother took on her knees the child most likely to be troublesome; and the old man, resting on the head of Louisa one hand, and with the other clasping that of Theresa, began his history.

"It is a long time since I was nineteen, and Theresa two years younger. She was the only daughter of Aimar, the richest farmer in the Margraviate, and I was the poorest peasant in the village; but my poverty was unfelt, until love called for reflection. Knowing my circumstances created an insuperable obstacle to our union, I made every effort to banish from my mind the impression Theresa had made on my heart. To improve my condition, I must have removed far from the little centre of my happiness. I had not courage for and I became servant of the farm of Theresa's father. You, my children, who have married for love, may judge with what ardor I then labored. Theresa was not insensible to my feelings; we thought but of each other-we lived but for each other: it was a dream of happiness, soon, too soon, awakened.

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"A neighbouring farmer made proposals to Aimar for his daughter. The old man visited the suitor's possessions, and, finding his fields were fertile, and his herds abundant, the marriage arrangements were immediately concluded.

"We both wept,-but what would our tears avail? the fatal day approached, and Theresa declared she would sooner die than become another's: I felt I could not survive her, and as but one alternative remained, we risked it, and fled! but heaven chastised the disobedience of a daughter. At midnight we quitted the village, Theresa mounted on a pony, which, as it had been given to her by one of her uncles, it appeared to us she had a right to. A bundle of her clothes and mine was placed in a wallet, which, with a small portion of provisions, and a very little money, the fruits of her own savings, was our sole dependence. Youth moulds morality to its will ;-I robbed a father of his daughter, though I would have scrupled to deprive him of aught else.

"We travelled all night, and at break of day, found ourselves on the frontiers of Bohemia, safe from the terrors of pursuit. We stopped in a solitary valley, watered by one of those rivulets so dear to lovers' hearts. Theresa alighted from her horse, and, seating ourselves on the green turf, we made a frugal though delicious meal: it was then we began to consider our future fate.

"After a very long consultation, after having counted our money above twenty times, and calculated our horse at its highest value, we found twenty ducats the extent of our riches. This was a sum which would not last long for subsistence. We resolved on gaining a large town as quickly as possible; first, because we should be in less danger of discovery; and next, because we wished immediately to be married. After this sage determination, we proceeded towards the town of Egra. Immediately on our arrival, we sought a priest, and gave him half our little treasure to unite us. Never was money expended with more good will: it seemed as if all our troubles were ended, and every fear removed. For the next eight days care was a stranger to us, but it then became necessary to dispose of our little horse; and, at the end of a month, nothing remained. What was now to be done? I had no resource but in the labors of husbandry, and these, at Egra, were of no avail. Theresa was equally deficient in expedients she suffered much, and trembled for the future. My mind also was a prey to inquietude; yet we concealed our feelings from each other, dreading mutually to afflict the heart so devoted, and so true.

"At length, when all the horrors of want glared fearfully before us, I enlisted in a troop of cavalry, on garrison at Egra. My pay just sufficed for our support, and the birth of an infant drew our ties more closely together. Dear Gertrude, how we gazed on thee, as if, in thy little form, all our earthly bliss was concentrated. At the birth of each of our children such were always our feelings: thank heaven! they have not been disappointed. My wife began to despair at our situation, and her hours were passed in watching by thy cradle, while, by strict attention to my duties, was endeavouring to gain the esteem of my superior officers.

Frederick, my captain, was but twenty years old, he was distinguished in the regiment by graceful manners, and a