CONTENTS.

[The Pieces marked (*) continue the Series of Scripture Illustrations,
by the Editor.]

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PREFACE

A Scene of the Pestilence. By the Author of "The

The Wizard. By Miss Jewsbury

The Martyr: a Dramatic Sketch. By William Hewitt

St. John the Evangelist. By the Hon. and Rev. Baptist

W. Noel, M.A.

The Dream. By the Author of "Private Life"

The Protestant's Kyrie Eleëson

"Too oft in Pure Religion's Name." By Thomas

The Departed Year. By H. C. Deakin, Esq. .

Nathan and David. By the Author of "The Heir of

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Yet-Hope." By the Author of "The Living and the

Dead"

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The Convert of the Harem. Extracted from an Album

in Devonshire. By M. G. T.

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Madonna and Child. By Thomas Haynes Bayly, Esq.

The Reformer of Switzerland. By the Rev. F. A. Cox,

LL.D.

The Deluge. By Miss Susannah Strickland

Stanzas. By the Rev. Henry Thomson, M.A.

Passages. By Willis Gaylord Clark, of Philadelphia

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Inscription on a Burial Ground. By W. Hetherington,

A. M.

Stanzas Written under a Drawing of King's College

Chapel, Cambridge. By the Author of "Lillian"

The Curse of Property. By Mrs. S. C. Hall
Sonnet. By Edward Moxon

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The Infant St. John. By Thomas Haynes Bayly, Esq.

Judith. "An ower true Tale." From a Traveller's

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Judas Returning the Thirty Pieces. By the Editor

The Comet. By Edward W. Cox, Esq.

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The Youth of Sir Philip Sidney. By Miss Jane Porter

Christ in the Garden with Mary.* By the Editor

Mount Moriah: a Sacred Narrative. By the Author of

"Miriam "

**Musical Publishers are requested to observe, that the Poems by Thomas
Haynes Bayly, inserted in this volume, are property.

LIST OF EMBELLISHMENTS.

I.-Christ Blessing Little Children. Engraved by J.
W. Cooke, from a Painting by B. West, P.R.A.
By permission of the Governors of the Foundling
Hospital
(the Frontispiece)
II. The Head of Christ Crowned with Thorns. En-
graved by H. Humphreys, from a Drawing by Sir
Thomas Lawrence, P. R. A., in the possession of
the Proprietors of the Iris
(the Vignette)

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III. St. John the Evangelist. Engraved by W. Finden,
after a Painting by Dominichino
IV. Nathan and David. Engraved by S. Sangster,
after a Picture by B. West, P. R. A.
V. The Nativity. Engraved by A. W. Warren, after
a Picture by Sir Joshua Reynolds, P. R. A.
VI.-Madonna and Child. Engraved by A. Fox, after

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a Picture by Correggio. By permission of the
Marquis of Exeter

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VII. The Deluge. Engraved by E. Roberts, after a

Picture by N. Poussin

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VIII. Christ Blessing the Bread. Engraved by W. Ensom, from a Picture by Carlo Dolci. By permission of the Marquis of Exeter

IX.-Infant St. John and Lamb. Engraved by Davenport, after a Painting by Murillo

X.-Judas Returning the Thirty Pieces. Engraved by W. Raddon, after a Picture by Rembrandt XI.-Jesus with Mary, in the Garden. Engraved by W. Ensom, after a Picture by Titian. By permission of S. Rogers, Esq.

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