THE

ROYAL DRAWING ROOM

TABLE BOOK;

COMPRISING

ORIGINAL TALES AND POETRY,

BY JOHN SHERER.

ILLUSTRATED BY

A SERIES OF STEEL ENGRAVINGS,

EXECUTED IN THE HIGHEST STYLE OF ART, BY THE FIRST ARTISTS.

BOD

"What are they?

Creations of the mind?-The mind can make
Substances, and people planets of its own
With beings brighter than have been, and give

A breath to forms which can outlive all flesh."

BYRON.

LONDON:

HAMILTON, ADAMS, AND CO., 32, PATERNOSTER ROW.
BRAIN AND CO., 26, PATERNOSTER ROW.

270. d. 17

то

HER ROYAL HIGHNESS

THE

PRINCESS OF WALES,

THIS VOLUME

IS MOST RESPECTFULLY

Dedicated

BY HER ROYAL HIGHNESS'S

OBEDIENT SERVANT,

THE AUTHOR.