504 A CHAPTER ON ANNUALS. 



And the penitent and mourning daughter was clasped once more to her 

 parent's heart. 



" Margaret died not long after in her father's arras, rejoicing with humble 

 faith in her release. The infant son remained with his grandfather ; and the 

 cottage which had been the scene of his parents' brief time of wedded love 

 of his mother's widowed anguish, was left uninhabited, and speedily fell to 

 decay, which was accelerated by the encroachments of the sea upon the Cove. 

 Some broken expressions which escaped from Margaret, regarding the appa- 

 rition seen by her on the morning of her husband's death, being speedily 

 circulated among the inhabitants of the coast, deterred any one from ever 

 . attempting again to fix a habitation in the Cove of Craignavarroch. The 

 place acquired the reputation of being ' uncanny ;' and at present, there are 

 few fishermen who would willingly put in there after nightfall, however 

 rough the sea, and however distant their destined haven. It stands in the 

 solitude and the desolation befitting the theatre of such a tale." P. 145. 



We have already taken up a larger space than we intended ; yet 

 such a sacrifice is but due to so very interesting a portion of the litera- 

 ture of our country. Next month we may be induced to give another 

 chapter to complete our notice. Hood, by that time, may have 

 manufactured his Christmas stock of " laughing gas/' and we shall 

 certainly endeavour to obtain some portion of its essence. The 

 LANDSCAPE ALBUM is one of the cheapest and best of its contempo- 

 raries. It has upwards of t fifty engravings from Westall's drawings, 

 designed to illustrate the beauties of our own country. It is very 

 elegantly " got up" in green and gold, and might not unaptly be 

 called the " British Landscape Annual." 



Ackermann's FORGET ME NOT maintains its ancient reputation, and 

 shall have our attention. The LANDSCAPE ANNUAL, HEATH'S 

 PICTURESQUE, The KEEPSAKE, The AMULET, Miss Landon's 

 DRAWING ROOM SCRAP BOOK, and others, must stand over. Among 

 the juveniles, Mrs. A. Watts' NEW YEAR'S GIFT appears the most 

 attractive. We have besought Miss Sheridan's assistance to conclude 

 this long chapter after the loyal and approved fashion of play-bill 

 literature with 



VIVAT RKX (WRECKS). 



