PLYMOUTH INSTITUTION. 11 



Colonel Smith has contributed a long account of his 

 collection of drawings, wherein the excursive reader 

 may find a description of the means used by one 

 man to accumulate such an immense mass of valuable 

 materials as this gentleman's drawings are admitted to 

 be. The artist will find many useful hints and much 

 important information, and the young aspirant for the 

 glory of pictorial fame will find ample directions for 

 pursuing the shortest road to his desired object. 



Thus much, at present, concerning the " Transac- 

 tions," to which we shall refer, more in detail, at a 

 more convenient season. Perhaps we may be accused 

 of praising too much, but, in our own humble opinion, 

 we have not praised half enough, and we feel satisfied 

 that our praise has been bestowed from honest and 

 disinterested motives, with the hope of giving a stimu- 

 lus, however weak, in the cause of a valuable and 

 honorable work. 



" Fame is the spur that doth the clear spirit raise," &c. 



TENTATUS. 



FUNEREAL SKETCHES, No. XI. 

 OUR VILLAGE QUEEN. 



Our village queen ! Where is her crown ? 



And mounted knights to attend her ? 

 Her brow is unclouded by care or frown ; 



But what are the signs of her splendour ? 

 That endearing smile which shines 



Around her, like a brilliant gem 

 Choicest in a thousand mines 



Such is her natural diadem. 



But there came a thought of the lovelier dead, 



When our village maids enthroned her; 

 And an infant herald lisping read 



The title by which we owned her : 

 And a pearly tear of regret fell down, 



On the damsel's cheek that bore it, 

 As she looked with pain on our rustic crown, 



And thought of the last who wore it. Eos. 



