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eagerly guarded her head, which they’ 
sheltered with their large cloaks, Al! 
it was shen that Smoloff could not refrain 
from loving that thunder, and those fright- 
ful scenes, which made Elizabeth stagger, 
so as to press agaist bim! [He cares, 
not for his own life, which he would ex~ 
pose a thousand times to prolung the hap- 
piness of the present moment; neither 
did he fear for that of Elizabeth, for he 
was sure of being able to save her; and, 
during this momentary exultation, he 
even defied all the tempests of the ani- 
verse from being able to prevent his ge- 
nerous parpose. 
After mruch toil and difficulty, the 
three travellers at length regained the 
éottage of the lake, and witnessed the 
happiness they had conferred on. the 
mother, who shed tears of joy. Nor 
was this all; for as soon as the hurry of 
the mteresting interview was over, Smo- 
lof, in the name of his father, commu- 
nicated to tliese two pious and worthy 
females the glad tidings, that the go- 
vernor had been pleased to grant to 
Phedra and her daughter the distinguished 
privilege of ‘attending divine service in 
the neighbouring church of Saimka. 
Toa young woman who had never 
seen the world, such a permission, was 
of course considered asa great favour, and 
it was eagerly laid hold of, both*by her 
and her mother. They accordingly reb 
paired thither, and, were soon noticed, 
not only on aecount of the extreme 
beauty of the one, ‘but the ardent devo- 
tion of both. © Smolott, too, to whom she 
had ‘confided her secret wish, to repair to 
the ‘capital, was nota little pleased, at 
having such an opportunity of seeing and 
admiring her. 
“During two months,” we are told, 
“Elizabeth repaired every Sunday to the 
church of Saimka, where she constantly 
‘expected to meet her young friend. But 
this did not once occur, and she even 
learned that be had quitted Tobolsk, 
On receiving this intelligence, all her 
hopes were blasted, for she doubted not 
‘but Smoloif had entirely forgotten her, and 
at this idea, she more than once shed 
bitter tears, but tears which the purest 
invocence could not reproach her with, 
for it was not love that occasioned thei. 
“ Towards the end of April, the sun 
which had become warmer, began to dis- 
‘solve the snow, and the sandy isles of the 
Jake at length presented the appearance 
of verdure, The bawthorn, already ‘pre- 
‘pared to unfold its large white clusters of 
‘flowers; while the campanula, with its 
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Retrospect of French Literature—Miscellanies. 
buds of a pale blue colour, and the spear- 
formed sedge, the lotus, with a variety of 
other flowers, seemed to enamel the 
banks. Flocks of black birds settled on 
the naked branches of the adjacert forest, _ 
and for the first time interrupted the 
dreary silence of the winter.- “Aiready 
the Persian wild-duck, with its rose- 
coloured breast, its black beak, and its 
tuft of feathers on its head, uttered shrill 
and piercing cries; at the same time, 
amidst the reeds of the marsh, were to be 
seen woodcocks of various kinds, some 
black, ornamented with yellow bills; 
others with long legs, and wearing a col- 
lar of different-coloured feathers around 
its neck. In short, a premature spring, 
seemed already to be announced to Si- 
beria ; and Elizabeth, feeling what she 
would lose, provided she ‘should let slip 
the opportunity ofa year so favourable to 
her journey, was’now confirmed’ in ‘her 
bold resolution to pursue her project, and 
to trust to nothing for its suctess, but 
herself, and the Deity.” 
In thisjourney, we are unable to follow 
the heroine, less from the want of incli- 
nation, than of room, ‘but those who are 
enabled to refer to the oviginal, will not 
fail to be gratitied by an interesting nar~ 
rative, improved not a littleyby a moral, 
which in every page recommends filial 
piety. : 
We readily give the preference to this 
novel, as far superior in every point of 
view to the former. y 
“ Voyage sur la Scene de six derniers 
Livres de l’Eneide, &c.”—A Journey 
through the Scene of the six last Books 
of the /neid, accompanied with some 
Observations relative to the modern La- 
tiun, by Cuarces Vicror DE BonstEt- 
TEN, formerly Bailli de Nion, amember, 
of the Royal Academy of Sciences, of 
Copenhagen, and aiso of the Societies of. 
Physic and Natural History, at Goueva. 
{t has for some time past been custo- 
mary ‘to praise the government of ‘the 
Papal territories, «and. to “attempt ‘to 
prove, that the secular “sway of the 
church is generally mild and beneficent. 
lJere, however, wé have an author ofa 
very different description, for the radical 
detects of the government of the Pope 
are ably and *forcibly'pomted out. In 
the picture painted by his warm pencil, 
misery, desolation, and despair are 
brought into the fore-ground, and the 
canvas every where seems to be charged 
with horrors. 
As he appears fully sensible that his 
precursors -have been-often actuated by 
prejudice ; 
