1826.] 
cousin Lanra; indicative,of .the sanxiety,of 
hope»sdeferred — the -thwarted. and. disap- 
pointed ‘spirit’ pming for! the arrival ‘of her 
lovers°! Lhe “opening is “harmonious-and 
poetical." 192 1 _.ysq 19H s0q bh oF 
The lover comes’ at'last 5‘ aiid to her re- 
proaches for his lingering to'so Jate'an hour, 
he first replies by mentioning the delays of 
public business; that he had, been at the 
palace, the church—had undergone a grand 
procession, and:a,‘‘long dreary, feast.” He 
at Jength more playfully rejoins :— 
Fos. 2" Perhaps T love 
To visit my heart’s treasure by that light 
When misers seek their buriéd hoards; ‘to steal 
‘Upon thé loved one, like a mermaid’s song, 
Unseen and floating between sea and sky ; 
To creep upon her in love's loveliest hour, 
Not in Her daylight beauty with the glare 
‘Of the bright sum around her, but thus pure 
And white and delicate, under the cool moon 
‘Or lamp of alabaster. Thus I love 
To think of thee, Camilla; thus with flowers 
About thee and fresh air, and such a light, 
And such astillness; thus I dream of thee 
Sleeping or waking. 
“The tragedy now becomes more stre- 
riwous, and Tess merely poetical. There are, 
however, striking passages mingled with the 
wrath, the envy, and the agony of the ca- 
tastrophe. “Erizzo had sent an assassin to 
kil] Foséari ; the assassin has shrunk from 
so formidable an antagonist, and has slain 
Donato, in the idea that) Foscari might 
thus be supposed’ ‘to ‘have revenged himself 
for the rejection ‘of his alliance. In the 
midst of a batidquet at the ducal palace, the 
news is brought of Donato’s death; Erizzo 
appears, and charges Foscari with the mur- 
der....A. trial is held before the council ; 
the..dead..body is, brought. in; .and_ the 
charge is:substantiated by, the discovery of 
Foscari’s sword and cloak beside the corpse. 
Camilla’s presence, ‘as a-witness, heightens 
the interest.’ The centence ‘is*commuted 
from death to exile: Foscari now bursts out 
in a strain of manly and pious resignation : 
Fos. Ye Senators, 
Ve kings of Venice, I appeal from you 
To the Supreme Tribunal. 
Erizzo... To thy father ? 
.. Fos, To Him that is in heaven, Ye aremen, 
Frail, erring, ignorant men, guided or driven 
By every warring passion ; some by love 
Of the beloved Donati ; some by hate 
Of the high Foscari ; by envy some; 
Many by fear; and one by low ambition, 
This ye,call justice, Lords 1 But I appeal 
To the AlL-righteous Judge of earth and heaven, 
Before whose throne condemmers and condernned 
All shall stand equal, at whose feet J swear, 
By what my soul holds sacred—by the spurs 
Of knighthood—by the Christian’s holier Cross, 
And by that old man’s white and reverend locks, 
O"PHAY I an iniiecent,) "Ve, who disbelieve, 
*/ And ye who doubt, and ye; the grovelling few, 
Believing who condemn, J shower onall 
Contempt and pardon, Now, guards, to%the prison. 
“TW this extremity, Camilla resolves to 
share'with him. “Poscari is embittered 
" Doinestic-and Foreign. 
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against fortiine; Cathilla® tells” Hirt” that 
others have their still weightier griefs." “A's 
they are about to” embark, ‘Cosmo, ‘stimu. 
lated by ErizZo to prevent his: sister’s '‘de- 
parture, as a triumph to Foscari, follows 
him, and compels’ him'to retort’ insult’ by 
the sword. Fos¢ari falls“at’ the moment 
when the Doge comes in, in tlie full exul- 
tation of having proved his innocence. But 
the wound is mortal. Etizzo is ordered to 
instant death; but he goes ‘Out in fierce 
joy at the ruin of the’ Foscari, 0 
Our readers can now judge for them-, 
selyes.. It might be a matter of no great 
difficulty to produce instances of miscon-, 
ception in the plot, and perhaps of prose 
treacherously interweaving itself with the 
poetry. But we feel, at all times, a much 
higher gratification in being able to point 
out those things of “better promise,” which 
exhibit the intelligence and talent. of the 
writer. But, of all writers, a female is 
most entitled to be treated with respect and 
consideration. The habits of female life 
are not friendly to the exercise of the more 
vigorous ability; and women, successful in 
authorship, have not seldom stained their 
laurels by a too obvious use of strong pic- 
turing, and forbidden modes of sentiment 
and language. But the present. writer has 
honourably kept her pen immaculate ; and 
we should be glad to see her popularity in- 
crease, even if it were only for the sake of 
her example. 
A Treatise on Diet, by Dr. Paris: 1826: 
Dr. Paris’s Treatise on Diet, like Ad- 
dison’s razors, seems to have been made 
to sell. It contains nothing “‘ new or rare,” 
detailing what appears to us—unlearned in 
these matters as we confess ourselves— 
the common-place opinions about the 
wholesomeness of some kinds of food, and 
the unwholesomeness of others, with oc- 
casionally a dictum in the teeth of some 
potent authority—-just to shake our con- 
fidence in medical opinions upon a-subject, 
about which every man’s own sensations— 
if he will but record them—will soon give 
much surer information. The book opens 
with a detail, secundum artem, of the 
anatomy of the digestive organs—for whose 
service intended, God knows; to the ge- 
neral reader—we can speak for ourselyes— 
it is much too meagre to be of any use, and 
we suspect it will only curl up the nose of 
the professional one. It gives him, however, 
‘an opportunity, which perhaps the’ had 
better haye suffered to slip by him, of ex- 
pressing his contempt for all who thinka 
knowledge of minude anatomy necessary 
for aphysician ; he himself evidently thinks 
if quite enough for a physiciun, to be able to 
say on which side the heart is, should ‘any 
prying or perplexing patient ever put the 
question. : 
The second part is occupied with the 
discussion of many importarit subjects con- 
nected with the “ rateria alimentaria,” and, 
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