SUBJECTS OF THE VIGNETTES CONTAINED IN THE FIRST VOLUME. 1. DEDICATION-A MUSE AND A QUEEN-LILY. "L'alto intelletto, e'l puro core." 2. A SCENE IN A LIBRARY. LIST OF ETCHINGS. 17. CUPID (as Phaton " 'lashing the Steeds of Phoebus to the West.") 18. THE TOMB OF THE CAPULETS. 19. HELEN (reading her husband's letter, ""Tis bitter.") 20. A FEMALE LOVE AS VICTORY. 21. CUPID AND PSYCHE-(the figures after Cipriani.) 22. THE ESCAPE OF FLORIZEL AND PERDITA. 23. VIOLA-(“ My father had a daughter lov'd a man," &c.) 24. CUPID YOKING TWO ITALIAN GREYHOUNDS. 25. OPHELIA AND THE FATES. 26. SIMPLICITY. 27. LOVE TURNED LOG-BEARER. 28. ARIEL (riding on the Crescent-moon.) tleman when a lady holds forth on the virtues of her own sex. He is a parricide of his mother's fame, And with an impious hand murders her fame, That wrongs the praise of women; that dares write The milk they lent us. Yours was the nobler birth, For you from man were made-man but of earth 66 MEDON. 'Only a rhyme I learned from one I talked withal;" 'tis a quotation from some old poet that has fixed itself in my memory-from Randolph, I think. ALDA. "Tis very justly thought, and very politely quoted, and my best curtsey is due to him and to you ;- -but now will listen to me? you MEDON. With most profound humility. ALDA. Nay, then! I have done, unless you will lay aside these mock airs of gallantry, and listen to me for a moment ! Is it fair to bring a secondhand accusation against me, and not attend to my defence? MEDON. Well, I will be serious. ALDA. Do so, and let us talk like reasonable beings. MEDON. Then tell me, (as a reasonable woman you will not be affronted with the question,) do you really expect that any one will read this little book of yours? ALDA. I might answer, that it has been a great source VOL. I. b |