CONTENTS.

The Troubadour (text)..................................................................................................... 1

POETICAL SKETCHES OF MODERN PICTURES.

PORTRAIT OF A LADY .................................................................................. 257

JULIET AFTER THE MASQUERADE............................................................... 260

THE COMBAT............................................................................................... 265

THE FAIRY QUEEN SLEEPING ...................................................................... 267

THE ORIENTAL NOSEGAY............................................................................ 273

A CHILD SCREENIHNG A DOVE FROM A HAWK............................................ 278

THE ENCHANTED ISLAND ............................................................................ 280

CUPID AND SWALLOWS FLYING FROM WINTER.......................................... 284

LOVE NURSED BY SOLITUDE........................................................................ 289

FAIRIES ON THE SEA SHORE........................................................................ 292

A GIRL AT HER DEVOTIONS ......................................................................... 297

NYMPH AND ZEPHYR ................................................................................... 301

SKETCHES FROM HISTORY.

THE SULTANA'S REMONSTRANCE ............................................................... 305

HANNIBAL'S OATH....................................................................................... 309

ALEXANDER AND PHILLIP ........................................................................... 312

THE RECORD................................................................................................ 317