APRIL, 1847. The Battle of Benevento. An Historical Novel of the Thirteenth Century. Abridged from the Italian of F. B. Guerazzi. By Lochlin. An Irish Song. By Mrs. Crawford . The Double Romance. A Tale of the Overland. Gathered The Vegetarian; or, a Visit to Aunt Primitive. By Fanny E. INDEX TO VOL. XLVIII. ORIGINAL PAPERS. Adieu, Beloved France! By Mrs. Crawford, 69. Battle of Benevento, The. An Historical Novel of the Thirteenth Cambriana. No. II.-The Mawddach. By the Rev. Robert Jones, 329. Death at Sea. By Mrs. Abdy, 196. Dialogues of the Statues, The. By Peter Orlando Hutchinson, 93. Emmeline; or, Love and Avarice. A Tale, 71, Haunted Halls of Roslin, The, 413. Hymn to Venus. (From Metastasio.) By Captain Rafter, 68. I sigh for Thee. By Mrs. Crawford, 229. Lights on the Goodwin Sands, The. By Mrs. Abdy, 24. Lines on seeing a Beggar Girl Gathering Flowers. By Mrs. Charles Lochlin. By Mrs. Crawford, 381. Love's Trial. By John Store Smith, 266. My Sister. By Mrs. Edward Thomas, 172. Pictures of the Heart. By Mrs. Charles Tinsley, 155. Provençal Song.-The Banks of the Fair Garonne. By Mrs. Craw- Recollections of Madeira during the Winter of 1844-5, 143, 308, 427. Sir Monk Moyle. By J. Lumley Shafto, 197, 290, 371. Sister Anne; or, Making Much of a Little. By Mrs. Abdy, 174. Songs of Zion, The. By Mrs. Charles Tinsley, 91. So 'tis Best. By Mrs. Charles Tinsley, 214. Spanish Adventures. A Passage in the Life of Captain Anthony The Better Thought. By Mrs. Edward Thomas, 255. The Light of Mental Science applied to Moral Training. By Mrs. The Morning Sunbeam. By Mrs. Edward Thomas, 368. The Old Familiar Room. By Mrs. Edward Thomas, 328. The Return. By Mrs. Charles Tinsley, 302. Things Seen at a Distance, 335, 443. To the Swallow. By Mrs. Charles Tinsley, 23. Tour among the Theatres, A. By Tippoo Khan, late of Hyderabad, 25, 183, 280, 415. Vegetarian, The. By Fanny E. Lacey, 403. Yes, she was Beautiful. By Mrs. Crawford, 442. THE METROPOLITAN MAGAZINE. THE BATTLE OF BENEVENTO.* AN HISTORICAL NOVEL OF THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY. ABRIDGED FROM THE ITALIAN OF F. B. GUERAZZI, BY MRS. MACKESEY. CHAPTER XIX. MANFRED! we have not attempted to describe him such as he was in those days when, wafted along by the breeze of prosperity, if the daring of his desires was intemperate, so much the more immoderate were the will of man and the circumstances of destiny, in flattering him: but now, in the solemn hour of his adversity, he moves the heart with such sensations as no man, however little magnanimous, would wish to repel; he awakens in the depths of the mind such thoughts as no one, however powerful, could term worthless. The power which rules over the destinies of the earth has decreed that, to obtain the fame of "Great," the exercise of virtue is not necessary; at least, what we call virtue. And let no one presumptuously revolt against this decree. We would ask him, was that virtue in the ancient father, who supported a numerous family by the labour of his hands, and brought them up by example and precept in the fear of God and the love of their fellow-creatures? he will answer in the affirmative; and we will ask him again, why is it that scarce a whisper of his memory is heard like a fleeting breath in the village where he dwelt? why is it that the piety of his grandchildren seeks in vain within the hallowed precincts a stone, a mark, a cross, to Continued from page 371, vol. xlvii. Jan., 1847.-VOL. XLVIII.—NO. CLXXXIX. B |