NEW MONTHLY BELLE ASSEMBLÉE; A MAGAZINE OF LITERATURE AND FASHION, UNDER THE IMMEDIATE PATRONAGE OF HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUCHESS OF KENT. VOL. XL. JANUARY TO JUNE, 1854. LONDON: PUBLISHED BY ROGERSON AND TUXFORD, Fireside Gossip: By the Editor: 107, 167, 223 GARDENING :-January, 51; February, 110; March, 168; April, 224; May, 280; June, 336 Glance at the Exhibitions: By a Dilettante: 328 Glance at the Life and Times of Gabrielle Emilie, Marchioness du Châtelet: By the late Countess of Blessington: 7, 63, 119, 175, 225, 299 Mantis Spectre-Walking-sticks and Leaves: 67 Morality of Heraldry: By Mrs. White: 78 "Echo, where dwellest thou?" 219 "Good night, good night, beloved :" 163 The Look of Love: 106 My Memoir: or, the History of a Neglected Child: On the Poetry of Petrarch: By Mrs. A. Crawford: OUR LIBRARY TABLE:- Autobiography of an Actress: By Anna Cora Beauty and the Beast: By Miss Corner and A. Cyrus; a Tale from Ancient History: 103 The Broken Sword: By Adelaide O'Keefe : 161 The Dusseldorf Artist's Album: Translated by The early Education of Children: By Mrs. The Great Highway: By S. W. Fullom: 327 The History of Louis XVII. Translated by The Keepsake: Edited by Miss Power: 47 The Life of Mrs. Sherwood: Edited by her Trees, Plants, and Flowers: By Mrs. R. Lee: The Bargain: By Ada Trevanion: 130 The late Wife's Sister: By Mrs. Abdy: 68 The Physician's Secret: By Mrs. Merrifield: 12 The Son of Monsieur Poquelin: By Maria Norris: The Termites are coming, oh ho! By Mrs. Lee: 229 THE TOILETTE:-Costume for January, 51; Feb- WORK TABLE: By AIGUILLETTE- Border of Quilt, with Corner: 40 Bridle Work-Basket: 37 Child's Mitten in Knitted Embroidery: 150 POETRY. A Dream, not all a Dream: By Y. S. N.: 153 A Quatrain of Sonnets: By Maria Norris: 312 A Roundel for May: By Calder Campbell: 228 A Valentine to Mr. Charles Kemble: By Mrs. Charade: By E. T. C.: 150 Daybreak (Jeu d'esprit): 303 Earth's Angels: 36 Silver and Gold: By E. C. W.: 61 Song of the Fairy Queen: By Mary Frances T.: 126 Sonnet-Wealth: By Anne A. Fremont: 198 Stanzas for the last Night of the Year: By Y. S. N.: 6 Thanks be to God, who brought us here: By Mary Thankfulness (A New Year's Reflection): By T. The Creator and the Created: By A. Baskerville : Experiences and their Teachings: By Calder Camp- The Early Home: By Ada Trevanion: 6 I canna be fashed: By Francis Bennoch: 235 Letters from Home: By Frederick Enoch: 303 Love Makes the Home: By Calder Campbell: 129 May Song By A. Baskerville: 238 Morning Music: By W. C. Bennett: 247 The Huguenot Lover: By M. S. R.: 298 The Lily that died for the Love of the Rose: By The Primrose in Australia By Mrs. Abdy: 288 The Temperance Choir: By T. Brown : 312 The Wanderer's Return: By Mrs. Abdy: 238 My Boyhood's Dreams: By Mrs. Valentine Bar- The Wood-Witch: By Mrs. Abdy: 122 tholomew: 252 Not for Looks alone: By Frederick Enoch: 238 On the Portrait of Eugenie, Empress of the French: Remembrance: By Ada Trevanion: 183 To a Lady weeping: By Ada Trevanion: 62 To the Portrait of H. R. H. Prince Edward: By Printed by Regerasn & Tunford, 146, Strand, London: WITH the opening of a new year, and a new volume, an address on the part of an Editor is perhaps a necessary preliminary. Ours shall be as brief as possible, and as earnest in purpose as is our interest in these pages. To keep time with the growing intelligence of the age, and to blend the highest moral influence with amusement, has ever been the object of this Magazine: how desirous we are to maintain its literary character in healthfulness and vigour may be best proved by reference to the list of contributors to the present volume. The names of MISS PARDOE, SILVERPEN, MRS. ABDY, MRS. LEE (the Naturalist), MISS NORRIS, FRANCES BROWN, and others well-known in the literary annals of the day, exhibit a phalanx of feminine talent unsurpassed by any of our cotemporaries; and our strength will be farther increased in the ensuing year by the contributions of MRS. COWDEN CLARKE and MISS JEWSBURY. In our Reviews of New Books, we shall exert a careful watch over our judgment; and, believing criticism only valuable as it is impartial, conscientiously direct our readers to such works as are really worth their attention, and enable them to avoid the perusal of those which would only entail a loss of time. Nor shall we forget the Drama and the Exhibitions; or leave, in their season, the Galleries of Art unvisited; while, as usual, our Fashion Article (on all matters connected with which our correspondent may be regarded as a first-rate authority), will come direct from Paris. As hitherto, "Aiguillette" (MRS. PULLAN) will continue to furnish our pages with original designs in those light and graceful work-table occupations, which, while they wile away many an otherwise tedious hour, furnish forth so many elegancies, and contribute not a little to stimulate that industrial virtue so becoming even in those of our sex whose lot is happily fixed above the common exigencies of life. Assisted by a staff of acknowledged talent, and supported by a highly intelligent and increasing circle of readers, we shall persevere in the path of social and intellectual progress; and, as all excellence is but comparative, endeavour to render this publication more and more deserving of the high place it has so far maintained as an exponent of the feminine refinement and talent of our day. If we sometimes aim at higher purposes than the mere amusement of our readers, and write them pretty homilies in prose or verse, they will forgive us for the sake of the intention. Wit shall never be turned aside, nor harmless whimsies banished; while the graceful poetry of CHARLES HITCHINGS, CALDER CAMPBELL, GOLDING PENROSE, and others, shall crown our intellectual feast as with a garland, and throw an odour of Hippocrene over all. C. A. W. |