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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,
$48, STRAND

LONDON:

ROGERSON AND TUXFORD, PRINTERS,

246, STRAND.

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A Lay of Venice: 163

"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:

24

OUR LIBRARY TABLE:-

Autobiography of an Actress: By Anna Cora

Mowatt: 270

Beauty and the Beast: By Miss Corner and A.
Crowquill: 50

Cyrus; a Tale from Ancient History: 103
Fern Leaves from Fanny's Portfolio: 48
Memorable Women: By Mrs. Newton Cros-

land: 102

Modern Housewife's Receipt Book: By Mrs.

Pullan: 275

Orations By J. B. Gough: 104

Phrenology, Psychology, and Pneumatology,

Trees, Plants, and Flowers: By Mrs. R. Lee:
160

The Bargain: By Ada Trevanion: 130
The Dangerous Visit: By Frances Brown: 80
The Garde du Lazaret: By Walter Weldon : 318
The last Tribute of Châteauroux: By Isabella
Munro: 177

The late Wife's Sister: By Mrs. Abdy: 68

The Physician's Secret: By Mrs. Merrifield: 12
The Signatures of Spring upon the City Pavements:
By Mrs. White: 236

The Son of Monsieur Poquelin: By Maria Norris:
84, 127

The Termites are coming, oh ho! By Mrs. Lee: 229
Time's Changes: By M. E. H.: 95

THE TOILETTE:-Costume for January, 51; Feb-
ruary, 106; March, 165; April, 221; May, 278;
June, 334

WORK TABLE: By AIGUILLETTE-

Border of Quilt, with Corner: 40

Bridle Work-Basket: 37

Child's Mitten in Knitted Embroidery: 150

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POETRY.

A Dream, not all a Dream: By Y. S. N.: 153
A New Year's Welcome: By Charles Hitchings: 6
Angels: By Charles H. Hitchings: 66

A Quatrain of Sonnets: By Maria Norris: 312
A Remonstrance: By Anne A. Fremont: 303

A Roundel for May: By Calder Campbell: 228
A Sigh for the Departed: By T. Brown: 192
A Tale that is not new: By Y. S. N.: 174

A Valentine to Mr. Charles Kemble: By Mrs.
Valentine Bartholomew: 153

Charade: By E. T. C.: 150
Child's Play: By Y. S. N.: 62

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
Song of the Mermaid: By Mary Frances T.: 83
Songs: By Anne A. Fremont: 159-Ada Trevanion,
293

Sonnet-Wealth: By Anne A. Fremont: 198
Stanzas: By Anne A. Fremont: 62

Stanzas for the last Night of the Year: By Y. S. N.: 6

Thanks be to God, who brought us here: By Mary
Frances T.: 235

Thankfulness (A New Year's Reflection): By T.
Brown: 159

The Creator and the Created: By A. Baskerville :
118

Experiences and their Teachings: By Calder Camp- The Early Home: By Ada Trevanion: 6
bell: 30

I canna be fashed: By Francis Bennoch: 235
Jeu d'Esprit By E. C. W.: 174

Letters from Home: By Frederick Enoch: 303
Lines By W. C. Bennett: 192

Love Makes the Home: By Calder Campbell: 129

May Song By A. Baskerville: 238
Monody: By Miss Clementina Grant: 287

Morning Music: By W. C. Bennett: 247
My Fathers: By Maria Norris: 192

The Huguenot Lover: By M. S. R.: 298
The immortal Origin of Wishes and Aspirations: By
A. D. G.: 174

The Lily that died for the Love of the Rose: By
Charles H. Hitchings: 288,

The Primrose in Australia By Mrs. Abdy: 288
The Siege By M. I. T.: 187

The Temperance Choir: By T. Brown : 312
The Vision of Beauty: By Mrs. Valentine Bartholo-
mew: 202

The Wanderer's Return: By Mrs. Abdy: 238
The War-cloud: By Mrs. Abdy: 173

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:
By C. A. W.: 215

Remembrance: By Ada Trevanion: 183

To a Lady weeping: By Ada Trevanion: 62

To the Portrait of H. R. H. Prince Edward: By
Mrs. Newton Crosland: 20

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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.

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