prospect changed by the continual
appearance of new objects, while others are retiring out of sight. The
scene is closed by a west view of the lake, for several miles, having its
sides lined with alternate clumps of wood and arable fields, and the smoke
rising in spiral columns through the air from villages which are concealed
by the intervening woods; the prospect is bounded by the towering Alps of
Arrochar, which are checkered with snow, or hide their heads in the
clouds."
"In one of the defiles of the Trosachs, two or three of the natives met a
band of Cromwell's soldiers coming to plunder them, and shot one of the
party dead, whose grave marks the scene of action, and gives name to the
pass. In revenge for this, the soldiers resolved to attack an island in the
lake, on which the wives and children of the men had taken refuge. They
could not come at it, however, without a boat; one of the most daring of
the party undertook to swim to the island and bring away the boat; when,
just as he was catching hold of a rock to get ashore, a heroine, called
Helen Stuart, met him and cut off his head with a sword; upon which the
party, seeing the fate of their comrade, thought proper to withdraw."
Loch Katrine is about ten miles long, and one broad. Its depth in some
parts is nearly 500 feet. Its temperature, at the surface, is 62 deg., and at
the bottom 40 deg.. The lake never freezes, and in winter is much resorted to
by swans.
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PORTRAIT-PAINTING.
Painters of history make the dead live, and do not live themselves till
they are dead, I paint the living, and they make me live.--_Sir Godfrey
Kneller_.
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THE SELECTOR; AND LITERARY NOTICES OF _NEW WORKS_.
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PRACTICE OF COOKERY,
_Adapted to the Business of every day Life. By Mrs. Dalgairns._
We like the title of this book--there is promise in it, for practice is
better than profession in any thing but the law of arrest. We are gross
enough too, in our hearts, not to like the name of a professed cook--thank
our stars, now nearly forgotten. There is so much science implied in the
name, so much theory, than which alone in cookery, at least, nothing is
less inviting. We should conceive the intention of this book to bring
cookery home to the business of every man's mouth--his breakfast, luncheon,
dinner, and supper practice, and heartil
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