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The Project Gutenberg EBook of The American Quarterly Review, No. 17, March 1831, by Various This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: The American Quarterly Review, No. 17, March 1831 Author: Various Release Date: February 6, 2009 [EBook #28012] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE AMERICAN QUARTERLY *** Produced by Barbara Tozier, Bill Tozier, Josephine Paolucci and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net. THE AMERICAN QUARTERLY REVIEW. No. XVII. MARCH, 1831. _Philadelphia:_ CAREY & LEA. SOLD IN PHILADELPHIA BY E. L. CAREY & A. HART. NEW-YORK, BY G. & C. & H. CARVILL. _LONDON:_--R. J. KENNETT, 59 GREAT QUEEN STREET. _PARIS:_--A. & W. GALIGNANI, RUE VIVIENNE. AMERICAN QUARTERLY REVIEW. No. XVII. MARCH, 1831. ART. I.--_France in 1829-30._ By LADY MORGAN. _Author of_ "_France in 1816_," "_Italy_," _&c. &c. &c._ 2 vols. J. & J. Harper: New-York. It was that solemn hour of the night, when, in the words of the poet, "creation sleeps;"--a silence as of the dead reigned amid the streets and alleys of the great city of Dublin, interrupted, ever and anon, only by the solitary voice of the watchman, announcing the time, and the prospects of fair or foul weather for the ensuing day. Even the noise of carriages returning from revels and festive scenes of various kinds, was no longer heard-- "The diligence of trades and noiseful gain, And luxury more late, asleep were laid: All was the night's:" All! save the inhabitants of one mansion, situated in Kildare street, who were still invading nature's rest. Why were they alone up and stirring? Why were they debarred from taking their needful repose, and obliged to employ the time which should have been devoted to it, in active occupation? The reason is easily understood. Early in the morning, the master and mistress were to set off on a trip to Paris, and there was no small quantity of "packing up" yet to be done. Trunks innumerable lay scattered about a romantically furnished bed-chamber; some were partly filled with different articles of female habiliment; others seemed to be appropriated to li
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