FROM BLACKWOOD'S AND OTHER POPULAR MAGAZINES. BY THE LATE AUTHOR OF THE SILENT MEMBER, ETC., IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. I. LONDON. MDCCCXLIX. Ꮲ Ꭱ E F A CE . But few observations will be necessary in introducing to the notice of the public the accompanying Tales. The approbation with which they were received, as they successively appeared in Blackwood's and other leading Magazines, during the life-time of their lamented author, is a sufficient guarantee for thus collecting and issuing them in a more complete and portable form. Should they meet with encouragement-and surely the interest in them can in no way be abated by the lapse of time, for the scenes and occurrences they so vividly, yet faithfully, portray, still retain all their original freshness,—they will probably be followed by a second, if not a third, series. Of the writer little need be said. He occupied for many years a prominent position in the political world, in connection with the London and Provincial Press, and was also the author of various popular works--circumstances which are deemed sufficient passports to a welcome for any of his productions. CONTENTS OF VOL. I. PAGE. MAlavolti (a Neapolitan Story)...... 56 The First And Second HUSBAND.. 88 THE FIRST AND Second Visit...... 117 FIRST AND SECOND THOUGHTS...... 143 First and Last Love......... ..... 1.71 The FIRST AND LAST SACRIFICE.... 220 HANS IN LUCK (Translated from the German of Grimm) ............ 246 The Grateful Ghost (Translated from the German of Musäus).......... 254 THE IRON SHROUD................ 281 The RUNAWAY (a Juvenile Reminiscence) 302 |