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And unto me, glad summer!

How hast thou flown to me?

My chainless footstep nought hath kept
From thy haunts of song and glee.

Thou hast flown in wayward visions-
In memories of the dead-
In shadows, from a troubled heart,
O'er thy sunny pathway shed-

In brief and sudden strivings,
To fling a weight aside ;-

'Midst these thy melodies have ceased, And all thy roses died.

But oh! thon gentle Summer!

If I greet thy flowers once more, Bring me again the buoyancy, Wherewith my soul should soar!

Give me to hail thy sunshine

With song and spirit free;

Or in a purer air than this

May that next meeting be!

F. H.

THE PRINCESS VICTORIA.

"She's young, and of a noble modest nature: The dews of heav'n fall thick in blessings on her." SHAKSPEARE.

THIS hope of the nation is the only daughter of the late lamented Duke of Kent, and the second daughter and third child of his surviving and amiable Duchesswas born May 24, 1819.

It is suprising that the birth of this Princess should have produced so little excitement in the country, and that the insertions of it in the papers of the day, and in the more deliberate records of the month, should have been unattended by single remark, beyond what infants of far inferior rank and prospects invariably receive. It is still more surprising that the annual registers of the land, compiled and published after the death of the Duke, should have recorded the birth of this illustrious child among numberless others, without the slightest note of distinction, to say nothing of intimating the exaltation, which, in all probability, awaited its arriving at the regal age.

Of one so young, though of such exalted rank and prospects, much information cannot be expected: and it is somewhat remarkable that less information is at hand in this instance, that in most examples of infant and youthful royalty; owing to the studied seclusion in which the Princes, especially in the neighbourhood of London, has been kept. Whether this has arisen from reasons of state, sanctioned by the reigning power, and deemed expedient for the good of both the Princess and the nation; or whether it must be placed to the account of her unostentatious mother, who, fond of the utmost retirement herself, wishes to train her daughter to the same love of privacy, we cannot tell; but the fact is obvious-the young lady who seems destined, in the purpose of Providence, at no distant period to be our Queen, is scarcely ever seen abroad, and as through eight years been almost unknown and unthought of, except by the faithful few appointed to attend upon her person, and minister to her instruction and comfort. The personal appearance of the Princess Victoria is, in point of stature, a trifle beneath the ordinary height of ladies of her age, or rather of her youth; and, in other respects, partaking of the prominent orbi

cular, and ingenious" form and pressure," appropriate to our royal family, rather than different peculiarity pertaining to the features and shape of her German ancestors. Every one remembers the "noble bearing" of her father, especially on occasions of elevating his position, and brightening his features, to some of their finest forms; and there are in his daughter striking indications of the same kind-occasional but gratifying proofs that superior subjects and events have the same power over her. Perhaps, too, it is possible to trace symptoms of her father's characteristic strength and frequent sternness of countenance, blended however, with signs of enlightened and deliberate benevolence, which the Duke of Kent seldom failed to indicate, and which all must hope to find in his daughter to the fullest amount.

In selecting masters to superintend the different branches of the education of the Princess, a decided preference has been given to native professors.

The disposition of the Princess would seem, by her face and manners, to be good, very good; and the little information we have gleaned of her behaviour at home, where we presume royal as well as subject children are less artificial than abroad, leads to this welcome conclusion.

If, in the course of events, the Princess of Kent should become the Queen of England, may her reign. produce

"A thousand thousand blessings
Which time shall bring to ripeness. May she be
Most covetous of wisdom and fair virtue.
-May all princely graces,

With all the glories that attend the good,
Ever be doubled on her! May she flourish
Like the mountain cedar, and her branches
Reach to all the plains about her!"

LONDON AND PARISIAN FASHIONS.

FROM A VARIETY OF THE MOST AUTHENTIC SOURCES,
INCLUDING COPIOUS EXTRACTS FROM

"Le Petit Courrier des Dames"-"Journal de Paris et des Modes, L'Observateur des Modes et L'Indiscret"-" Le Follet Courrier des Salons"-"Le Mercure des Salons," &c. &c.

DRESSES.-Redingotes, in satin de laine, which are very suitable for the present weather, are trimmed with brandebourgs, in tresses de soie.

For

These are also employed with reps of satin, placed on plain corsages at the bottom of the sleeves. winter negligées, this mode will be doubtless much admired.

For the evening party or the theatre, the corsage is made plain, on which is placed a species of shawl, rounded and raised at the shoulders by a nœud of rib. bons, seen as far as the middle of the bust. Similar shawls are in other instances raised in like manner in the middle of the back, forming a kind of elegant draWe have observed one of these in pery in four folds. India muslin, bordered with gold, and the four most Two elevated points of the shawl kept up by cameos. garlands, embroidered in gold, formed a tablier in front of the skirt.

On the plain corsages are placed lace pelerines, which, rounded at the back, fall in two lappets in front, crossing under the ceinture. The pelerines of silk dresses are trimmed with a ruche of ribbons or of blonde.

The weight of volans has been found to cause some inconvenience, particularly when attached to light dresses; and it has been found necessary, in order to obviate this difficulty, to baste the lower part of the skirt where the volans commence, to the under dress.

On organdi robes, embroidered in silk, high volans à tête of silk, look well in the same colour as the dress, but in different shades of colour. A plaid tulle scarf is an elegant accompaniment. Organdi dresses have the volans sometimes of the same material.

Scotch gros de Naples redingotes seem still to be much used; velvet embroideries are now suited to the colour of the squares.

A black gros de Naples redingote, with a high corsage, had a pelerine fixed at the middle of the ceinture in front, with a little collar, round which was placed a very full ruche, which extended down the whole length of she skirt to the hem.

Foulards may still be seen, and even worn by some distinguished fashionables, but the patterns are very different from the summer ones. Chocolate, orange, and black, prevail in the colours; and for patterns, the Gothic and arabesque designs.

HATS, CAPS, &c.-Satin capotes, lined with velvet, ornamented with a single velvet flower, à cœur, which have been much admired during the season, seem to be giving place to those entirely of velvet; of these, deep blue, violet, or green, seems to be the greatest favourite as to colour; a bouquet of feathers of the same shade, or, more striking still, one or two white feathers are placed in the centre.

A rose-coloured satin capote had a good effect, surrounded by a trimming of marabout, in the manner of a ruche These trimmings are frequently in white or blue; the lightness and transparency of this ornament render it generally becoming.

A sweetly pretty capote for a dress toilette, was composed of sulpher-coloured satin, the front rounded, and on one side, particularly elevated; from the lower side a single long feather of the same shade, sprang from the lower side of the capote, and being carried over the more elevated side, fell nearly over to the cheek.

Under the fronts of hats, coques are now much worn, and supply the place of flowers or ruches.

White organdi turbans, of the simplest construction, of white, rose, or blue organdi, and frequently of India muslin, with the front folds sustained by a pin or cameo, may often be observed at the theatres, &c.

The little blond hats appear in as much estimation as ever, they seem even now to be improved upon; a pretty variety has an open worked ground, ornamented with a chaplet of roses or eastern daisies, supporting blond coquilles, descending from each side of the face, and leaving the forehead disengaged. From some others descends a row of light flowers down each side of the face, surrounded by a delicate sort of fringing of blond, the flowers in this instance taking the place of the Bertha or Clotilda braids. Same form round the head, a crown of ribbon of blond coques alternately, at length terminating in two blond lappets which fall on the bosom.

With dress hats marabouts are much employed.

A white satin embroidered capote, with a low crown, with the marabout trimming in place of the ruches, which have been so much in favour during the last season, we observe, and we think it a decided improve

ment.

VARIETIES.-Plaids, in all their variety and brilliancy seem to be this season regaining favour for cloaks, shawls, &c. for the former, the Mary Stuart, with checks of bright and lively hue, and the Quentin Durward, with bright lines enclosing brown or marone coloured squares, are in very general use. For shawls, the tartan plaid, in woollen cachemere, is employed; this has a vivid effect, and is at the same time of a very smooth texture, so as to prevent the liability of crumpling. The squares are frequently worked in the middle with black or shaded flowers.

Manchettes continue to be worn with silk dresses, as they were during the summer with the lightest mateterials the embroidery on them is richer than it has been. They are often trimmed with lace, to match that of the neck

For morning toilettes, the sleeves are in embroidered batiste, and trimmed with valenciennes; or they have simply a large hem, bordered with valenciennes.

Plain pocket handkercheifs are now preferred by our élégantes, having only a border of pointes à jour, from which a valencienne edging depends, about two fingers deep, and gathered,

Scotch frosted ribbons are a good deal worn in the hair, they have an additionally pretty effect when assorted with a ribbon scarf.

MATERIALS AND COLOURS.-For a vast variety of very beautiful novelties in satin, we are indebted to one of the first of the Parisian Magazine de Modes, a list of which, taken from the Petit Courrier, with descriptions, we subjoin from the Petit Courrier.

Medici Satin beautifully worked in gold, and embroidered, and ornamented in velvet.

Isabella Satin worked in Gold-Isabella Satin worked in Silver. These two articles, of exquisite workmanship, are intended for dresses, court cloaks, and turbans,

Scarron Satin, worked in flowers, in columns, and bearing a great resemblance to the old brocades. For open robes and half-trains it is well adapted; and it is intended by some of the first houses, to place them over white satin petticoats, trimmed with volans.

Francaise de Foix Satin. Similar fabric without columns.

Japanese Satin. Imitation of the old silks imported from China, and made of India silk. Reps Satinés. Louis XIV.

Imitation of the fabrics of the age of

Diana de Poitiers. Bordered with velvet, for morning and visiting dresses: it has been especially remarked at the "Exposition."

Quentin Durward. Worked ground, very rich, and suitable for cloaks as well as dresses; of these there are great varieties. Damask Satin.

An exact imitation of the ancient

damasks. Scudery Reps. For visits and evening parties. Elsléine. Transparent, with a light lining, for balls and soiries.

Worked Montespant Satins, of various colours, worked in gold and silver. Above thirty exquisite designs of this satin have been fabricated, suitable for the evening party, the ball-room, &c.: one with a sprig of lilac was the prettiest thing possible.

An extensive choice of worked poults de soi, of silks with very small patterns, named armures.

Gazes, Leahs, Marabouts, and Judiths, in great va

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