old Scottish law was put in force against the her mistress, who afterwards incurred the King's bodies of the wretched brothers, and condemned, by parliament to be quartered. On the Sunday after their death frightful sights and sounds were seen and heard in Gowry-house: men in armour opened and shut the windows; screams, sobs, and cries of distress resounded through the melancholy passages, and fire flashed through the doors, filling all present with horror. The Queen's favourite, Beatrice Ruthven, was sent from Court penniless, to the great sorrow of displeasure by receiving her secretly and making her presents; but since the sister was probably quite ignorant of her brothers' treason, we must admire the Queen's kind feeling more than the King's harshness. She was afterwards married to Sir John Home, of Cowden-knows. Eve after, James kept the day as one of solem, thanksgiving, when his bishops used to preac upon such texts as "Touch not mine Anointed" -an unction very flattering to James's vanity. THE TOILET. FIRST FIGURE.-Foulard Dress.-Body cut in the Figaro style before, and having a short coat tail behind. The waistband is a very wide ribbon the colour of the trimmings on the skirt and body. Plain collar, bordered with Valenciennes and embroidered at the corners. Undersleeves with cuffs to match. The outer garment is a round cloak of faille silk, bordered with a deep guipure. SECOND FIGURE.-Silk dress, trimmed at the bottom of the skirt with four black velvet bias pieces. Body round and plain, with small slashed lappets in the Arragon style. Sleeves tight-fitting, trimmed top and bottom with velvet bias pieces. Wide black velvet waistband fastened by a pearl buckle. Black velvet bonnet in the fanchon form, ornamented with a deep black lace falling behind; inside a tea-rose, a blue bandeau, and a blond ruche: velvet strings. A double muslin collar, with rounded ends, bordered by a lace insertion and a fulled row of lace. Under-sleeves with cuffs to match. There is no change in the form of dresses. Bodies for dress toilets are generally cut short and round, and are finished with a wide waistband and buckles. The sleeves are almost tight. Black silk, trimmed with blue, is a favourite toilette de ville. The bonnets remain very small, and are likely to do so while the present mode of wearing the hair continues in vogue. Of dresses for balls and evening parties there are a great variety. One toilet is composed of a first skirt of rose-coloured silk, veiled nearly to the bottom by a single flounce of tulle illusion, over which falls a skirt of rose-coloured Chambery gauze, on which is placed a deep flounce of English lace. The gauze skirt is much longer than the other, and is gathered up on each side and ornamented with branches of jacinthe roses. The corsage, pointed before and behind, is garnished with a species of fanchon of Eng lish lace: this is fixed at the points, and is simply fulled a little in the middle, like a fichu d'Auvergnate: one or two branches of jacinthe rose are crossed amongst the gathers. The short sleeves are formed of a double bouillonneone of white tulle; one of rose-coloured gauze, veiled by a fall of lace. The head-dress is composed of jacinthe. of A pretty toilet, for a little girl of six years age, consists of a frock of lama or cachemire, trimmed round the bottom of the skirt with a row of swan's-down. The body, which is cut very low in front, has, like the short sleeves, a border of down; and is worn with a Swiss chemisette, with sleeves. The Greek pattern is much used at the bottom of the skirts, cut in silk of a distinct colour of of a brighter shade than that of the dress. Sometimes these coloured trimmings are bouillonnée. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENT S. accept this paper as a notice; "Under the Pear Tree;"-unfortunately we have two stories with this title, and like them both: one or the other must take another name. MADAM A.-Paris. On the first question we should advise an advertisement in the Athenæum. Second, offer the translation to Routledge, or any other London Publisher of novels. Books, Music, &c., for notice or review, must be forwarded by the 10th of the month, to appear in the following numer. To Miss R.-We have no opportunity of using German translations: our pages are purely secular London; Printed by Rogerson and Tuxford, 246, Strand. d I believe Miss ions. t peevish or rritable and ard world a e additional er year, and e a duke's more placaup all-night doubtfully t said, prechieved if I ed, and rose asleep. To Miss Lisrmination; to the last, eriod. We od-natured us smoking ing sippets urprise diwhen I saw nt, though e this?" I prepare for epers that at I should till, as the the last Helena and , beyond a pt without hands, tohearing a pening the rrowly eswho was er supper here was a wafted to lour; and ng light of ge's walk |