ENTERED ACCORDING TO ACT OF CONGRESS, IN TIB YEAR 1853, BY SAMUEL HUESTON, SOUTHERN DI@TRIOT OF NEW-YORK. JOHN A. GRAY, PRINTER, 97 Clif, cor. Frankfort St., New-York. IN DE X. PAGE min F. Taylor's New Book, 533; Hudson River Rail-road Excursion, 535; Letter from Down the River, 629 : Three Days in the Per-rai-rie, 632; Oriental Corre- spondence, 635, Battle of the Pyramids. By ISAAC MCLEL Battle of Eylau. By Isaac McLELLAN.....248 Gypsies of Art. From the French. By Ber Hunt, the. By SIMON OAKLEAF........368 CHARLES Astor BRISTED.. 19.227, 362, 596 Bard of O'Connor, the. By Rey. JAMES G. George Herbert. By JAMES H. HALL......145 ....463 | Gossip with Readers and Correspondents 97, Greek Song of Triumph. By Mrs. M. E. HEWITT. Concealed Love. By JAMES C. PIERSON... 169 Cradle Song, From The German of GLEIM..359 Hartford, Connecticut, ia the Olden Time... 259 Crystal Wave of Mackinaw, the............506 Cradle Bed, the. By Eliza GRILLEX...... 47 Harpings upon Hades. By C. A. 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By CHARLES LELAND PORTER.... 30 George Wilkes, 295; A Memorial of erman, 297; Isaac T. Hopper, a True Life, by L. Maria Child, 404; Six Months in Italy, by George S Hillard, 406; Tanglewood Tales for Girls and Boys, Come Away. By Mis M. E. Wood.401 Ilope .561 lustration 32 Song of the Pioneer's Son. By JOHN YB0- 61 of Western Life. Number Four...221 Soldier's Tale of Love, a. By Rev. JAMES of the 'Rector of Saint Bardolph's,'524; Peruvian Antiquities, translated by Dr. Student, the. By A NEW CONTRIBUTOR...341 F. L. Hawks, 622; Life of William P nk- Some Small Poems. By R. H. STODDARD...402 ney, by his Nephew, 623 ; Harry Harson, Shippegan by the author of "The Attorney,' 624; Sabbath-Hymn. By J. B.B. Homes of the New World, by Fredrika Bremer, 625; Hours of Life, and other Poems, by Sarah Helen Whitman, 626; Venice, the City of the Sea, by Edmund Tree of an Hundred Years. By LAWRENCE Musings: a Reminiscence. .838 Thought, a.. 366 .474 .482 The Story of the Pearh.. .491 507 .874 .381 .505 .891 Morning Memory, A. By MARY GRAVERAET. 475 Moults from the Wing of a White Black-bird. 456 ...389 573 602 Y. geo Spain is one agglomeration of mountains, which rise in every direction from the sea-coast toward the interior; and it is owing to this logical construction that it presents so great a variety of climates. In the provinces of Andalusia, Murcia, and Valencia, which border on the Mediterranean, the winters are mild and genial, and the summers long and hot. In the northern provinces, which skirt the Pyrenees, the winters are cold and rainy, the springs and autumns damp and disagreeable, and the summers temperate. The provinces situated upon the great central plateau are subject to great vicissitudes of temperature, the weather being very variable in winter, and scorching hot in summer. This variety of climate is characterized by a corresponding variety of vegetable productions. In the northern regions we find the apple, the chestnut, and the cerealea; while in the southern we have the date, the olive, the orange, and the vine. I left Madrid for Toledo, which is about twelve leagues distant, and still continued to traverse those desert-like plains which characterize the Castiles. It would be some little consolation to the traveller, if he could doze away the weary hours whilst passing through this uninteresting region, but the jolting of the diligence over a shocking road, and the cloud of dust in which he is enveloped, render this impossible. After a long and weary day's ride, I beheld in the distance imperial Toledo, rising from its lofty rocky foundation, with its Moorish Alcazar on one side, and its stupendous cathedral on the other, towering majestically above the town. The river Tagus surrounds the city except on one side, and this approach is protected by Moorish fortifications, now crumbling to ruin. After passing these fortifications, we ascended a very steep, winding road, and entered the city through a magnificent granite gateway. The origin of Toledo is lost in the night of time. It was taken by the Romans 193 B. C., who were expelled by the Goths toward the end VOL. XLII. 1 |