Next month will be published, in 3 vols 12mo,

THE EARTHQUAKE,

A TALE;

By the Author of

"THE AYRSHIRE LEGATEES."

A voice in the Heavens-a sound in the Earth-
And omens and prodigies herald the birth ;-

But the deeds that shall be to the sins that were done,
Are darker than shadows to forms in the Sun.

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