4.

A method of singing, omitting a letter,

Join'd to what men will do till they're wiser and better;

Add these to the rite to dead people devoted,
And a city appears, very antient and noted.

RIDDLES, BY T. S.

1.

THO' swiftly I travel, I ne'er walk a pace,
But faster can go than yourself in a race;
Tho' strait, I am crooked as any ram's horn,
And injur'd you even before you was born.
Mankind dread my sight, as they very well know
To the touch I am dreadful, as odious to show.
Yet boys their amusement of me like to make,
Nor scruple me up in their hands oft to take.

2.

Forth from the bosom of the deep,
I playfully emerge,

To sweep along the smooth sea face,
Or skim the foaming surge.
By mortal yet, I scare am sceen,
So distant are we plac'd;

But that I am a friend to man,
In my deportment's trac’d.

For when destruction threatens him,

I leave my silent bed,

And singing, warn him of the harm,
That hovers round his head.

.......
3.

By many a life's whole pursuit I am made,
If found, I should form a most excellent trade.
Each fain would possess me, and each seek the road,
To discover the spot where I make my abode.
But this anxiousness points out their blindness of good,
Since, if found, there'd be only more evil ensu❜d.
Yet some men to gain me, would Heav'n forego;
So great is the blessing I'm thought to bestow,

4.

The dread and disgust of mankind,
I traverse the forest and wood;
The instrument ready of harm,
The most unproductive of good.
The wholesome product of the earth,
I pass in pursuit of my game;
But much as I mischief desire,

I warning e'er give of the same.

Beauties of the Drama.

PHILANTHROPY,

EXHIBITED IN THE ABBE DEL EPEE'S NARRATIVE, [From Kotzebue's Deaf and Dumb; or, The Orphan. ] Translated by Benjamin Thompson, Esq.*

Abbé. It is about eight years since an officer of the police brought to me a boy who was deaf and dumb. He had been found on the Pont Neuf, appeared to be about nine or ten years of age, and was of an engaging appearance. The coarse tatters with which he was clothed, made me at first suppose he belonged to poor people, and I promised to take care of him.-The next morning, when I examined him more minutely, I observed a certain dignity in his looks. He seemed astonished to find himself in rags, and I suspected that it was not without some intention he had been thus clothed and exposed. I immediately published the circumstance, and accurately described his person in the newspapers, but without effect. It is not usual with mankind to be too eager in acknowledging those who are unfortunate.

*For an account of this production, see our last, page 175.

As I perceived that all investigation was in vain, and as I was convinced that this child was the victim of some secret intrigue, I now merely endeavoured to obtain information from himself. I called him Theodore, and received him among my pupils. He soon distinguished himself, and so entirely justified my hopes, that after the expiration of three years, his mind expanded, and he was (if I may use the expression) a second time created, I conversed with him by signs, which in rapidity almost equalled thoughts.-One day, as we drove past a court of justice in Paris, he saw a magistrate step from his carriage, and was unusually agitated, I asked the reason, and he gave me to understand that a man like this, clothed in purple and ermine, had often embraced him, and shed tears over him. From this I concluded that he must be the son or near relation of some magistrate, who, from his robes, could only belong to a superior court of justice; consequently that my pupil's native place was probably a town of considerable size. Another time, as we were walking together, we met the funeral of a nobleman. I inmediately perceived the former agitation in Theodore, which increased as the procession came nearer. At length the hearse passed us-he trembled, and fell upon my neck. I questioned him, and he replied by signs, that a short time before he was conveyed to Paris, he had followed the hearse, in which was the man who had so often caressed him. From this I concluded he was an orphan, and the heir to a large fortune, of which his relations had been induced to deprive him by his helpless situation. These important discoveries doubled my zeal and resolution. Theodore became daily more interesting to me, and I began to cherish hopes of regaining his property for him. But how to begin my search? He had never heard his

father's name; he knew not where he had received existence.-I asked him whether he remembered when he was first brought to Paris.-He answered in the affirmative, and assured me he should know the gates through which he entered. The very next morning we went forth to examine them, and when we approached those which are called del' Enfer, he made a sign that he recognised them; that the carriage was there examined, and that his two conductors, whose features still were present to his mind, alighted with him there.— These new discoveries proved that he came from the south of France. He added that he was several days on the road-and that the horses were changed almost every hour. After making calculations from his several statements, I concluded that his native place was one of the principal towns in the south of France.

After numberless unavailing enquiries by letter, I at last resolved to make a tour through the southern towns with Theodore. The various circumstances, which he so minutely collected, made me hope that he would easily recognize the place of his nativity. The undertaking was certainly difficult, for I thought all expectations of success were idle, unless our journey was performed on foot. I am old, but heaven was pleased to grant me strength. In spite of age and infirmity I left Paris above two months ago. I passed through the gates del' Enfer, which Theodore again recognized. When we had left Paris a little behind way us, we embraced each other, prayed that heaven would guide our steps, and pursued our way with confidence. We have visited almost every place of magnitude, and now my strength was beginning to fail-my consolatory hopes were nearly exhausted, when this morning we arrived before the gates of Toulouse.

We entered the town-Theodore instantly seized my hand, and made a sign that he knew it. We proceeded. At every step his appearance became more animated, and tears fell from his eyes. We arrived at the market-place, when he suddenly threw himself on the earth, and raised his hands towards heaven-then sprung up, and informed me he had now found the place of his birth. Like him, intoxicated with delight, I forgot all the fatigues of my journey. We wandered to other parts of the town, and at length reached this square. He espied the palace. Exactly opposite to your house, uttered a loud shriek, threw himself breathless into my arms, and pointed out the habitation of his father. I made enquiries, and learnt that this palace formerly belonged to the family of Count Solar, the last branch of which is my pupil, -that all his property is in the possession of a Mr. Darlemont, the guardian and maternal uncle of the young Count, by a false declaration of whose death, he became possessed of it.-I immediately tried to discover who was the most eminent advocate in Toulouse, that I might entrust him with this important business. You were mentioned to me, sir, and I am come to place in your hands what is dearest to me in the world-the fate of Theodore. Heaven sent him to me that I might educate him. Receive him from my hands, and let your exertions restore to him the rank and fortune, to which he is entitled by the laws of nature and of France.

To tell you how much it has cost me is impossible-but the exalted idea of being, as it were, a new creator, inspired me with strength and resolution. If the peasant feels delight when he beholds the abundant harvest which rewards his industry: judge what must be my sensations, when I stand