_Port._

Coleridge.
Southey.

_Claret._

Montgomery,


with a due proportion of _vin ordinaire_. This comparison may be
pleasant enough as after-dinner chat, but we fear our readers will
think it like cooks circulating the Bills of Fare on the morning of
Lord Mayor's Day; and lest we should incur their displeasure, we
shall proceed with our select _course_: but we are mere disposers.

* * * * *


THE LITERARY SOUVENIR.


In literary talent, as well as in graphic beauty, this elegant volume
stands first; and from it we have selected the subject of the above
engraving, accompanied by the following


ANCIENT SONG OF VICTORY.

BY MRS. HEMANS.