praise for their copies from a Dutch Village, by _Ruysdael_. A Corn
Field, by the same master, appears to have been carefully studied by
Messrs. Lee and Novice.

To conclude: A spirited series of small views in Venice, by
_Guardi_, have been prettily imitated by Mr. Sargeant and Miss
Dujardin.

G.W.N.

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THE PUBLIC JOURNALS.

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SCRAPS FROM THE DIARY OF A TRAVELLER.

_Rome_.


If e'er you have seen an artist sketching
The purlicus of this ancient city,
I need not tell you how much stretching
There is of _truth_, to make things pretty;--
How trees are brought, perforce, together,