RESIDENCE OF MR. F.O.C. DARLEY.
VIEW OF DELAWARE RIVER NEAR CLAYMONT.
VIEW AT CLAYMONT: CREEK AND BRIDGE.
PRINCIPIO.
BRIDGE OVER THE SUSQUEHANNA AT HAVRE DE GRACE.
MOUNT ARARAT'S PROFILE ROCK.
PORT DEPOSIT.
FORT MCHENRY.
THE BRITISH SHELL.




THE NEW HYPERION.

FROM PARIS TO MARLY BY WAY OF THE RHINE.

[The author's vignettes neatly copied by Gusatave Doré.]

I.--PREAMBULARY.


[Illustration]

The behavior of a great Hope is like the setting of the
sun. It splashes out from under a horizontal cloud, so diabolically
incandescent that you see a dozen false suns blotting the heavens with
purple in every direction. You bury your eyes in a handkerchief, with
your back carefully turned upon the west, and meantime the spectacle
you were waiting for takes place and disappears. You promise yourself