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194 as we will—let us admit nothing but facts, and not these till they have been first denied—still vague, ay vain, beliefs will spring up in our hearts—midnight, despite all reasoning, will be haunted with 'a shadow and a thought.' So long as the soul knows this is not her own home, she will have visitings from another, and there will be that in our thoughts of which we can give no account—a fear and hope, which we sometimes will deny, and which will never be more than a dream. It is this fine and mystical sense which Inisella succeeds so well in exciting. Then the human interest is admirably kept up. Our superstition is awakened through our affection." Emily.—"I think it opens so beautifully: the feeling of happiness—sunny, confiding happiness—contrasts powerfully with the after desolation." Edward Lorraine.—"Altogether, I know no tale of stranger and wilder beauty." The day wore on, and, when evening came, the party were arranged to Lady Mandeville's satisfaction as regarded her guests: whether it was so very delightful to herself, may reasonably be questioned. An elderly neighbour had had the cruelty to come out without his wife, his