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HAVING just given an elegant specimen of the most fashionable English style of toilet cushion, we now contrast it with the form most prevalent among the élégantes of Paris. The Pelote à l'Imperatrice is a high small cushion, covered with silk or satin; the top and frill only are decorated with crochet or netting.

The covering of the one before us is in darned netting; a piece of square netting is to be done with the fine black silk, and then darned, according to pattern, with the ordinary silk. This is tacked over the top of the cushion.

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For the lace, begin on one stitch, increasing at each edge, as in square netting, until you have twenty stitches. Then increase at one edge only for six rows; after which, while still increasing at the same edge, decrease, by taking two together at the other edge, fourteen rows. The next time you come to this edge, leave as many stitches at the end as may correspond with the other side of the scallop. Repeat from the part when you cease to increase on one side.

When enough edging is done, darn it, as in the engraving. Line the edge with satin ribbon; set it on full. Cover the joining of the top and frill with black velvet ribbon, trimmed with bugles, and finish with knots of ribbon.

This cushion may also be done in cotton, for which purpose use Messrs. Evans and Co.'s Boar's Head Crochet Cotton, No. 16. It must then be darned with Royal Embroidery Cotton, No. 40.

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HIEROGLYPHIC PURSE.

Materials. 2 skeins of bright cerise silk; skein of black ditto; 6 skeins of gold thread, No. 3; with Boulton & Son's crochet hook. No. 23. French garniture.

Make a chain of four stitches, with the black silk, and close it into a round.

Two rounds all black, doing two stitches in every stitch.

1st Pattern Round. Black and Gold, +2 black on 1 black, 1 gold on 1 black, +8 times.

2nd Pattern Round.-The same colours. +2 black over 2 black, 2 gold on 1 gold, +8 times.

3rd Pattern Round.-1 black in the last stitch, +3 more black, 1 gold on the last, 1 black, + S times.

4th Pattern Round.+4 black on 4, 2 gold on 1, + 8 times.

5th Pattern Round.-+1 gold on 1 black, 3 black on 2 black, 3 more gold, +8 times.

6th Pattern Round.-+2 gold, 1 black on the centre of 3 black, 5 gold, + 8 times.

7th Pattern Round.+ 2 gold, 1 cerise over 1 black, 4 gold over 3, 1 black over 1 gold, 1 gold, + 8 times.

8th Pattern Round.-+2 gold, 1 cerise over 1, 4 gold, 1 black over black, 2 gold on 1, +8 times.

9th Pattern Round.+ 1 gold, 3 cerise, 2 gold, 3 black, 1 gold, + 8 times.

10th Pattern Round.+ 2 cerise, 2 gold over 1 cerise, 2 cerise, 2 black, 1 gold over the centre of 3 black, 2 black, + 8 times.

11th Pattern Round.+ 2 cerise, 2 gold, 2 cerise, 2 black, 2 gold on 1, 2 black,+8 times.

12th Pattern Round.+ 1 gold and 1 cerise on 1 cerise, 5 more cerise, 1 gold and 1 black on 1 black, 5 more black, + 8 times.

13th Pattern Round.--+ 1 gold on black, 1 gold on gold, 1 gold on cerise, 4 cerise, 3 gold, 4 black coming on the centre 4 of 6 black, + 8 times.

14th Pattern Round.+ 1 gold on black, 4 more gold, 2 cerise, 5 gold, 2 black,+8 times.

15th Pattern Round.-All gold, without any increase. Fasten off the black. 16th Pattern Round.+2 cerise, 2 gold, repeated all round.

17th to 18th Pattern Round.-All cerise.

HIEROGLYPHIC PURSE, BY MRS. PULLAN.

19th Pattern Round.-3 C, 4 G, 5 C, 8 G, 1 C, 6 G, 2 C, 3 G, 4 C, 1 G, 3 C, 2 G, 7 C, 2 G, 1 C, 4 G, 5 C, 4 G, 3 C, 3 G, 3 C, 2 G, 2 C, 3 G, 3 C, 4 G, 5 C, 3G, 3 C, 6 G, 7 C.

20th Pattern Round.-2 C, 1 G, 1 C, 4. G, 4 C, 1 G, 6 C, 1 G, 1 C, 6 G, 1 C, 5 G, 3 C, 2 G, 1 C, 3 G, 5 C, 3 G, 2 C, 2. G, 1 C, 1 G, 1 C, 3 G, 2 C, 1 G, 4 C, 5. G, 3 C, 2 G, 2 C, 2 G, 2 C, 6 G, 4 C, G, 3 C, 6 G, 1 C, 6 G.

21st Pattern Round.-5 C, 4 G, 3 C, 1 G, 1 C, 4 G, 1 C, 1 G, 1 C, 6 G, 1 C, 1 G, 2 C, 2 G, 3 C, 4 G, 1 C, 1 G, 3 C, 5 G, 2 C, 2 G, 1 C, 1 G, 1 C, 3 G, 1 C, 1 G, 8 C, 3 G, 3 C, 2 G, 1 C, 2 G, 1 C, 3. G, 2 C, 3 G, 3 C, 3 G, 3 C, 2 G, 2 C, 2 G, 1 C, 6 G.

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G, 2 C, 2 G.

24th Pattern Round.-1 C, 4 G, 1 C, 1 G, 1 C, 4 G, 1 C, 1 G, 2 C, 2 G, 3 C, 1 G, 1 C, 2 G, G, 2 C, 5 G, 4 C, 2 G, 4 C, G, 3 C, 2 G, 2 C, 1 G, 1 C, G, 1 C, 7 G, 5 C, 2 G, 5 C, 2 G. 25th Pattern Round.-1 C,

G,

3 C, 3

G, 4 C, 3

5
3 G, 6 C, 3

C, 1

38th Pattern Round.-5 C, 3 G, 5 C, 2
G, 3 C, 2 G, 3 C, 2 G, 1 C, 2 G, 3 C, 3
G, 2 C, 3 G, 1 C, 2 G, 2 C, 3 G, 2 C, 2
G, 1 C, 6 G, 5 C, 1 G, 1 C, 2
G, 1 C, 1 G, 2 C, 2 G, 2 C,
G, 2 C, 1 G, 3 C, 1 G, 3 C,
G, 5 C, 1 G.

G, 2 C, 2

3

G, 2 C, 2

4

G, 4 C, 2

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3 G, 2

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G.

27 th and 28th Pattern Round.-All cerise. 29th Pattern Round.-2 gold, 2 cerise, alternately.

30th Pattern Round.-2 gold over 2 cerise, 2 black over 2 gold, alternately all round.

31st to 32nd Pattern Round.-All black. 33rd Pattern Round.-1 C, 5 G, 1 C, 5 G, 3 C, 3 G, 3 C, 2 G, 5 C, 2 G, 1 C, 8 G, 4 C, 5 G, 4 C, 5 G, 3 C, 3 G, 3 C, 4 G, 3 C, 2 G, 3 C, 2 G, 3 C, 4 G, 2 C, 8 G, 2 C, 3 G, 2 C, 8 G.

34th Pattern Round.- -1 C, 5 G, 1 C, 5 G, 2 C, 5 G, 3 C, 2 G, 3 C, 2 G, 2 C, 8 G, 3 C, 7 G, 5 C, 2 G, 3 C, 5 G, 1 C, 6 G, 3 C, 2 G, 2 C, 2 G, 3 C, 4 G, 1 C, 1 G, 3 C, 1 G, 2 C, 6 G, 2 C, 8 G, 1 C.

40th Pattern Round.- -3 C, 7 G, 5 C,
G, 3 C, 2 G, 5 C, 2 G, 1 C, 8 G, 1 C, 1
G, 3 C, 3 G, 3 C, 1 G, 3 C,
G, 1 C, 2 G, C, 2 G, 2 C, 2
G, 8 C, 4 G, 2 C, 3 G, 2 C,
G, 1 C.

G, 2 C, 2

41st and 42nd Pattern Round.-All black. 43rd Pattern Round. +2 black, 2 gold, + alternately.

44th Pattern Round.+ 2 gold, over 2 black, 2 cerise +.

Do three rounds of Sc, with cerise only, and then 10 rounds of open crochet, with one chain, instead of 2, and the Dc, being always taken under the chain.

From the 33rd to 40th Round, inclusive, black may be used instead of crimson.

FOR THE LACE. Black. Work on the last round but two. + 1 Dc, 3 Ch, miss 3, + all round.

2nd Round.-Black and gold. Black, 6 Sc, (beginning on chain before a Dc, 4 Ch. Gold 1 Dc on ditto. Black, 4 Ch. 35th Pattern Round.-1 C, 2 G, 7 C, 2 3rd Round.-Black, 4 Sc, on centre 4 of G, 1 C, 2 G, 3 C, 2 G, 3 C, 2 G, 1 C, 26, 4 Ch. Gold, 4 Dc. Black, 4 Ch. G, 3 C, 3 G, 2 C, 3 G, 2 C, 9 G, 3 C, 2 4th Round.-Black, 2 Sc on centre of G, 4 C, 2 G, 2 C, 1 G, 1 C, 2 G, 2 C, 24, 4 Ch. Gold, 8 Dc (over 4). Black, G, 4 C, 2 G, 1 C, 2 G, 1 C, 1 G, 2 C, 24 Ch. G, 2 C, 1 G, 3 C, 1 G, 3 C, 4 G, 3 C, 1 G, 3 C, 2 G, 3 C.

36th Pattern Round.-1 C, 11 G, 1 C, 2 G, 3 C, 2 G, 4 C, 3 G, 4 C, 2 G, 4 C, 2

Run in the cords, above the lace. Add the balls and tassels.

The materials for this purse, sent post free, for 7s. 6d.

EMINENT FEMALE WRITERS.

FELICIA HEMANS.

FELICIA DOROTHEA BROWNE was the daughter of a Liverpool merchant, and was born on the 25th of September, 1793. From her earliest years she was remarkable for her extreme beauty and precocious talent. At the age of seven, her father was unsuccessful in business and removed to Wales. Here the young poetess passed a happy childhood, and here she imbibed that intense love of nature which ever afterwards "haunted her like a passion." She early began to court the Muse, and in 1808 a volume of her poems was published; but it was not received with much favour. This, however, did not discourage her, and she continued to write. In 1812, another volume, entitled "The Domestic Affections, and other Poems," was given to the world-the last that was to appear under her maiden name, for in the summer of that year she exchanged it for the one by which she is generally known, her youthful fancy having been captivated by the martial appearance and military dress of a Captain Hemans, of the army. The match proved a very unhappy one, and after they had lived together six years, in 1818 Captain Hemans, whose health had been impaired by a military life, determined to try the effects of a southern climate, and went to Italy. Mrs. Hemans, with her five boys, repaired to her maternal roof, and the two never met again. She continued her studies in her rural retreat, acquiring several languages, and in 1819, obtained a prize of £50 for the best poem upon Sir William Wallace. In 1820, she published the "Sceptic," which was favourably noticed in the "Edinburgh Monthly Magazine." In June 1821, she obtained the prize awarded by the Royal Society of Literature for the best poem on the subject of "Dartmoor." * Voice of Spring," perhaps the best known and the best appreciated of all her lyrics,

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was written early in the year 1823. In the latter part of the same year, she published "The Vespers of Palermo," a tragedy, which was considered a failure; and in 1826 appeared her best poem, "The Forest Sanctuary," which was brought out in conjunction with the "Lays of Many Lands." Every successive year brought fresh proofs of her widely-extending fame. In 1828, having suffered the loss of her mother -an affliction which went down into the very depths of her soul-she removed to Wavertree, near Liverpool, and soon gave to the world "Lays of Leisure Hours," "National Lyrics," and other poems. In 1829, she made a visit to Scotland, and was most cordially received by Sir Walter Scott, Jeffrey, and other distinguished literary characters of the Scottish metropolis.

In the "Edinburgh Review" for October, 1829 appeared an article on the poetry of Mrs. Hemans, from the masterly pen of Jeffrey, who, with great delicacy and discrimination, touches upon the peculiar characteristics of her style. "Almost all her poems," writes this high authority, "are rich with fine descriptions, and studded over with images of visible beauty. But these are never idle ornaments; all her pomps have a meaning, and her flowers and her gems are arranged, as they are said to be among Eastern lovers, so as to speak the language of truth and passion. This is peculiarly remarkable in some little pieces, which seem at first sight to be purely descriptivebut are soon found to tell upon the heart, with a deep moral and pathetic impression."

Early in 1830, she published her volume of "Songs of the Affections," and in the month of June she accomplished a project which she had long had at heart, of making a visit to the Lakes of WestThe moreland, and to the poet Wordsworth.

In a letter to a friend on the occasion, she thus pleasantly writes: "What with surprise, bustle, and pleasure, I am really almost bewildered. I wish you could have seen the children when the prize was announced to them yesterday. Arthur sprang from his 'Latin Exercise,' and shouted, "Now I am sure mamma is a better poet than Lord Byron.'"

*Of the beauty of this scenery, she thus writes: "Yesterday I rode round Grasmere and Rydal Lake. It was a glorious evening, and the imaged heavens in the waters more completely filled my mind, even to overflowing, than I think any object in nature ever did before. I could have stood in silence before the magnificent vision an hour, as it flushed and faded, and darkened at last into the deep sky of a summer's night." Her sonnet, "A Remembrance of Grasmere," written four years afterwards,

On returning thence, she went to reside in Dublin, where her brother, Major Browne, was settled. She entered very little into the general society of Dublin, but devoted most of her time to the education of her children. Her health, however, was enfeebled, so that, in her own language, "the exertion of writing became quite irksome." Early in 1834 appeared her "Hymns for Childhood," which was soon followed by "Scenes and Hymns of Life," and both were noticed very favourably in the periodicals of the day. But her course of life was nearly run; a cold, taken by being out too late in the evening, terminated in a fever, and she breathed her last, without a pain or struggle, on the 16th of May 1835. Her remains were deposited in a vault beneath St. Anne's Church, Dublin, and over her grave some lines, from one of her own dirges, were inscribed:

"Calm on the bosom of thy God,

Fair spirit! rest thee now!
Ev'n while with us thy footsteps trod,
His seal was on thy brow.

Dust to its narrow house beneath!
Soul to its place on high!
They that have seen thy look in death
No more may fear to die."

If Mrs. Hemans' poetry be not of the very highest order, it is distinguished for its pure fancy, beautiful imagery, and melodious versification. Many of her shorter pieces and her lyrical productions are touching and beautiful, both in sentiment and expression, while everything that she wrote is full of elevated moral feeling, and combines much energy of thought with a winning grace and delicacy of sentiment. To this brief biography we append

THE VOICE OF SPRING.

I come, I come! ye have call'd me long,
I come o'er the mountains with light and song;
Ye may trace my step o'er the wakening earth,
By the winds which tell of the violet's birth,
By the primrose stars in the shadowy grass,
By the green leaves opening as I pass.

describes the peculiar colouring with which her
imagination invested it :-

"O vale and lake, within your mountain urn
Smiling so tranquilly, and set so deep!
Oft doth your dreamy loveliness return,
Colouring the tender shadows of my sleep
With light Elysian; for the hues that steep
Your shores in melting lustre seem to float
On golden clouds from spirit lands remote-
Isles of the blest-and in our memory keep
Their place with holiest harmonies."

flowers

I have breathed on the South and the chesnut-
By thousands have burst from the forest-bowers:
And the ancient graves and the fallen fanes,
Are veiled with wreaths on Italian plains.
But it is not for me, in my hour of bloom.
To speak of the ruin or the tomb !

I have pass'd o'er the hills of the stormy North,
And the larch has hung all his tassels forth,
The fisher is out on the sunny sea, [free,
And the reindeer bounds through the pasture
And the pine has a fringe of softer green, [been.
And the moss looks bright where my step has
I have sent through the woodpaths a gentle sigh,
And call'd out each voice of the deep-blue sky,
From the night-bird's lay through the starry
In the groves of the soft Hesperian clime,

time,

To the swan's wild note by the Iceland lakes,
When the dark fir-bough into verdure breaks.
From the streams and founts I have loosed the
chain;

They are sweeping on to the silvery main,
They are flinging spray on the forest boughs,
They are flashing down from the mountain brows,
They are bursting fresh from their sparry caves,
And the earth resounds with the joy of waves.
Come forth, O ye children of gladness, come!
Where the violets lie may now be your home.
Ye of the rose-cheek and dew-bright eye.
And the bounding footstep, to meet me fly; [lay,
With the lyre, and the wreath, and the joyous
Come forth to the sunshine-I may not stay.
Away from the dwellings of care-worn meu,
The waters are sparkling in wood and glen;
The young leaves are dancing in breezy mirth;
Away from the chamber and dusky hearth,
Their light stems thrill to the wild-wood strains,
And youth is abroad in my green domains.
The summer is hastening, on soft winds borne,
Ye may press the grape, ye may bind the corn;
For me, I depart to a brighter shore-
Ye are marked by care, ye are mine no more.
I go where the loved who have left you dweli,
And the flowers are not Death's-fare ye weil,
farewell!

The following exquisite "Sabbath Sonnet" was her last production, composed on the bed of death.

"How many blessed groups this hour are bending,

Through England's primrose meadow paths,

their way

Toward spire and tower, 'midst shadowy elms ascending,

Whence the sweet chimes proclaim the hallow'd day!

The halls, from old heroic ages grey,

Pour their fair children forth; and hamlets low
With whose thick orchard blooms the soft winds

play,

Send out their inmates in a happy flow,
Like a freed vernal stream; I may not tread
With them those pathways-to the feverish bed
Of sickness bound; yet, oh my God! I bless
Thy mercy, that with sabbath peace hath fill'd
My chasten'd heart, and all its throbbings still'd
To one deep calm of lowliest thankfulness."

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