Heath's Book of Beauty for 1838

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Heath's Book of Beauty for 1838

compiled by Countess of Blessington


Table of Contents

1 Stuart-Wortley, Lady Emmeline. On Portrait of Countess Chesterfield; [Poetry/3 pages]
4 Bulwer-Lytton, Edward George. The Three Sisters; [Prose/11 pages]
15 Howard, Edward. Lines on Portrait of Mrs. Bathurst; [Poetry/2 pages]
17 Chorley, John Rutter. Eule: The Emperor's Dwarf; [Prose/16 pages]
33 Landon, Letitia Elizabeth (L. E. L.). Mrs. Wombwell; [Poetry/2 pages]
35 Procter, Bryan W. (Barry Cornwall). The Story of the Back-Room Window; [Prose/11 pages]
46 Gardner, Lord. Lines, "When pondering o'er our youth"; [Poetry/2 pages]
48 Norton, Mrs. Erskine of Rio de Janeiro. The Monk of La Trappe; [Prose/41 pages]
89 Berkeley, Grantley F.. Lines on a Portrait; [Poetry/2 pages]
91 Holme, Mrs. Margaret Torre. Dolorida; [Poetry/6 pages]
97 Sheridan, Miss Louisa H.. My Convent Days; [Prose/15 pages]
112 Chorley, Henry F.. Lines on a Portrait; [Poetry/2 pages]
114 White, Charles. Beatrice; or, the Invisible Girl; [Prose/33 pages]
147 Denison, Joseph William. Lines, "So the trousseau at last"; [Poetry/5 pages]
152 Toulmin, Camilla ( Mrs. Crosland). The Parting; [Poetry/2 pages]
154 Bury, Lady Charlotte. Nursery Story; [Prose/6 pages]
160 Tynte, C. J. Kemeys. Lines to L _; [Poetry/1 pages]
161 Talbot, Robert. A Summer's Night; [Poetry/1 pages]
162 Caradoc, Hobart. Aisha; [Prose/24 pages]
186 Holme, Mrs. Margaret Torre. To Death; [Poetry/2 pages]
188 Blessington, Countess (Power, M). The Lammergheyer, Vulture of Alps; [Poetry/2 pages]
190 Jekyll, Joseph. Related by Countess Blessington; [Poetry/6 pages]
196 Ainsworth, W. Harrison. On the Portrait of Mrs. Fairlie; [Poetry/2 pages]
198 Somerville, William. Stanzas from Goethe; [Poetry/1 pages]
199 Bernal, Ralph. Rhoda Tracy; [Prose/17 pages]
216 Bayley, Thomas Haynes. Oh, I come not to Upbraid Thee; [Poetry/2 pages]
218 Lennox, Lord William. A Legend of Halnaker; [Prose/23 pages]
231 Phipps, Edmund. Stanzas, "What are Love's treasures"; [Poetry/1 pages]
231 Phipps, Edmund. Stanzas, Last Illness and Death of Love; [Poetry/1 pages]
232 Blessington, Countess (Power, M). Sonnet, "Sorrow !"; [Poetry/1 pages]
233 Marryat, Captain Frederick. The Legend of Bell Rock; [Prose/14 pages]
247 Fairlie, Mrs.. The Heart's Fountain; [Poetry/1 pages]
248 Fairlie, Mrs.. Stanzas, "Though Fair and Bright"; [Poetry/1 pages]
249 Disraeli, Benjamin. A Syrian Sketch; [Prose/2 pages]
251 Blessington, Countess (Power, M). Music; [Poetry/1 pages]
252 Smith, James. Portrait of Mrs. Lane Fox; [Poetry/2 pages]
254 Landor, Walter Savage. The Dream of Petrarca; [Poetry/5 pages]
259 Procter, Bryan W. (Barry Cornwall). Beauty; [Poetry/2 pages]
261 Worthington, Miss.. The Concert; [Prose/17 pages]
278 Reynolds, Frederic Mansel. A Character; [Poetry/2 pages]
280 Blessington, Countess (Power, M). Sonnet, "At midnight's solemn hour"; [Poetry/1 pages]
281 Blessington, Countess (Power, M). Apropos of Bores; [Prose/6 pages]

List of Plates

front The Countess of Chesterfield; (art.) Landseer, Edwin, A.; (eng.) Robinson, Henry
front Vignette Title; (art.) Unwins, Thomas, R. A; (eng.) Robinson, Henry
Mrs. Lane Fox; (art.) Chalon, A. E., R. A.; (eng.) Mote, William H.
15 Mrs. Henry Bathurst and Child; (art.) Chalon, A. E., R. A.; (eng.) Robinson, Henry
33 Mrs. Wombwell; (art.) Rochard, Francis; (eng.) Cook, Henry
89 Mrs. Lethbridge; (art.) Hayter, John; (eng.) Unidentified
93 Dolorida; (art.) Meadows, K.; (eng.) Wright
100 The Butterfly; (art.) Hayter, John; (eng.) Unidentified
112 Marguerite; (art.) Bostock, J.; (eng.) Robinson, Henry
167 Aisha; (art.) Chalon, A. E., R. A.; (eng.) Stothard, G
197 Mrs Fairlie; (art.) Wood, John; (eng.) Mote, William H.
236 Rhoda; (art.) Jenkins, J. J.; (eng.) Cook, Henry
253 Katerina; (art.) Wood, John; (eng.) Cook, Henry



Date: 1838 (Web page revisions: 04/27/2006) Author: compiled by Countess of Blessington (Web page revisions: Zach Weir).
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