eir customers less vain,
is there much reason to expect they ever will."

Though thus in a state of warfare with his brother artists, he was
occasionally gratified by the praise of men whose judgment was
universally acknowledged, and whose sanction became a higher honour,
from its being neither lightly nor indiscriminately given.

[Illustration: CAPTAIN THOMAS CORAM.]

THE COUNTRY INN YARD; OR, THE STAGE COACH.

The poet's adage, ALL THE WORLD'S A STAGE,
Has stood the test of each revolving age;
Another simile perhaps will bear,
'Tis a STAGE COACH, where all must pay the fare;
Where each his entrance and his exit makes,
And o'er life's rugged road his journey takes.
Some unprotected must their tour perform,
And bide the pelting of the pitiless storm;
While others, free from elemental jars,
By fortune favour'd and propitious stars,
Secure from storms, enjoy their little hour,
Despise the whirlwind, and defy the shower.
Such is our life--in sunshine or in shade,
From evil shelter'd, or by woe assay'd:
Whether we sit, like Niobe, all tears,
Or calmly sink into the vale of years;
With houseless, naked Edgar sleep on straw,
Or keep, like Caesar, subject worlds in awe--
To the same port our devious journeys tend,
Where airy hopes and sickening sorrows end;
Sunk every eye, and languid every breast,
Each wearied pilgrim sighs and sinks to rest.

E.

Among the writers of English novels, Henry Fielding holds the first
rank; he was the novelist of nature, and has described some scenes which
bear a strong resemblance to that which is here delineated. The artist,
like the author, has taken truth for his guide, and given such
characters as are familiar to all our minds. The scene is a country inn
yard, at the time passengers are getting into a stage-coach, and an
election procession passing in the back-ground. Nothing can be better
described; we become of the party. The vulgar roar of our landlady is no
less apparent than the grave, insinuating, imposing countenance of mine
host. Boniface solemnly protests that a bill he is presenting to an old
gentleman in a laced hat is extremely moderate. This does not satisfy
the paymaster, whose countenance shows that he considers it as a
palpable fraud, though the act against bribery, which he carries in his
pocket, designates him to be of a profession not very liable to suffer