cuffs. The attention of the
guests and attendants should be directed to the group on the platform,
the expression of their countenances denoting pleasure and interest.
This constitutes the first scene, and ought to be exhibited three
times; after which, the performers will take positions for the second
scene.

The bride should be reclining insensible on the arm of the bridegroom;
the cardinal is about seeking safety in flight; the lord looks with
horror on the spectre, and throws out his arm as if he thought the
spectre was about to grasp him; portions of the guests have risen, and
are about to take flight; others are stupefied with affright; hands
and arms are thrown up in fear; consternation is depicted on every
face. When all is ready for representation, the stage manager must
give the signal to those in charge of the curtain, machinery below the
stage, and colored fires at the same moment, so that all will work in
unison. The whitish-blue fire should be burned in small quantities
near the trap door and larger quantities of the same in the
ante-rooms, which will reflect on the forms of the performers. The
curtain should be drawn up quite fast, while the spectre, starting at
the same time, should rise very slowly.

The lights for this piece should be opposite the platform, where the
bridal party stand; they must be very brilliant, and as many as can be
procured. The music in the first scene should be of a lively nature;
in the second scene, of a mournful style.

MUSIC, PAINTING, AND SCULPTURE.

O, there is nought so sweet
As lying and listening music from the hands,
And singing from the lips, of one we love--
Lips that all others should be turned to. Then
The world would all be love and song; heaven's harps
And orbs join in; the whole be harmony--
Distinct, yet blended--blending all in one
Long, delicious tremble, like a chord.

FESTUS.

The finger of God is the stamp upon them all, but each has its
separate variety.
Beauty, theme of innocence, how may guilt discourse thee?
Let holy angels sing thy praise, for man hath marred thy visage;
Still, the maimed torso of a Theseus can gladden taste with its
proportions.
Though sin hath shattered every limb, how comely are the fragments!

TUPPER.

Three Female Figures.

This artistic group is represented by three beautiful females, sea