BLACKWOOD’S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE. NO. DLXIX. MARCH 1863. VOL. XCIII. CONTENTS. CAXTONIANA.—PART XIV., 267 NO. XIX.—MOTIVE POWER (_concluded_) MRS CLIFFORD’S MARRIAGE.—PART I., 284 AN ENGLISH VILLAGE—IN FRENCH, 301 LORD MACKENZIE’S ROMAN LAW, 314 THE PERIPATETIC POLITICIAN—IN FLORENCE, 321 THE FRANK IN SCOTLAND, 330 KINGLAKE’S INVASION OF THE CRIMEA, 355 THE OPENING OF THE SESSION, 384 EDINBURGH: WILLIAM BLACKWOOD & SONS, 45 GEORGE STREET. AND 37 PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON. _To whom all Communications (post paid) must be addressed._ SOLD BY ALL THE BOOKSELLERS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM. PRINTED BY WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS, EDINBURGH. BLACKWOOD’S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE. NO. DLXIX. MARCH 1863. VOL. XCIII CAXTONIANA: A SERIES OF ESSAYS ON LIFE, LITERATURE, AND MANNERS. By the Author of ‘The Caxton Family.’ PART XIV. NO. XIX.—MOTIVE POWER (_concluded_). The next day the atmosphere was much cooler, refreshed by a heavy shower that had fallen at dawn; and when, not long after noon, Percival and I, mounted on ponies bred in the neighbouring forests, were riding through the narrow lanes towards the house we had agreed to visit, we did not feel the heat oppressive. It was a long excursion; we rode slowly, and the distance was about sixteen miles.