Transcriber's note: Text enclosed by underscores is in italics (_italics_). Small capital text has been replaced with all capitals. * * * * * BLACKWOOD'S Edinburgh MAGAZINE. VOL. LXVIII. JULY-DECEMBER, 1850. [Illustration] WILLIAM BLACKWOOD & SONS, EDINBURGH; AND 37 PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON. 1850. BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE. NO. CCCCXVII. JULY, 1850. VOL. LXVIII. CONTENTS. THE HOUSE OF GUISE, 1 MY PENINSULAR MEDAL. BY AN OLD PENINSULAR. CONCLUSION, 20 CHATEAUBRIAND'S MEMOIRS, 33 THE GREEN HAND--A "SHORT" YARN. PART XI., 48 THE JEW BILL, 73 THE PICTURES OF THE SEASON, 77 THE YEAR OF SORROW.--IRELAND--1849, 93 LONDON AND EDINBURGH CHESS MATCH, 97 THE INDUSTRY OF THE PEOPLE, 106 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. CCCCXVII. JULY, 1850. VOL. LXVIII. THE HOUSE OF GUISE.[1] [1] _Histoire des Ducs de Guise._ Par RÉNÉ DE BOUILLÉ, ancien ministre plénipotentiaire. Volume the First. Paris: 1849.