Then hie thee to thy far-off mountain dell! Its roses long thy coming to behold, They’ll lend their hues to make thy cheek less pale, And seem less cold. S. * * * * * [Illustration: Painted by E. Corbould. Engraved by A. B. Walter. THE SPANISH LOVERS.] * * * * * THE SPANISH LOVERS. WITH AN ENGRAVING. Swing, lady, swing! the birds do swing Upon the boughs above, As, swayed by breezes soft and warm, They sing their songs of love. A fairer and a purer thing, And far diviner, thou. Swing, swaying to thy lover’s hand, Beneath the greenwood bough! The winter cold may come ere long, And soon the autumn rain, But saddened ne’er the birds’ gay song With thought of future pain. So love, which hath its summer time, Its winter too may know, But quaff thou, lady, present bliss, Nor dream of future wo. * * * * * REVIEW OF NEW BOOKS. _Homes and Haunts of the Most Eminent British Poets. By William Howitt. The Illustrations Engraved by H. W. Hewett. New York: Harper & Brothers. 2 vols. 12mo._ The Harpers have issued this charming book in a form of appropriate elegance. The paper, printing, binding, and illustrations are all that could be desired. Few volumes have been published during the season more worthy of a place upon the parlor table. The title of the book hardly conveys an idea of its full contents. It is in fact biographical and critical as well as descriptive, and portrays the poets in their homes and haunts, giving copious extracts from their writings, illustrative of their personal character, and tracing the history of their minds as they were influenced by events and circumstances. It must have cost the author much time and labor. Facts and anecdotes have been carefully culled from a wide variety of books, and England, Scotland and Ireland have been personally explored in search of the “homes and haunts.” The latter are described from the author’s own observations. Much interest is given to this portion of the work by a detail of the curious little adventures which occurred to the author in his wanderings, and the strange sort of prosers he found domesticated among places and scenes consecrated by song.