_Soph._ O my dear father, the serenity of your brow, like a mild evening-sun, sooths the perturbation of my mind. I see that all is peace within. This single moment of joy would repay an age of sorrow. _Reiss._ O my child! (embraces her again;) and this is my son! (embraces Privy Counsellor; Clarenbach takes him by the hand.) I am now completely happy, my mind tells me so; my feeble sight was dazzled with the false lustre of gold; but honest Wellenberg took me by the hand and conducted me into the path in which I ought to walk in the evening of life. _Clar._ I have not wept for some time; but nature, on the present occasion, has indulged me with a few tears, and they shall be paid on sight. (takes Reissman by the hand.) We are both in the evening of life; let us descend with even step to the grave; our dear friend Wellenberg will be our guide. Let us leave our children behind us, and, if any evil should tempt them in an unguarded moment, may our example interpose like a guardian angel! Splendor and ambition are gaudy signs, painted by the hand of delusion, to lead the bewildered traveller still farther astray. (Gernau kisses Sophia's hand, and gazes on Frederica with fond attention.) _Soph._ (embraces Frederica, and drops a tear.) Excuse me, I have a tear for joy as well as sorrow. _Clar._ Come, let us not delay the nuptial rites. [Exeunt omnes. THE END. LIST OF BOOKS JUST PUBLISHED BY W. WEST, No. 27, PATERNOSTER-ROW. The BEAUTIES of the late Right Honorable EDMUND BURKE, selected from his Writings, &c. alphabetically arranged, including several celebrated POLITICAL CHARACTERS, drawn by himself, and his own Character by different Hands. To which is prefixed a SKETCH of the LIFE, with many original ANECDOTES of Mr. BURKE. In two Volumes, 8vo. Price 10s. Boards. "This work contains many original anecdotes which escaped the notice of Mr. M'Cormick and Dr. Bisset, and which, relating to Mr. Burke's private life, are peculiarly interesting. "With regard to the specific merits of the compilement, as a selection, we may observe, that the extracts from the multifarious writings of Mr. Burke, appear to be judiciously selected, and the general mass seems to be very properly reduced to order."--_Monthly Review for December_, 1798. ST. PIERRE's celebrated STUDIES of NATURE, carefully abridged, with a copious INDEX, by L. T. REDE, in one handsome Volume, 8vo. Price 6s. Boards. This work is peculiarly adapted to inspire, in the breast of youth, the highest reverence and profound adoration for the wisdom and benevolence of God in the works of the creation, which the Author has displayed in such fine language, that it cannot fail to form the taste for composition, at the same time that it improves the head and expands the understanding.