"The fathers of the infants, just as if they had been in their own Kirk, had been sitting there during worship, and now stood up before the minister.... Some of the younger ones in that semicircle kept gazing down into the pool, in which the whole scene was reflected; and now and then, in spite of the grave looks or admonishing whispers of their elders, letting a pebble fall into the water, that they might judge of its depth from the length of time that elapsed before the clear air-bells lay sparkling on the agitated surface."--Vide "_Lights and Shadows of Scottish Life_." 155. _His Most Gracious Majesty William the Fourth_. H.E. Dawe. The King in his state robes: the likeness is excellent. 156. _The Grecian Choirs at the Temple of Apollo_. A sweet composition by W. Linton, from Petrarch; "representing the passage of the Choirs across the narrow strait between Delos and Rhenia, by a bridge magnificently decorated with gold and garlands, rich stuffs and tapestry," the splendour of which is enhanced by the brightness of a summer's morning. 162. "_In peace love tunes the Shepherd's reed_," a pretty composition from this line by Scott, painted by Mrs. John Hakewill. A rustic boy and girl are seated beneath a woody bank: the intent expression of the boy playing the pipe and of the listening girl are really delightful. 195. _Edinburgh Castle from the Grass Market_. D. Roberts. A fine picture of the associated sublimities of nature and art. 208. _The Ettrick Shepherd in his Forest Plaid_. J.W. Gordon. Correct in likeness, but strangely shadowed. 224. _Coronation of William IV_. The first picture of a series to represent the procession to the Abbey on the day of the Coronation of his present Majesty, containing the portraits of distinguished personages who attended on that occasion.--Painted for his Majesty, by R.B. Davis. This picture occupies comparatively as much length on the walls as its description would in our columns: it is some yards long, and perhaps four feet in height. It is but hastily painted. The framework is excellent, and well appointed for St. James's, Windsor, or Buckingham Palace. We hope the _picture_ will be liked there as well as the frame. 244. _Elizabeth relieving the Exile_, by Miss A. Beaumont, is an interesting picture, from the well-remembered incident in the _Exiles of Siberia._