Fatima shortly afterwards had a day of great rejoicing; she not only gave a magnificent entertainment to her relations and friends, but the poor, for miles round, were collected together to partake of her hospitality: and on this occasion every face glowed with smiles of happiness. Fatima's former days had showed her the sufferings and privations of the poor; and now she had the power, she determined to better their condition. With this view, instead of the miserable hovels usually inhabited by the labouring poor, she had annually several comfortable and pleasant cottages built, and to each one she added, a large plot of ground. To every labouring family upon her extensive estates, she gave one of these cottages, and where there were a family of children, she added to this gift a cow, and a few sheep. By this means, she enabled them, by their own exertions, instead of occasional want, always to secure a humble competence; and in a very short time, every person upon her estate was rendered happy, and became her firm friend. [Illustration] PHILIP J. COZANS, PUBLISHER AND BOOKSELLER, No. 116 NASSAU STREET, _NEW-YORK_. HAS ALWAYS ON HAND AN EXTENSIVE ASSORTMENT OF VALENTINES, PLAIN AND COLORED TOY BOOKS, SONG BOOKS, ALMANACKS, PLAYS, CARDS, MOTTO VERSES, BLANK BOOKS, STATIONERY, &c. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. _ALSO JUST PUBLISHED_, THE GUIDE TO PAINTING IN WATER COLORS, WITH COLORED PLATES, PRICE 25 CENTS. YOUTH'S NEW DRAWING BOOK, AND NEW PROGRESSIVE DRAWING-BOOK, PRICE 12-1/2 CENTS, EACH. THE ART OF GOOD BEHAVIOUR, CONTAINING DIRECTIONS FOR Giving and attending Parties, Balls, Weddings, _DINNERS, Etc._ INCLUDING THE NECESSARY PREPARATIONS AND ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE MARRIAGE CEREMONY. Country orders attended to with punctuality--and liberal Discount TO THE TRADE. TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE: Obvious printer errors have been corrected. Otherwise, the author's original spelling, punctuation, and hyphenation have been left intact. Page 6 - The word 'expence' has been retained. It is an obsolete spelling of 'expense'. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Wonderful Story of Blue Beard, and His Last Wife, by George Cruikshank