EVANGELINE

A TALE OF ACADIE

LONDON:

R. CLAY, SON, AND TAYLOR, PRINTEKS,

BREAD STREET HILL.

A TALE OF ACADIE.

BY

HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW.

Illustrated

WITH FORTY-FIVE ENGRAVINGS ON WOOD,

FROM DESIGNS BY

JANE E. BENHAM, BIRKET FOSTER, AND JOHN GILBERT.

LONDON:

BELL AND DALDY, 186, FLEET STREET.

1866.

280. j.. 89.

:7.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

I.

PART THE FIRST.

"The murmuring pines and the hemlocks, Bearded with moss, and in garments green."

II. "Waste are those pleasant farms, and the farmers for ever departed!" BIRKET FOSTER. 12

III. "Solemnly down the street came the parish priest, and the children
Paused in their play to kiss the hand he extended to bless them."

BIRKET FOSTER. 13

IV. "Homeward serenely she walked with God's benediction upon her."

JANE E. BENHAM. 16

V. "Firmly builded with rafters of oak, the house of the farmer
Stood on the side of a hill commanding the sea."

BIRKET FOSTER. 17

VI. "Farther down, on the slope of the hill, was the well with its moss-grown
Bucket, fastened with iron, and near it a trough for the horses."

BIRKET FOSTER. 18

VII. "Many a youth, as he knelt in the church and opened his missal,
Fixed his eyes upon her, as the saint of his deepest devotion."

JANE E. BENHAM, 19

VIII.

"Father Felician,

Priest and pedagogue both in the village, had taught them their letters
Out of the selfsame book, with the hymns of the church and the
plain-song."

JANE E. BENHAM. 20

IX. "There at the door they stood, with wondering eyes to behold him
Take in his leathern lap the hoof of the horse as a plaything."

BIRKET FOSTER. 21

X. "Oft in the barns they climbed to the populous nests on the rafters."

BIRKET FOSTER. 22