Super-royal 32mo, neatly and substantially bound in green cloth, gilt. SLATER'S SHILLING SERIES OF POPULAR AND CLASSICAL WORKS. It is intended to embrace, in this monthly series, the most popular and classical works of Emerson, Lamartine, Longfellow, George Sand, and other celebrated English and Foreign writers. ALREADY PUBLISHED. I. EMERSON'S TWELVE ESSAYS, On History, Self-Reliance, Compensation, Spiritual Laws, Love, Friendship, Prudence, Heroism, the Over Soul, Circles, Intellect, and Art. II. VATHEK; An Arabian Tale, by W. BECKFORD, Esq., with a Memoir of the Author, by W. NORTH. "Vathek is, indeed, a remarkable performance." Quarterly Review. "For correctness of costume, beauty of description, and power of imagination, Vathek far surpasses all European imitations. As an Eastern tale, even Rasselas must bow before it; his Happy Valley will not bear comparison with the Hall of Eblis."-Lord Byron. III. A Romance, by HENRY W. LONGFELLOW, Author of the "Voices of the Night," "Evangeline," &c., &c. "Look not mournfully into the past, it comes not back again. Wisely improve the present. It is thine. Go forth into the shadowy future, without fear, and with a manly heart.". TALES OF EVERY-DAY LIFE, BY FREDERIKA BREMER. UNIFORM WITH SLATER'S SHILLING SERIES. To be published in Monthly Volumes, price One Shilling each, handsomely bound in green cloth, gilt, a new, complete, and uniform edition of MISS BREMER'S NOVELS, TRANSLATED FROM THE SWEDISH. "No fictions, since those of Scott, have captivated all classes like those of Frederika Bremer." A Volume will be published on the 15th of each month, until the whole are completed. LONDON: GEORGE SLATER, 252, STRAND; J. MENZIES, EDINBURGII; J. Mc GLASHAN, DUBLIN Α TALE OF ACADIE. BY HENRY W. LONGFELLOW. AUTHOR OF THE "VOICES OF THE NIGHT" LONDON: GEORGE SLATER, 252, STRAND. 1849 INTRODUCTION. the So much of the charm of Evangeline is derived from very foundation of the narrative-the simple dignity and earnestness of the characters, and the deep religious tone of the interest, that it may be acceptable to the reader to give the historical fact which has inspired so exquisite an ideal picture. There are many, doubtless, who have never read the cruel story, and such will be glad to see it in a few words, condensed from the best authority on the subject. The historical accuracy of the poem enhances its beauty. The fact, as given by Haliburton in his History of Nova Scotia, is, in brief, as follows: Some dispute existing between the English and the French, respecting the territorial limits of both parties; the region about Hudson's Bay, and the province of Acadie, since called Nova Scotia, to settle the matter, were ceded to Great Britain, in 1713. Acadie was inhabited by an excellent French population. When these good people found their country yielded to England, and themselves no longer subjects |