“Here, upon a semicircular ledge of rocks, over a narrow chasm, down which the tiny stream played in a murmuring waterfall, and divided into two equal parts, sat the congregation, devoutly listening to their minister, who stood before them on what might well be called a small natural pulpit of living stone....  Divine service was closed, and a row of maidens, all clothed in purest white, arranged themselves at the foot of the pulpit, with the infants about to be baptized.

“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.