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    NOTICES OF BOOKS. 277

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    Jezm Herhst In Wales. (A.N Autumn In Wal...

    lie gets out o £ tlie railway carriage near a little village in Caernarvonwith shire , the lie affairs steps at of once the into work fairy -day land world , . and Even troubles in the himself care bestowed no more

    by Welsh farmers upon their pigs , he sees " a remnant of Druidism , " and not the remotest reference to roast pork . his

    Of the Welsh farm-house near Aber , in which he took up tourists temporary should abode be , he inclined gives to a temp follow ting in descri his footsteps ption , but it in may case be other as

    , well to mention that the dietary of the family , with which the German traveller was fain to be content , was " simple and patriand

    archal as their lives . " Meat was furnished only on Sundays , during the week the bill of fare consisted and of buttermilk _/ _Sbjpa-porrid and ge and Eiv but d -

    termilk ttaeth _, a , preparation Tatws-llaeth of , mashe milk , d oatmeal potatoes and water , the precise , , charac -y - - teristic of which remains somewhat obscure to us . The author seems

    stud to have ying passed the _"Welsh his time grammar pleasantl , and y enoug carry of h ing seventeen between on a excursions mild with flirtation , bathing cheeks with ,

    the chestnut farmer hair ' s daug and hter dark , a fair maiden who assisted the , stranger rosy in the , acquirement of , her mellifluous eyes nativ , e tongue ; he lying on the grass les

    under a roof of golden-tinted leaves , and she gathering the app and We pears must . not however mislead any young gentleman who might

    be Sarah disposed forms to one such of the " idy permanent _llic" recreation attractions with the of ide the a that spot the , for lovel the y

    volume concludes with her wedding with a certain Owen Owen , and as some of the details of the ceremony are new to us , they may

    possibly be so to our readers . " The noise began before day found light , Sarah so that it was in impossible the kitchen to sleep in grand any

    more state , in and a when new black I went beaver down hat I and a long , white sitting veil ; and father , mother , tea grandmother and , ate cake , sisters sand and then brothers I noticed , sat that round there also were in gala present attire a . dozen We youn drank g

    fellows to house be ; throwing they with were ribbons , , I was and redoubt informed feathers or , some in ' Sarah their fortification ' s hats guar running d , ' and I they found about seemed I outside could to not the me

    take was drawn a step across without up the stumbling a path , and , over in another some that obstacle an for actual ? —in asked . stone one p the barricade lace chief a straw officer . rope of

    " ' What in the world are you doing ' I the answer " guard ' To prevent Yarious ? the other bridegroom arrangements and were his made men , from as 1 coming was informed in , ' was , with the

    . guard a . similar "It was seemed purpose laboring as . if with we were , patriotic threatened earnestness with a at hostile the defences invasion . , On and a that sudden the

    we heard a shrill whistle—I retired " " Six ' They young prudentl ' re coming men y from now , ' crie p the laced d mounted the field themselves comm , and mostl ander the enemy at , ' the to little your was door soon Welsh posts , three seen , boys ponies on advancing each !' with side . —

    about i fifty at their young head men whose , all horse was , so covered y on with ribbons , and feathers , a ,, pper ,

    Notices Of Books. 277

    _NOTICES OF BOOKS . 277

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), June 1, 1858, page 277, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01061858/page/61/