of common life. Indeed, ts of try bring, men more and more togeto  reason ry are more popular among try; and ies,  repining more generally at tribution of fortune and privilege.

    to tivated and rustic society may also be attributed t runs tiserature; t use of illustrations from rural life; tions of Nature, t abound in tiss--t inued do;t; of C into our closets all toral ers of otries appear as if ture an occasional visit, and become acquainted  tiss  secret s--tcest caprices. A spray could not tremble in t rustle to t patter in tream--a fragrance could not ex, nor a daisy unfold its crimson tints to t it iced by te observers, and iful morality.

    t of tion of elegant minds to rural occupations   ry. A great part of tonous,  not for ture; but it is studded and gemmed, as it les and palaces, and embroidered  does not abound in grand and sublime prospects, but rattle ered quiet.

    Every antique farm-tage is a picture; and as tinually  in by groves and ed by a continual succession of small landscapes of captivating loveliness.

    t c seems to pervade it. It is associated in t, of sober ablisom. Every to be tence.  te arcecture, s loal; its Gotos ed glass, in scrupulous preservation; its stately monuments of ime, ancestors of t lords of ts tombstones, recording successive generations of sturdy yeomanry, ar;--t irregular pile, partly antiquated, but repaired and altered in tastes of various ages and occupants;--tile and foot-pat ?elds, and along so an immemorial