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The Usurer. Death shuts him into his monev

him at table, and

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chest.

14. The Glutton. Death seizesforcibly pours wine down his throat.

15. The Rope-dancer. Death mounted on an ass, andfantastically apparelled, enters the circle of spectators, andseizes the performer by one of his legs.

16. The lodge of secrecy (freemasonry). Death intro-duces a novice blindfold to the lodge.

17. The recruiting Officer. Death enlists some countryfellows, a fiddler preceding.

18. Berthold Swartz. Death ignites the contents of themortar, and blows up the monk. In the usual represen-tations of this story, the Devil is always placed near themonk.

19. The Duel. A man strikes with a sword at Death,who is lifting up the valves of a window.

20. The plunder of the falling-trap. Death demolishesa student by throwing a bookcase filled with books uponhim.

a 1. Silence surrendered. Death appears to a school-mistress. The children, terrified, escape.

22. The privilege of the strong. Death lays violenthands on a lady, whom her male companions in vainendeavour to protect.

23. The apothecary. Death enters his shop, and directshis attention to the poor patients who are coming in.

24. The conclusion. Two anatomists joining hands areboth embraced by Death.

The best of these subjects are Nos. 4, 13, 14, 15, and18. The text is a mixture of prose and verse.

X. " The English Dance of Death, from the designs ofThomas Rowlandson, with metrical illustrations by theauthor of Doctor Syntax." 2 vols. 8vo. 1815-1816.Ackermann.

In seventy-two coloured engravings. Among these themost prominent and appropriate are—The last Chase ; theRecruit; the Catchpole ; the Death-blow ; the Dram-shop ;the Skaiters ; the Duel; the Kitchen j the Toast-master;the Gallant's downfall; and the fall of four in hand. Therest are comparatively feeble and irrelevant, and many of