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7. " Voulez-vous monter chez moi, mon petit Monsieur,yous n'en serez pas faclie*, allez." Death, tricked out as ar ille de joie with a mask, entices a youth introduced by a

ompanion.

8. "—Pour une consultation, Docteur, j'en suis j'vousuis . ." Death in the character of an undertaker, his'.earse behind, invites an old man to follow him.

9. "Oui, Madame, ce sera bien la promenade la pluslelicieuse ! une voiture dans le dernier gout ! un chevaluii fend Tair, et le meilleur groom de France." Death,labited as a beau, conducts a lady, followed by her maid,0 a carriage in waiting.

XIII. " The British Dance of Death, exemplified by aseries of engravings from drawings by Van Assen, withexplanatory and moral essays. Printed by and for GeorgeSmeeton, Royal Arcade, Pall Mall." 8vo. No date. With afrontispiece designed by Geo. Cruikshank, representing acrowned sitting Death, holding a scythe in one hand, andwith the other leaning on a globe. This is circular in themiddle. Over it two small compartments of Death strikingan infant in the cradle, and a sick man. At bottom, twoothers of Death demolishing a glutton and a drunkard.A short preface states that the work is on the plan of " thecelebrated designs of Holbein," meaning of course theLyons work, but to which it has not the smallest resem-blance, and refers to Lord Orford for the mention of theBasle dance, which, as having two or sometimes threefigures only, it does resemble. It then states that the lateMr. Van Assen had no intention of publishing thesedesigns, which now appear in compliance with the wishesof many of his friends to possess them. They are veryneatly engraved, and tinted in imitation of the originaldrawings, but are wholly destitute of that humour whichmight have been expected from the pencil of the ingeniousinventor, and which he has manifested on many otheroccasions. The subjects are the following :—1. The Infant.2. Juvenile piety. 3. The Student. 4. The Sempstress.5. The musical Student. 6. The Dancer. 7. The femaleStudent. 8. The Lovers. 9. The industrious Wife. 10.The Warrior. 11. The Pugilists. 12. The Glutton. 13.The Drunkard. 14. The Watchman. 15. The Fish-