An Alpine Tale.

"E'en now, while Alpine solitudes ascend,

I sit me down a pensive hour to spend."-Goldsmith.

AN

Alpine Tale:

SUGGESTED BY

CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH OCCURRED {TOWARDS

THE COMMENCEMENT

OF THE

Present Century.

BY THE AUTHOR OF

TALES FROM SWITZERLAND."

"Hail! awful scenes, that calm the troubled breast,
And woo the weary to profound repose;

Can passion's wildest uproar lull to rest,

And whisper comfort to the man of woes!"-BEATTIE.

"Simul et jucunda et idonea dicere vitæ."

VOL. I.

BOD

LONDON:

Printed for

FRANCIS WESTLEY, 10, STATIONERS'-COURT, AND

AVE-MARIA-LANE;

AND L. B. SEELY, 169, FLEET-STREET.