CORSA

EVENINGS IN AUTUMN ;

A

Series of Essays,

NARRATIVE AND MISCELLANEOUS.

BY

NATHAN DRAKE, M.D.

AUTHOR OF LITERARY HOURS,
OF ESSAYS ON PERIODICAL LITERATURE, OF SHAKSPEARE

AND HIS TIMES, AND OF WINTER NIGHTS.

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Nunc — frondes autumno frigore tactas
Jamque malé hærentes alta rapit arbore ventus.

OVIDIUS.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. II.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR

LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, AND BROWN,

CONTENTS OF VOL. II.

PAGE

No.

XII. On the Blindness of Homer, Ossian, and Milton.

HOMER

1

XIII. The Valley of the Rye, a Tale, continued 24

XIV. On the Character and Writings of Sir Thomas

Browne, with Extracts from, and Observations

on his Religio Medici

63

XV. Critical Remarks on “ The Judgment, a Vision,"

a Poem by Mr. Hillhouse of New York 100

XVI. The Valley of the Rye, Tale, continued 128

XVII. On the Blindness of Homer, Ossian, and Milton.

OSSIAN

170

XVII. On the Religio Medici of Sir Thomas Browne

concluded

197

XIX. The Valley of the Rye, a Tale, continued • 222

XX. On the Blindness of Homer, Ossian, and Milton.

MILTON

- 252

XXI. The Valley of the Rye, a Tale, concluded 287

XXII. Remarks on Social Worship - The Village-

Church. – Conclusion.

316