An Alpine Tale.

“ E'en now, while Alpine solitudes ascerid, 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.

LONDON:

Printed for
FRANCIS WESTLEY, 10, STATIONERS'-COURT, AND

AVE-MARIA-LANE ;
AND L. B. SEELY, 169, FLEET-STREET.