assaults of the wide, wide world. But will not our simple booklet prove too insignificant a mark for the critic's arrows? In the language of another, we confidently say, melancholy is indifferent to criticism. Thus, "In our own weakness shielded," O, Reading Public, we steal upon you 'mid the falling shadows, and lay "Eventide" at your feet. CONTENTS. PAGE WIMBLEDON; OR, THE HERMIT OF THE CEDARS,7 7 SCRAGGIEWOOD, A TALE OF AMERICAN LIFE,245 245 ALICE ORVILLE; OR, LIFE IN THE SOUTH AND WEST,329 329 COME TO ME WHEN I'M DYING,401 401 ELLEN,404 404 I'M TIRED OF LIFE,405