The Token and Atlantic Souvenir
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SlKl A: BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY wMk *--"v4W^I^f^RPPS51 i€kt«tgt« & *v& %&%&C& ^ "m mi « ®M »*? 6 r *, F ^% «£> *% *£^? ,»S>^ ^^^^ .•£«£b * ^t. «** ^?t- &^f&* f&** «•"« ¥*- *; 'ci^Lls^ ^ *3& ,*•«* ^S"*?i _9^*?\ _S"*^i _Q>»\ _9^s .—9^s _9^t .-9^S\ _9*^ ^9^ ^9^^ j*§)t*£L . m 'M ^ *£ ^ ^9^?> mS <>> ^9^^^ ^£>*^ >»9^ -§>*%. ^9^?i ^£>^ .•S^. +£>*£ ^S^^ &I^^ ^1^^ &19& C&^&^&^&^.&^&1£& ^S THE TOKEN ATLANTIC SOUVENIR CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR'S PRESENT. EDITED BY S. G. GOODRICH. BOSTON. PUBLISHED BY CHARLES BOWES. MDCCCXXXVI. I ® I olhyt Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year eighteen hundred and thirty- five, by Charles Bowen, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Massachusetts. BOSTON: Samuel N. Dickinson, Printer, 52, Washington street. PREFACE. From the commencement of the Token in 1828, it has been the desire of the proprietors to render the work as little dependent, as possible, upon foreign art. The literary department has been sustained for nine years, by American writers ; and in the other departments nothing has been borrowed from European artists, with the exception of designs for the engravings. A part of the prints have been unavoidably copied from the productions of foreign painters j yet a preference has always been given to the works of our own artists, and no volume has appeared, that was not embellished with several copies of American pictures. The rapid advance that has recently been made here, in the various arts, particularly that of painting, together with the interest manifested by the community, in the productions of our countrymen, have induced the proprietor this year, to introduce no other engravings than those from original paintings or drawings by American artists. The present volume, therefore, is not only considerably enlarged, but it is wholly an American production. It is the first annual, and the only highly embellished book, issued from the American press, which could claim entire independence of foreign aid. In accomplishing his design, the publisher has encountered difficulties, which the public can in part appreciate. Amid the multiplied productions of the pencil, there are very few suited to the purposes of an annual. Of the thousands of fine pictures painted every year in Europe, there are probably not a dozen that would prove decidedly popular in a work of this kind. In this country the artists being few, and restricting ourselves to the productions of American painters, it is plain that our choice is confined within very narrow limits. We have, in the present volume, used our best endeavors, yet as it must come into comparison with those of England, where selections may be made, alike from the numerous productions of living artists, and the exhaustless treasures of the past, accumulated iv PREFACE. in the halls, castles, palaces and galleries throughout Europe, it might be wise to bespeak some favor in behalf of our work on the ground of its American character. If we were driven to this plea, we hope it might not be without avail — and that if further apology were needed, it might be found in the difficulties which usually beset a first attempt. Should this attempt be approved by the public, it is our design to continue the work upon its present basis, and doubt not that with the advancing arts, we shall be able year by year, to make nearer and yet nearer approaches to perfection. EMBELLISHMENTS. Presentation Plate, drawn by G. L. Brown, engraved by E. Gallaudet. Fancy Title Page, painted by F. Alexander, engraved by John Cheney. The Fair Pilgrim, painted by Geo. L. Brown, engraved by V. Balch 33 The Panther Scene, painted by Geo. L. Brown, engraved by Joseph Andrews "1 Dante's Beatrice, painted by Washington Allston, engraved by John Cheney 105 The Wreck at Sea, drawn by J. Birch, engraved by J. B. Neagle 151 The Spirit of Poesy, painted by W. Croome, engraved by J. B. Neagle 187 The Emigrant's Adventure, painted by A. Fisher, engraved by Geo. B. Ellis 229 I'll Think of That, painted by S. S. Osgood, engraved by E. Gallaudet 277 The Pilot Boy, sketched by G. L. Brown, engraved by S. W. Cheney 301 The Hunters of the Prairie, painted by J. Doughty, engraved by Geo. B. Ellis 321 The Spy, painted by R. W. Wier, engraved by James Smillie ... 357 CONTENTS. To *** ^ New Year's Day— By Miss Sedgwick H 32 Anna's Picture — By Florence 33 The Fair Pilgrim—By William L. Stone 53 Spring — By J. G. Percival 55 The Bride — By Mrs. Sigourney 57 I will Forget Thee — By B. B. Thatcher 59 To One I Love 60 Perils on the Deep— By A. D. Woodbridge The Panther Scene — From the Pioneers 61 68 The First Frost of Autumn— By S. G. Goodrich Wealth and Fashion 71 Euthanasia—By C. C 104 < Affianced One' 105 Dante's Beatrice — By the Author of The Sights from a Steeple,' 113 The Wedding Knell— By the Author of ' 124 To a Lady — By R 125 Life beyond the Mountains 129 The Magic Spinning Wheel— By J. K. Paulding 151 The Wreck at Sea — By H. F. Gould To **** 1D* The Painter Boy 155 The Indian Weed Sprite 156 The Young Phrenologist — By John Neal 170 Gratitude The Young Mother— By Mrs. Sigourney 171 172 Horrors of a Head Dress — By a Nervous Man 186 The Lost Wager — By a Bachelor 187 The Spirit of Poesy— By I. McLellan Mellen . 190 A Pilgrimage to the White Mountains — By Grenville . The Wandering Pole — By H. F. Gould 218 221 The Conquerors of Spain — By L. H. Sigourney . Vlll CONTENTS. The Three Sceptres — By Mrs. S. J. Hale 224 Youth Recalled— By J. G. Percival 227 The Emigrant's Adventure — By Mrs. S. J. Hale 229 The Last of the Household — By Grenville Mellen 234 Blanche and Isabel — By H. F. Gould 237 The Muse and the Album — By J. L. Gray 270 A Vision — By J. G. Percival 276 I'll Think of That— By Grenville Mellen 277 Life ; its Seasons — By C. W. Everett 281 The May Pole of Merry Mount — By the Author of ' The Gentle Boy' 283 Early Days — By I. McLellan 298 The Pilot's Boy 301 The Minister's Black Veil — By the Author of 'Sights from a Steeple' 302 I Love you, Flowers — By J. H. Mifflin 320 Hunters of the Prairie 321 Constance Allerton — By Miss Leslie 323 The Spy 359 THE TOKE TO vfvPvF^F 7f* *?F TV* VE" 71* vt* IN THE TITLE PAGE. It is not for thine ample curls, Where glowing sunset ever lingers — It is not for the simple pearls, Thou 'st placed there with thy rosy fingers — It is not for thy banded hair — Or snowy brow I ask thine aid — These, these are gifts that thou mayst share, With many a fair and favored maid. No, Necromancer, not for these, I seek to claim thy sense of duty — The envied power, thou know'st to please, Belongs to Truth, and not to Beauty : , For truth is like yon level lake, That mirrors Heaven within its breast, While yet the bordering features take A holier aspect in their rest — As if the rocks, and hills, and flowers, Of earth were but a part of Heaven — 2 10 THE TOKEX. And all aside from beauty, powers Like these, to such as thou, are given. For there is truth upon thy brow, That mirrors forth a world of love, Within a form of earth — so thou Hast caught enchantment from above. And prithee with thy wand attend — Be thou the guardian of our book — Go with thy semblance, and befriend These pages ever with thy look. 'Twill turn aside the critic's curses, And change his gathered gall to honey Convert to gold our leaden verses, And turn our rhymes to ready money. So prithee go — for thy sweet sake, The grisly bachelor will buy — For thee my lady's purse will quake, And e'en the miser's strings untie. I'd rather have thee for a muse, Than any gray old mountain maid — I trust to thee, and those who choose, May go to Helicon for aid. ' NEW YEAR'S DAY. EV MI:: SEDGWICK. B ". to be just, and kind, and There solid, self-enjoyment lie?.' 1 ' I wish I could find a solution for one mystery, said Marv Moore to her mother, as during- the last hour of the last ni^ht of 1534 they sat together, not over the inspirincr embers of a nutwood fire, as in good old tirces. but within the circumambient atmosphere of a grate plowing with Schuylkill coals. • Is there but one mystery in life that puzzles you. : Mary ? asked her mother. • One more than all others, and that is, why Lizzy Pereival is so tormented. • Lizzy tormented r she seems to me the happiest girl of all our acquaintance." • Mother ! Did she not begin with the greatest of all : earthly plagues — a step-mother ? 1 A step-mother, my dear child, is not of course a plague/ ; But Lizzy's was. you know, mother.' ' A plague to herself, undoubtedly, but the greatest of all blessings to Lizzy.' • ? A blessing to Lizzy ! what do you meari, mother ' I mean that the trials of Lizzy's childhood and youth developed and strengthened her virtue : Lizzy's match- less sweetness of temper, was acquired, or at least 12 THE TOKEN. perfected, by the continual discipline which it required to endure patiently the exactions and indolence of her step-mother. In short.