A FAMILY PICTURE BY SIR E. BULWER LYTTON, BART. AUTHOR OF "RIENZI," &C. Every family is a history in itself, and even a poem to those who know how to search its pages.-LAMARTINE. Dî, probos mores docili juventæ Di, senectuti placidæ quietem Romulæ genti date remque prolemque HORAT. Carmen Sæculare. VOL. II. WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS EDINBURGH AND LONDON MDCCCXLIX |