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1) G2 LETTERS FROM MAJORCA. By CHARLES W. Woop, F.R.G.S., AuTHOR oF ** THROUGH HOLLAND,” ‘‘UNDER NORTHERN SKIES,” ETC., ETC. Palma de Mallorca. June, 1887. ge i me a — a Y Dear E.—In ue i |): lll ——— — |) | my last letter I ie = >) =«6told you that my days here were drawing to an end. I declared that this would prob- ably be my conclud- ing letter from sunny Palma de Mallorca. Nothing is more cer- tain than that time rolls on and is never still. There are occa- sions in our lives when we would arrest its flow, if it were possible, but we cannot cheat our- selves even into a pass- ing fancy of success. = SS ee There are moments GEORGE SAND’S CORRIDOR. that, if prolonged ad infinitum, life might ex- tend itself to eternity, and we should not weary. But the flush of happiness and the “pallid, sorrowful face” must alike yield to the inevitable. ‘‘ Man’s yesterday may ne’er be like his morrow.” In these later letters, you have remarked, in replying to me, that I treat less of the island itself than of the incidents and their dramatis persone which have absorbed my attention. This could not be avoided. In each succeeding letter I have merely sent you records of my daily life. Whether they were the poetical, artistic, love-stricken doings of H. C.; the manceuvrings of A. to keep us out of the Fonda del Pastor, at a respectful distance from the charms of Rosita and Mariquita ; excursions into the interior, or gambols with Don Negro: I have simply held up to your contemplation the short and simple annals of our pastoral life in this Mallorca de las Baleares. Perhaps you have not altogether lost by this change of interests. To very many, people are more interesting than places ; the simplest domestic drama more welcome than the grandest earthly scenery. } | Ll 4! s - at ! } a) , , i\ f j Y 4} ry VW }, i) » oP kal ith i y |! Hy, |} At vivant My i 1 ‘i AR T i \} He \y lt IM ih \iul Hi j “ b { 7 + {ih all = ' Mi i | { i, ? t Ni) ~ | ( f | ' \ ith " ! J Gomichbooksneo m