Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. XXVII, August 1852, Vol. V

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Various. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. XXVII, August 1852, Vol. V

MEMOIRS OF THE HOLY LAND

MOUNT CARMEL. ASPECT OF THE MOUNTAIN

GEOGRAPHY OF THE VICINITY

NAPOLEON'S ENGINEERS

APPROACHES TO MOUNT CARMEL

BAY OF ACRE

PRODUCTIONS OF THE COUNTRY

MISGOVERNMENT

AN INCIDENT

THE TYRANT DJEZZAR

THE MOUNTAIN

AHAB AND THE RAIN

ASCENT OF THE MOUNTAIN

THE RIVER BELUS AND THE DISCOVERY OF GLASS

THE CONVENT

THE GROTTOS AND CAVES

THE PETRIFACTIONS

ORIGIN OF THE CARMELITE ORDER

A CONTROVERSY

THE MONK ST. BASIL

RULES OF THE ORDER

EARLY MONASTIC LIFE

THE DISPUTE WITH THE BASILIANS

SETTLEMENT OF THE DISPUTE

DESCENT FROM THE MOUNTAIN

LEAVING MOUNT CARMEL

NAPOLEON BONAPARTE

THE PALACES OF FRANCE

A LEAF FROM A TRAVELER'S NOTE-BOOK

ALL BAGGAGE AT THE RISK OF THE OWNER. A STORY OF THE WATERING-PLACES

THE MIDNIGHT MASS. AN EPISODE IN THE HISTORY OF THE REIGN OF TERROR

PERSONAL HABITS AND APPEARANCE OF ROBESPIERRE

THE TWO SISTERS

VENTRILOQUISM

THE INCENDIARY. FROM THE REMINISCENCES OF AN ATTORNEY

BLEAK HOUSE.[7]

CHAPTER XIV. – Deportment

CHAPTER XV. – Bell Yard

CHAPTER XVI. – Tom-all-alone's

MY NOVEL; OR, VARIETIES IN ENGLISH LIFE.[8]

CHAPTER XIII

CHAPTER XIV

CHAPTER XV

CHAPTER XVI

HENRY CLAY. PERSONAL ANECDOTES, INCIDENTS, ETC

A DUEL IN 1830

Monthly Record of Current Events

THE UNITED STATES

MEXICO

SOUTH AMERICA

GREAT BRITAIN

FRANCE

Editor's Table

Editor's Easy Chair

Editor's Drawer

Literary Notices

Comicalities, Original and Selected

Fashions for Summer

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The Christian traveler, in journeying to the Holy Land, often obtains his first view of the sacred shores from the deck of some small Levantine vessel in which he has embarked at Alexandria, after having completed his tour among the wonders of Egypt and the Nile. He ascends, perhaps, to the deck of his vessel, early in the morning, summoned by the welcome intelligence that the land is full in view. Here, as he surveys the shore that presents itself before him, the first object which attracts his eye is a lofty promontory which he sees rising in sublime and sombre majesty above the surrounding country, and at the same time jutting boldly into the sea. It forms, he observes, the seaward terminus of a mountain range which his eye follows far into the interior of the country, until the undulating crest loses itself at last from view in the haze of distant hills. The massive and venerable walls of an ancient convent crown its summit; its sloping sides are enriched with a soft and luxuriant vegetation; and the surf, rolling in from the sea, whitens the rocks at its foot with breakers and foam. This promontory is Mt. Carmel.

On the northern side of the Carmel chain, at some distance from the sea, there lies a broad expanse of extremely rich and fertile country, which, though not strictly level, is called a plain. It was known in ancient times as the plain of Jezreel. It is now called the plain of Esdraelon. The waters of this plain, flowing westward and northward along the foot of Mt. Carmel to the sea, constitute the river Kishon, so celebrated in sacred history. The sea itself sets up a little way into the valley through which this river flows, forming thus a broad bay to the north of Mt. Carmel, called the Bay of Acre. The town of Acre lies at the northern extremity of this bay, and the town of Haïfa[1] at the southern border of it, just at the foot of Carmel. The ceaseless action of the sea has sloped and smoothed the shore of this bay throughout the whole distance from Haïfa to Acre, and formed upon it a beach of sand, which serves the double purpose of a landing-place for the boats of the fishermen, and a road for the caravans of travelers that pass to and fro along the coast. The conformation of the bay, together with the precise situation of Acre and Haïfa, as well as the more important topographical details of the mountain, will be found very clearly represented in the chart upon the adjoining page.

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The popularity of Napoleon was now unbounded. A very general and earnest disposition was expressed to confer upon the First Consul a magnificent testimonial of the national gratitude – a testimonial worthy of the illustrious man who was to receive it, and of the powerful nation by which it was to be bestowed. The President of the Tribunal thus addressed that body: "Among all nations public honors have been decreed to men who, by splendid actions, have honored their country, and saved it from great dangers. What man ever had stronger claims to the national gratitude than General Bonaparte? His valor and genius have saved the French people from the excesses of anarchy, and from the miseries of war; and France is too great, too magnanimous to leave such benefits without reward."

A deputation was immediately chosen to confer with Napoleon upon the subject of the tribute of gratitude and affection which he should receive. Surrounded by his colleagues and the principal officers of the state, he received them the next day in the Tuileries. With seriousness and modesty he listened to the high eulogium upon his achievements which was pronounced, and then replied: "I receive with sincere gratitude the wish expressed by the Tribunate. I desire no other glory than that of having completely performed the task imposed upon me. I aspire to no other reward than the affection of my fellow-citizens. I shall be happy if they are thoroughly convinced, that the evils which they may experience, will always be to me the severest of misfortunes; that life is dear to me solely for the services which I am able to render to my country; that death itself will have no bitterness for me, if my last looks can see the happiness of the republic as firmly secured as is its glory."

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