text:  This communicative gentleman is of course Clitophon; but before we proceed to the narrative of his loves and woes we shall give a specimen of the author's powers in the line which appears to be his forte by quoting his description of the painting above referred to:--"On entering the temple my attention was attracted by a picture representing the story of Europa in which sea and land were blended--the Phoenician Sea and the coasts of Sidon