... o1 Truthl made Simple: Being a System of 27neofoggfor Children. ND By the Rev. Joux TODD of Philadelphia. London: Ball, Gl Arnold, & Co. Pr TnE unprecedented popularity of this admirable little work, Ed .ts proved by the many thousands of it which have already Ne been called for, almost supersedes the necessity of our saying Pa a single word in its favour. A very cursory inspection Bi of it, ...

... PO EIT It V. HYMN ON THEl NATIVITY, tio sen Again the harp of Zion bring; ten Awake once more each warbling string son Ye white-robed spirits from on high, nul Breathe your celestial harmony. to, They come, they come, the Angelic train, affl As' erst, to Bethleim's beauteous plain; tab Be still, ye bustling sons of earth, and We celebrate a Saviour's birth. wt The pall of night is backward ...

... A YOUNG SIAN'S WELCOME TO A NEW YEAR. Come, fi;l us ?? clups of the .wild gleaming wine, That's exprest from the gripes or the sunny chiumpaigne Round whose margins the ,parrkles are shining as bright As the lew drops that spring bilngs on rvsebuds by night. Anti with love io our heart and with joy in (our eye, Let us drikilt to the year that has just flitted by WVhile far on the Uivind the ...

... EXIIIDITION OF AR'TS-ASSEMBLY IIOCKS. Go01)0 tO'S IIYDIIO-OXYGI:N PO..ArtSCOrU.-rliiS instruimient is shown in the Polariscope Lecture Room, a large apartient fitted up expressly by the Sub-Coni inttee to accojinmodate tite daily increasing ?? that thiroiig to see the wonders of science which are displqayed by means of this magnificent in- strumnent. The lecturer, Mr E. M. Clarke, -who 'as ...

... TIHE THEATRE. T'le new Pantomime being well deserving of more than a mere cursory notice, we nIOW proceed to enter at some length into its merits. The first scene, wvlhich is really beautiful, represents a view in airy Land. t Here the Ogress, IMlunclha Crunclha, appears to de- S mand the hand of the Prince Beaulhe, son of Rum cra Jum, the usurper of the imperial throne. Thle wV Prince, ...

... LADIES' FASHIONS FOIL JANUARY. Violet or Pensee is the firvouritc colour at th- moment for every style of toilette, in velvet or each- mere, four bournous, shawl, or paletot, and fur ac- cords extremelv well with it. Paletots of violet sa- tib, lined with whitc, and trimmed vsith Canada fur, are very elegant for walking toilettes. I he Mol- davie, with its numerous shades, a material equally ...

... CONNCERTS A LA IMUSARD. Front notices which have appeared in several of our contemporaries, wve observe that the experiment is about to 'be tried of doing for Music what has been so successfully done for Literature-namely, to cheapen it to the public. Hitherto, fronm the high rate of admission, Concerts have been of :10 exclu- sive character. They came, too, like angel visits, few and far ...

... P 0 ET RY. A T I1 U G HI T. 01t;' ljd is roesded by/ (4 lI) , -StISrEAOE. Il its full blaze of peerless light Slow breaks the day on Ocean's breast, Clothing the hills with all the bright Refulgence of its mnorning vest Slow rolls its car of living red Fromt the weed-cells of Ocean's bed; And golden cloud alnd floating mist Its brow of purple flame have lis9'd WVh ile air and earth, and bay ...

... The Prophecy: a Prospectitv Poe0. By WILLIAX CADEx- STIAD. Aberdeen, 1839. 'The Prophecy is the production of a young Aberdeen poet, who evidently possesses, along with an enthusiastic love of the muse, considerable fancy and not a litt'e skill in versification, On the well-knowen prophecy regarding the Brig o' Balgownie, he has founded a tale which he has told in a very pleasant t manner. ...

... EXHIBITION OF ARTS-GRAND PROMENAI)E. The exhibition of arts, manufactures, &c. which has during the last fortnight drawn suchl immense crowds to the Assembly Itooms, was closed on Tues. day night with a grand dress promenade and ball. From the desire the Committee had to allow certain schools to see the exhibition, it was noon of Tues- day before the operations necessary for the prome- nade ...

... LITERAruRpE. 'TIE OMNIPRESENCE OF THiE DEITY. By the Rev. Ii. 1lIntgoinsrv, A. M. GlaXswm : Joh n1 Syrnirigton & CO. The present, which is the sixteenth edition of this heautiful poem, is what is termed The Peo- ple's Edition, being eleg-nt tly printedi in four sheets of letter-press, at the chesapest rate. The piety and the poctry in thiis work are of a lofty and ennobling character, and ...

... In the book of Job——probably the most ancient book in the world—there is a beautiful poetic description of the processes of mining, as known in very early times. It is worth quoting, and worth reading;— There is mine for the sliver. And bed for the gold which men refine; Iron is dug from the earth, And the rock poureth forth copper. Man delveth into the regions of darkness, And examineth to ...