... patt.rp. - SO N NE T. CLOSE, close the book-the book of the old year I Enough I 've read- -enough recorded there i Sorrow, and death, and sin, on many a page (In dismal characters) mine eye engage. Bright names now carved on monumental stone- Names of the wise, the kind, the good, the gay,- Who were my joy on the year's primal day, Here, as my loved associates are shown. And thou, old year, ...

... ?t'ra, UTI.C,-, 0? ?? The first paper consite of soms SPIrite extrelo. from 6ther correspondence of teeebte nd m tis ?? stanllope--ti, lady, ?? It her from English Polsed e ey r E~ 'It asen Queen Amongst ?? ftl eet isted ?? sa f colliection, of stornes an ncdts 'oiteetcd r wtthth l~er'a of that amusing PerO~e~ -lbt ?? Som ofb the f sketches are Well toltcul5 hi~mrl be~avhing is: byn means ...

... - i~t rat u re. c/hia, I11etratoed: Parts 1. lo 11:-Fisher and Sot, LoItdo1. 'Ihis is aimost attractiveiwork. Ittocoalpies entiroly nowground, andl thc execution is svsrthy oft tho boldnless of ithe desig ai nd ofthte importance of tho sabjeot. 'I'be euriosity w'liot lhas so long lain dortetantt in reopect to the hitherto telrinutical ly-sealeod empire of China is fairly awaklaetd, and is ...

... Voctrp. 3M9DI''ATIONS ON THE P'OOR LAY.. B3Y A CONSERVATIVE P':Et. WIJY should I support mny neighbour On my goods-agailnst ioy will ? Can 'It he live by honest labour1- Call 't he beg,-or can 't he steal? Poor-rates make such sad confusion I- I, for osy part--cannot see Dow Join Thomsofn's destitution Gives him any claim on mne! Soith may n't own a somgle penny,- Alust I then mny pound ...

... foctrtv. ON READING SOME LINES IN THE LIFE OF LORD BYRON.) BAsD, in thy rich and cinseoi rhyme The groas of Poesy are shrined: They shall be valued long as time One lover of the muse shall find. But to this simple page belong The records of anection past; Not the vain breath of Fiction's song, But words on Reason's basis cast. A soul like thine, 't were woman's joy, And woman's triumph, to ...

... jpottrp. THE VISRI AND THE PO WFBR. ONwARD-onward still aspiring, Through the ideal realms untiring, Wings the Wish its bouneless way Nothing of life's perils countinu But still higher-higher mounting, Panting for a further sway. Far-far behiad the Poweer moves slow along, Chain'd to the earth by heavy bonds of clay, Repulsed by myriad toils that round it throngs And bar its progress to ...

... ?)otI13J. T~l-E PATRIOTS' HYLDI 1?. iLORD! I vhilo for all mankind we pray, 0f every clime and coast, 0, hoor us for our native land- The land wve love the moat I Our fathors' sepolebres are here, And here our kindred dwell; Our children, too; how should we love Another land so well I 0, guard our shores from every foe, With peace our borders bless; W;ith prosperous time, our cities crown, Oar ...

... poetrY., I THE BEGINNING OF THE SECOND BOOK OF LTUCBETItUS, Suave maril magnoe turiantitus aquora entis. SWEET on tbe shore, from care and danger free, To wateh the raning of the angry sea; Soe tbe worn ship upon the billows tost- Now high upborne, now in the surges lost. Not that ive any joy or pleasure knowv From witnessing another's grief und wo; But, being ourselves beyond the tempest's ...

... LETTRa L Dear Mister Bright-I'm grieved to see The League has been abusing me. The League is wrong, and I am right; Echo me, do I dear Mister Bright. It was the Chrosncze that said it; Bist there, of coulse, I never read it: 'Twas in the Quarterly Beiews, Which, as a Liberal good and true, I of the Clironicle take in lUen. Write by return, and say there is no room, Dear Mr. Bright, for ...

... I!TERARY VARIETIES. Of all employments, luarrelling about religion is thoe worst, HI- that quarrels abliut religion las ion religion worth quarrelling about, I re9olve, says Bishop Beveridge, never to Spealk of a mlan's virtues befote his lace, or of bis faults behird )i, back, a golblen rule, the observance of wlicl* would atoneblow bauish ilattery and dlesmadniao ?? oi the earth. ...

... That highly talented and fascinating actress, Celeste, has been performing at our Theatre during the week, and has been aided by the combined talent of Mr.Webster, lessee of the Haymarket Theatre, and of Mr. Strickland, wvlio, ih his peculiar line of character, stands almost with- out a rival. Among the novelties produced has been a clever little piece fromn the pen of Mr. Webster, called the ...

... MITE*ART VARIEVZES. A suspicious temper checks in the bud every kind affection. -Dr. Blair. A LUcRY LADy.-Selwyn became devout in his latter days-read his Bible, or had it read to biun-and died bequeath- ing the bulk of his property to Maria Pagniani, because he believed her to be his daughter by a woman who was living with her husband. By the Duke of Queenabury the same lady was supposed to ...