... - 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 ...

... t£ I t ?? r£ I'll' IOOlTs-Dtel; or Hlobosken. 3 vols. Ay T. S. Fay-Bentley London. 'This is somiething more than au ordinary novel, and entitled to olhei colirlereetiou thau that which is usually extended to the work of mere aniusemuent-thu literary trifle of the hour. We are the more inclined, too, to give it a cordial reception and cand(lid examination as being tthe production of a stranger ...

... LITER 6.Y VARIETZEBS. IIANDLES. Tlae - is a class of persons usually described by the silken tongue of polite society as persons of peculiar temper, or simply a0 ieoaliar, but who are sometimes con- fildentially alluded to under miuch msore alarring designations, TIhe ' peculiarity geueo ally cosesists in such qualities as fretful. noss, crossncis, quarrolsomencoss, and so forth; or in ...

... Itmtlr. TIHE INFANT'S FUNERAL. - FROM TILE COURT JOURNAL. THE crowd of a eity's busy street Pass'd carelessly along, Is they bore thee-pure ak d sinless b ns- Through the sm itla chumging throng The step of the mourners halted nut For the gay, the proud, the vain But a chaiotes rap- d eourse was stayed By the infants funeral train. The worldling shrank, when her bright glance fell On the small ...

... -acltrv. ROBIERT BURNS, 'rO A ROSE, J~tUROV11T FRoM NEARu ALLoWA,%Y Kims, tIN AYm- SIfilB, IN Tim AUTU'MNilX Or 1822. WM'ILI rose of AlloVay! ty thanks- Thou 'mlind'st mnc of that autumn noon Wlhell first we met ?? the banks And itblas o' bonny Doon. Like thine, beneath the tilorn-tree's bough, *Iy sunny hour was glad and brief; We 've eross'd the Avinter sea, and thou Art Nvither'd, ...

... PI)MLnJf7MONZO CONCERT. The members of the Philharmonic Society gave a concert at the Yietoria Rooms on Tuesday evening last, upon which occasion the principal room of the building was filled by a fashionable assemblage of ladies and gentlemen, not lees, we should think, than from 900 to 1000 being present. The Phil- harmonics mustered in great strength, to the number of about sixty, and were ...

... a 5tO&zmst's STOR.Y or A 5MULZL. A LUlEND). NEcit the village of Abbots Lillinigtols, in Cuuaberland, ill thle yoar 1616, stood at etail 0ehinch of Saxon architecture: oin Cte rigt, f iteovvgrwsspah ?? hureltytssd, on Christrafs evc of tile slame year, yawned1CL ft newlVy-dug, grave. T1hc sunl was:' setting upon Cite trill of that. old, grey towe~(r as at Stranger slowly took ]'is walk of ...

... It iteratur C. Ti1e Fuoreig uajd Coloial Qlssas'c* ?? and Co., London. The appearance of t is new periodical is important, both in a literary and political point of view. Tile establishment of a work of such pretensions as another Quarterly, in which much and varied ability is brought to bear ill treating and discussing themes of the first importance, is, of itself, evidence of the on- ward ...

... iJoattt,. ni'f-, FISHfERIAN'S SONG. WASTS ?? the tiliet ; i yonder sky Tile iloiwI displays he r basan The night is calm, the tide is high, And hkere ve idly dream. Then coune, boys-collie, no more delay, 'tbe sea and sky invite Downw with the boats and poll away, Oar nets we '1I lill to-night ! At nighlt, When luilsnlenl safely slhop, Or colil or roughi tbe flood, Still we Mest vil.uchi the ...

... W)oettr. ,90OAETHING TO THINK OF-By JoItaL FlSilER 3IURRAy. LONE, by my solitary hearth, Whence peace hath fled, And home like joys and innocent mirth Are banish'd; Silent and sad, I linger to recall The memory of all In thee, dear partner of my cares, I lost, ,Cares shared with thee more sweot than joys the wvorld can boast- Ily home !-why did I say my home ? Now have I none, Unless thou from ...

... MITERARY VARsXTZES. LEGAL S BRseicUITY.-In MIaddoek's Chancery Pratice, vol. 1, p. 125, is thefollowing choice specimen oflegal perspicuity:- ' When IL person is bound to da a thing, and he does vhiat may enable him to do the thing, he is supposed in equity to do it, with a view of doing what lie is bound to do P TnTE BliLE.-If we are desirous to invest a mind with true dignity and wisdom, we ...

... LaTERA61LT VARIETZES. The following days of the week are set apart for public f worship in different nations:-Sunday, or the Lord's day, by the Christians; Monday, by the Grecians * Tuesday, by the Per- .sians; Wednesday, by the Assyrians; Thursday, by the Egyp- .tians; Friday, by the Turks; and Saturday, by the Jews. TIOUTH AND FALSEHOOD.-I{OW venerable does a lie be- come by length of years ...