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... titt r a tit re. Geology; a Poem, in seven books. By the Rev. J. S. Watson, t .B.A.-Pickering, London. t This is a work which bears the impress of originality-a quality G5 which can scarcely be overestimated in these book-manufactur- ing times. The author has selected a topic which, at the first glance, would appear to belong to the domains of science rather than to those of poesy, yet it is ...
... THE FUNERAL OF THOMAS CAMPBELL. He departed in the fulness of his years, and his fame shed a halo round the pillow on which he breathed his last sigh! And it is done! the organ peal hath wafted to the sky That now, beneath that gorgeous pile, a poet's relics lie; Beneath that glorious roof where kings repose in awful-stateâ And England's great and England's brave the Final Word await. No ...
... POMPttJ. A SONG FOR MAY. jogictc-rojoice I It is the Spring of theyer And the p aute, 0adthe flowers, and the blossoms appear 0, this is the tine to be happy and gay, For this is the beautiful mouth of May I 1eflect-reflect 'It is your life's sweet Spring, And your early tribute of virtue bring; 0; walk in the ways of wisdom and truth, And remember God in the days of your youth I Prepare ...
... IL it er ature. e Tales if the Great end lirave. Byi A. F. Tytter.-Tait, Edinburgh. An attractive book, especially for the rising generation, and P admirably calculated for a new year's gift, combining, as it t does, instruction with amusement. The great and brave selected are, John Sobieski, the famous king of Poland-once the barrier between Earope and the Infidel; Peter the Great of ...
... L it t atu r t. The Westminster Realewfor Jurae.-Clarke, London. The improvement iii the writing of the Wfestminioster Review appears to be acknowledged on all hands. The present number commences with a slashing attack onl Sir James Graham, in which the cbnges aand shiftings of the bon. baronet, as exhibited in )is acts and speeches, ore laid bare. The handlin6is severe, but can scarcely be ...
... lmtrt v. LIFE. b loRTA L 500n to be immortalI Look thlou forth npon the pl1~ai: See'st thou yonder Death's grim portal, That thou must at nightfall gain ? No, thou can'st not; Death is hidden t From thy eight by fairy scones; Though its thought oft comes unbidden, In the midst of thy gay dreams, Never fear it, thou shalt cherish Life in death, and faith in doubt; For the soulsalahl never ...
... Foulards de Chine with barege are the most fashionabi materials; the prettiest are checked in shades of the same colour, violet and lilac, dark green on light, cerise and dahlia. they are trimmed with two wide biais put on a little full Or two deep flounces; but a mpre novel style is one very deep flounce put on at the edge of the skirt, which is necessarily very short and the transparency ...
... inuoical Entertainmento.. SCOWTISH ENTnTAXXMZNTf. At the Yictoria-rooms, on Monday morning, Mr. Wilson, the P Scottish vocalist, gave, for the first time in public, an entertain- Pi mententitled is Wandering Willie's Wallet. In the framing of Fi this new vehicle for the introduction of national melodies no at A tempt has been made to secure that unity of purpose and com A 7- pleteness of ...
... LZTERARY VARIETIES. THE MEETING Or THE RIVALS.-Brummell (Beau), before he sunk under the pressure of-poverty, alwais withstood the Prino of Wales, like aman whose feelings had been injured. Well do I remember an instance of this: one night, after the opera, I was standing near the stove of the lowerwaiting-room, talking to several persons, of whom one is now alive. The Prince of Walet, who ...
... Aortifulturt anb sloriculture. Bristol & Clifton Royal Hortiouitura! Sooiety. The first show for the year was held on Tuesday last, at the Victoria-rooos, and if the success with which it was attended may be considered as affording an indication of what may here. after be expected, the present season promises to be the most brilliant that the society has yet seen. There could not have been ...
... MIIThEAXIr VARSETIES. Men often act lies without speaking them. False appear- ances are lies. THE'CIOMOoN LoT.-For life in general there is but one decree: youth is a blunder; manhood a struggle; old age a regret.-Conslngsby, or the Niew Genraftion. :VIGHTS TEMPLARS,-The symbolic initiation into this order was by humiliation, in commsitting some heinous offence from whence they. were elevated ...
... = o= t = TlHE3 EMBLEM. Early, bright, transient chaste, as morning dew She sparkled, was exhaled, and went to heaven I WHeN wandering forth, 'mid flowers, to find For thee an emblem true, I saw, upon a blade of grass, A drop of dew. Thou speakest words, sweet drop I I said, Of meaning deep and true; For oh I nay early friend was like- A drop of dew I Bright, trembling, modest, sparkling, pure ...