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... 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 ...
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
... 1JXTr.L&RAT VAh^E VZE2I USz OF AGITATION.-I love clamour when there is an abuse. The alarum-bell disturbs the inhabitants but saves them from being burnt in their beds.-Burke. HONG-KOrG.-This island is famous for its numerous streams of fresh water. Hence its name, Heong-keong, the Island of Crystal Streams. Nature employs but two metals, iron and copper, for colouring the whole creation. All ...
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
... or'ftotI4. SATURDAY, Ao'VMnEzR 23, 1844. EXCLUSIVE' DEALING. THIE CLIFTON POLL-BOOK. A,^ FoRThIT ago wve noticed the announcement of a Clifton poll-book, for the purpose of being distributed amongst the friends of the Conservative interest in the parish of Clifton, and we appealed to the Times whether it would defend or denounlce what Ee took to be a piece of infamous terrorism-a Guide to ...
... LZTERARY V4LRITZES. Death has nothing terrible in it but what life has made so. Aceomplicas in guilt are of necessity slaves to each other. -cetrrnaj, Courage consists not in hazarding without fear, but in being resolutely minded in a just cetuse. . MELANCHOLY.-Melancholyi even love melancholy, is not so deeply seated, at least in minds of a manly and elastic cha. roater,. as the soft ...
... Litetature. North British Bleviet; Aso. I.-Kennedy, Edinburgh. Another labourer in tile literary vineyard. In addition to the varied topics discussed by its brethren, the conduoctors of tile present Review pnrpose devoting a considerable 1portion of its pages to theological matters. In discussing religious subject.- says the preface, there will be no attempt te advocate the dis: ...