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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 ...

Literature

... 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 ...

FASHIONS FOR JUNE

... 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 ...

LITERARY VARIETIES

... 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 ...

LITERARY VARIETIES

... RITERARY VARIETIES, No mans has so much care as he who endeavours after the most happiness. WAR.-A state of war is nothing less than a temporary repeal of all the principles of ?? Hati. IMPERXAL AMUSEMENT, B. C. 1154.-It would be dis- wasting to detail all the atrocities of these twvo monsters (the Emperor Cheo-sin and Empress Ta-ke). One of their amuse. ments, wvhich is represented in an ...

LITERARY VARIETIES

... . &XTERART. YEEiTE:. What is the only secret all women can heap ?.-.Thir age: CAUsE OF CONeCEMAI toaffectation and tdisp'ay pro- ceed from the auppositien of Possessing ?? rbetter than the rest of the world possesses. Nobody is vain of possessiog two legs and two acnds; because that is the tnrocise quantity of either sort of limbewhich every body pand lie negr 8i sldf Ruxenor NEe ?? other, ...

Musical Entertainments

... ?? lEntertainmento+ CONSERVATOIRE DE MUSIQUE. A newly formed mueieal association, bearing the above title, v established for the doubly excellent purposes of aiding such ti, members of the profession as may be in reduced circumstances, a and for keeping before the public the productions of the m~asters tb~ of the art, hold its dirst meeting at the Gloucester [totel, Hot. ai wells, Clifton, on ...

Poetry

... Waoetr),. M U S I C. 15us10, 1 welcome thee, lo joy or sadness l Emblem of holy things- Herald of gladness I Heav'n'B purest gift to man, Cheering his onward way; Speaking, in sweetest sounds, Thoughts of a clearer day. Vast is thy wond'rous power- All Nature breathes of thee: Earth, air, and ocean Pour forth thy minstrelsy. Borne on each passing breeze, Heard in each murmuring shell, O'er all ...

Literature

... Rite rature. The Gospel =eoethe Age ; or Christ i'lth Nicodemins. By, the fift ReV. Rob rtontgomnery, M.A.-Baisler, London'Th sfe A prose wvork, by the author of Setan, ILuther, Th te Omnnipresenoce of the Deity, &O., will be sore to coommand e attention, more especially. in these days of theological isiquiry 50 andidiscussion. If large salei, and numerous successive editions an of his ...

Poetry

... 40ortrtv* THE NIGHTINGALE. EVENtNe'S bright stars were in the heavens peeping Sby, and thoughtful as young lovers' eyes tug theybloveh to ofe the a itf twirdih seepng, Trying to wake the air aprites from their sleep,I To bear the old hills to the music ringing. Oh I it is sweet, when daylight is forsakingI The lingering shadows of a summer sky, l To hear the Nightingale's sweet voice come ...

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... &:.TER~ART. VAU&IEIMTS. IIITS TO iACHEL~fS.-Thos8 who merry women mucil richer than themselves, are not the husbanls of their spouses, but slaves to the fortunes which their wives have brought them. -Belle Assemnbte: EVILS OF A LARtGE FotruoNE.- I don't know whether you 'will be happier with a large fortone? said Lord Eskdale. It's ai trosblesome thing; nobody is satisfied with what you 1 ...

Poetry

... Pomtp. REST FOR THE WEARY. WnJERE shall the weary rest- OhI where shall sorrow cease? The heart, with fear and care opprest, Where shall it meet with peace? Hope whispers of a scene Beyond the dreary tomb, Where not a cloud can intervene; And death can never come. The river of cur God Glides calm and tranquil there, And flowers that fade not deck the sod, And fragrance fills the air. No ...