... LIT ERAT UR E. --I A Jranuaw of Prattical Draining. By HENRY SrTErwESs, F.R.S.E. Edinburgh: William Blackwood & Sons. Mr STEFIvNS~'s name. is already familiar to agricultrisiits, as th 8uthor of that excellent manual, Te Book of the Farm, a isork replete w~ith deductions of acute observation, extensive ex- perience ani souita de resni The present publication con- tain, wlith utwablet ...

... CANADITAN SKETCHES. (From S~ir Francis fhead's 1En-riqrani.) IMajE T HE1! S A S oys. N'orf Tin the sumnrner. the excessive heat-the violent paroxsrens of fl Xed thunidir-the parching droughlt-the occasional deluges of rain- L aj e The sight of bright red, bright blue, and ether gaudy plumaged agair birds-nt theO brilliranrt humiming-bird, and of inunmerabledire-flres some tiliac -at ?? ...

... OSEA'r EZHISXTION OF THF. hGHLA?;1) AND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF SCOTLAND, AT INVERNESS. The fifty-third Geueral Mfeeting aud Cattle Show of the High- land and Agrieultural Society of Scotland was held at Inverness oo Tuesday. Wednesday, and Thursday last. The arrangements by the Comamittee of MJan emeent, in co-operation with the local authorities, rendered the denionstration in every respect ...

... PAIRS IN ArI j7 I Ah 9': o. S 1on-1.. . . . -- I WV. 29. Aberdeen POsh-Brnela r-G7d terlaw Inve i ir A h. 30. Curineston-Echt tryst - Falkllnd - Kirlm ch:e. I.anrenee1iv-k-Oad berdeell LITEBAH s R Y.- - A new nov el b-y 'bickeus,`to be publihed ill tTenjity ' mionthly partsisforthcoming. Namne not yet annonnced. His r Pictures from Italy, as exhibited first in the Daily Ncwl , are - to ...

... TIm QUAaTEuLr Rf-tzv-zw No. 153. The new number of th.e Qmarter7y is ?? in Its contents. Lord Carpbe11's - Lives of the Chancellors is f.rst noticed, and in a hearty spirit of commendation, w-hich the extracts given n-ell bear our. The paper on the MSS. from the Eypntiiarn Monastcrics. nowv safely deposited in the British Maseumr, should stir the zeal of our Oriental scholars- From thc ...

... A TREW AND RYGHTE EDYFYINGE BALLADDE: I &EWING O0W A SEEDY YOUNG ELAN NVOULD SELL EIS SOULE | TO SATAN, ANaWD aT FOLLOWED THEREFROM. A youthe there was of changefulle lotte Now bryghte, now seedie broune; flee called hymseife a kiddie swelle, And lived upon ye toune. Hys youthfulle pryme bee waisted aile In synne and godlesse revell; And oft played bee unlawful gaimes, And oft bee played ye ...

... CFron diet Ladies' .M1gqazine of Fash/ion.) Gauzes Constantine, Aixa fagonnes, Siam crapes, Mousse- lines Luisa Fernanda, bareges Havdee, with oraandys, tulles. &c., are the fashionable materials of full dress; for walking and neglige plaids of every dimension, checked foulards, taf- fetes chinois in stripes or waves; taffetas mauves shot with lilac. green taffetas shot with a different tint ...

... LITERATUR L lntroductory Lecture, iic. By DAv iD GRAY, M.A., Professor of Natural Philosophy, Marischal College. Aberdeen: A. Brown & Co. THis Lecture was delivered by the author, at the opening u the Class of Natnral i'hilosophy. fir the Session which is now Lihout to close. It contains a brief, but clear and comprehend c out- line of the plan ot instruction which Professor Gray proposes to ...

... - THF, ? w1lIrra. (From the Sdldiwer'>id& anfd otheriPoI) iY JAVESMS T. CALDAT. lMark! 'tis the first- auturnnal blast, RleMindinZ IUs that sunmer's ipastM With all its bright display, Whetd earth 'eemed carpeted vwith tlower3, And unlusie charmed the fleeting. hours. Throughort the livelong day. kTcoh es along the tranqrti deeg, Roussing the billows from thehi sleep And'in its dirgelike ...

... |oTEs Ott THE LAW Or SCOTLAND ;I REtGARD TO JOLtT SSOCKo Cox-Asits. By Robert Henderson, Esq. A.M. advocate. Edinburgh: Bell & Bradfute. This is not. a treatise on this department of the law, for which. as regards Scotland, materials can scarcely be said to: exist at the present time; it is, as indicated by the title, notes on the law, so far as it has been evolved by the comparatively few ...

... I LONDON AND PARIS FASHIONS, FOR J.flE, 18364 (Fron the Vyorgd q Fashion) jt NegligA dresses are now worn, composed of foulard quadrillde, ¶ or fo'ulsrd core; these are embroidered with braid, or silks a al petits rayares, white upon darlk coloured grounds, bariges, and al mousselines de sole, are also in preparation. Dtlesses. -Plaided silks are now much worn, trimmed with c. flouances cut on ...

... Morning dresses, made in foulards, poil de chevre, gris de lin, eceru, or poussiere (dust colour) are the most worn ; they are relieved with fancy gymp trimmings of green or blue. Venetian silks are nlso a favourite material ; the frillings ?? which they are trimmed being cut, and gradually separating from the waist to the edge of the skirt. Evening dresses are composed of gauze lisse, pink or ...