... nittrature. SELECTED POETRY. THE GOLDSMITH'S DAUGHTER. FaOX THE GERMAN OF UHLAWD, A goldsmith stood within his stall With pearls and gems around, Mr gems are precious one asid all, Yet art thou, my Helena, The best I ever found. A gallant knight came blithely in, Good morrow, maiden fair, And you, my goldsmith there within, mako me a costly crownlet To deck my sweet bride's hair. The crown ...

... sclectal vocirp. THE VOICES AT TIlE THRONE. A little child, A little tneeh-faced, quiet, village child Fat singing, Iy her cottlge door, at eve, A low, sweet, Snblatls song. No btunian ear Caughbt the fitint Inulody-nuo htteatil eye llt,eid th,, upturne, d asrect, or tie smite That wreathed her itnoetnt lips the whlile they bresthed The oft-repeated burden of the hyfmn, 'Pitaise God ! praise ...

... ,stiectro vortrij. FAlIVilELL TO DECEMBE R. Hail to thee! bail to thee ! summer day sun I Brilliant and long is the course that VO a run Lightning thc rose on the straw-covered hut, Storing the hedges with berry and nut. Flash on in the strength of your glorious pride, Scorching the green-sod and gilding the tide. But my welcome is ncithlr so long nor so loud As it is vhen you pcep from a dark ...

... BLACIWOOD'S EDINBUR(GH MAGAZINE FOR YUL.y. Edinburgh:: Blackwood 6- Sons. The present number of this able periodical opens with an abstract of Von Tachudi's clover book of Travels in Peru-s country as yet comparatively untrodden by the tourist. The next paper is a continuation of the Marl- borough Dispatches, including the history of the great Continental War in 1708-1709-. The sutceceding ...

... Riterarp notice. NELSON's BRlITISu LIBnARY. London and Edinburgh; 'hosmsas Nelson. TArts pretty little volume appears to be the second of a series, the first of which has not been forwarded to us - anti, therefore, without any introduction, or prospectus of the publisher's views, or of the scope of his publication, we are unablo to recommend the work otherwvise than as a collection of pleasant ...

... aiterarv ucxicWo. M 'Coas's3B PRESBYT5IRIAN AL.ANACK AND CURASTIAN R8)a F'itSilANcrR, FOR 1847. B eelfasta: I ?? I A'COmab This is the eighth annual issue of the Presbyterian Almanack-one of t he most instruactiv o publications of its class which has ever fallen into our handn. By its general arrangement, its pleasing selections, and its laborious accuracy, The editor proves himself not merely ...

... ,.electay joirp. THiE OLD AGE OF EARTH, There are wondrous things on the aged earth, 'Tie speeding to its close; From the very heart of the prosperous world The prophet-thunder growss; And as this sphere whirls round and round Upon its endless way, And as the laws of the universe From their boundless centres saway, From the everlasting hills of Heaven Look down a seraph-race, And gaze upon the ...

... 5scctett VoictWp. TIHE IIAl1UINGERS OF ?? CAsbd iuld re, ?? of the spring. YT fait Iful sfulw-,, flet of wvilig, il llms, (neloos,. ?? TIrtlu s, and( very o ild(dr bird, T1,t llumlt Your: v Iltlilred chirpings heard Tlllonih the green wnod6 aund dales. iod shield ye, Easter laibies all, Fair roses, huda. zand blossoms stnall And ye, iflirnt erst the gare Of Aj:nx lid Narciss did print, Yo wild ...

... 2,der,10 DOM!jtr1. lit)l'E ON. \.9i aeithl the, Fltp ihtet, lad teats dim ite siglit, AM r ni e sit: le rmr l! :setrv its day tiwlts itl night; \Vl t-tpps 1In st I lirov,, wit: the Aeight of (espair ? Ii it tn,,, Itlt i1tt Ii i -,I ?? h ,I r :ti et mv is th re, / i ?? t o ?? ?? lli iop, :llI'i hle glory it hlaves ?? , ri to Ce lr,; It - I it tlegltilcsslv grieves, I or t'w ittiut iunti . t ...

... ArarnicA.- ITs REALITIES AND RESOURCES. By Francis IVyse, Esq. 3 vols. large &vo. London: T. G. .Newby, 72, Aflortinaer-street. Notwithstanding all that has been written of late years upon America and the AMtericans-that fertilemine of authorship and boolhmaking-these volumes of Mr. Wyse have not only been hailed with a general welcome by the British and Irish public, but they have stood the ...

... n-itcraturt. SE L E C TE D P 0 L ETI ?? TIlE SIRANGERI. A Stranger came to a rich marin' dloor. Anid 6rniled on his miglity feast; A rid away lis Ilighitit child lie bore, Arid laid her toward the East. lie caine next sprinig, With a smn ile rio gay, Ablc, tilne tie E:ast wind blows, Anid aooth ler briglit crestuire lie led imay, With a chieck like a burning rose. Auid lie canin onpc mroom, ...

... Lfiterature. S EE C1 ?? E D P O E TR ?? THE THREEl WOItULDS. The Nvorld in whiih we like is bright W'ith beauty and with loveliness; And 11n:1iy a form.with fifo asd light, W ith fairy neise and gorgmeus dress,. A llures with gay and gl:bl dleceit Our I% anderig eyes and roving ftet. The world tcv whilch Nu go is pure I'tto wayworn pilgrinr's home of rest; Its peimeures are Is rich and surc As ...