... Eftfraturc. Becklnasnncs'i 1Itori; of Inentisons Vol. I.-Henry G. Boln, I York-slreet, Covent-garden, London. S This is a transaltion from the German of the celebrated work ' of John Beckmaan. Professor of Economy in the University of Gdttingen, and forms a portion of Bohn's admirable standard 6 library-a publication which, in the union of quantity and quality, of extreme cheapness and ...

... p)outrp. THE WATCHlER ON THE TOWER. WHAT (lost thou see, lone watcher, on the tower? Is the ?? breswkllg-comes ?? wii'd-tbr hoar? Tell LIs tie sle4s, and stretch abroad thy liand, if the bright IutOrinIIg dawns upon thl land. ThIe stars ore cleer above me, scarcely one Hnsdiiutimi'd its rays in reverenlce to the san; litot yet I soe, oil the horizon's verge, some fair, faint streaks, ais ...

... ?ietr?. II EQ U I E 4 CAT.- Bi FfIRDINAAD FREILIGGRATH. ;TBANSLAT3ED BY MART UOWfTT.3 w-ar'fls the pold'rolls hammer wlelds-, i Wo W)Voe'ercilip, the earth to flourishI, . ,. Ifl ?? irtrathu ge ettharVet~t-ole;di' IVWhoevgr guilte_,tile lalen. barquei, ?? Tolls at t~ho l %mt'y 11w e n , tte-hlr'd children earning- Tollimbqhoxtour nmd renown I * HODOU to hr n dtcraft nod tilliage ! To livery ...

... A GREAT FALLACY.-It is a mistake to suppose that the rich man maintains his servants, tradesmen, and labourers; the truth is, they maintain him. It is their industry which supplies his table, furnishes his wardrobe, builds his houses, adorns his equi- Dage, and provides his amusements. It is not his estate, but the labour employed upon it, that pays his rent. All that he does is to distribute ...

... Poetrp. DO TAG E.-OLD PoM. BY GEOnGE HEnBEitT. FALS9E, glozinl picasures, casks of ha plness, Foolish1 night tires, wouelns end ehileren's wishes, Chases In arras, glded emptiness, Shadolws wyell niousted, streams in a career, Linbroider'd lies, nothing betweell two dishes; These are the pleasures here. True, earnest sorrows, rooted minseries, AngUiSil II graini vexations ripe and blown, Sure ...

... LITERARY VARMf TIES. GENJIOs When a true genius appears inis the worl, You may si know hins by thlis ign, that thedunces are always inconfederacy hgainst him.-SwMff. - . Fight hard against a hasty temper. Anger will come, but iesist it stoutly. A spark will set a house on fire. A fit of pas- t, sion may give you cause to mourn all the days of your life. t. Lt w oi lKINDNEssfI are but ...

... PLEASURES or ACTIVE Ir, -g so little enjoy life, and are such burdensto theiselyes, us thosc who hlave nothing todo. The actie oenly tave tile true relisha of life ?? who kno)ws not The active only laour nlows not what it is to enjoy. tecreation whlat it is to labour. kiovilo vll1idckov otngfi. is only valuable as it aunbonde us ; the, jile knsow nothing Of it. It is exertion that rcnders rest ...

... LITE! RARY VARIETIES. l There is no time in the life of man so tedious as that which l passes between the resolution to repair a wrong and the oppor-I tunity to make the reparation.-Arts. Bruntons.I TJIlutmomrTERmS IN SCROOL-ROOMS.-A thermometer should I be kept in every school-room, and hung on the coolest side of it, I The proper temperature should be determined by unchangeable I laws, not ...

... ?? - - 7ait'c Edinburgh 3fagacsine.-W. Tait, Edinburgh. The opening article on '1 Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, by George Gilfillan, will be read with interest by the admirers of Balwer. It is a well-written analysis of the faults and beauties of a highly-popular writer. The critic's estimation of Bulwer's productions is decidedly favourable, and Zanoni is pro- nounced to be the best of his ...

... voetrP. MIORTIFiCATION.-OLD POIEMi. BY GEORGE HERBERtT. HoW soon Ilothl man decay! Wheil clothes are taken from a Chest of sweets, To swaddle infunts, whoso y oung breath Scarce knonvs the Way. Those clouts aro little wvinding-sheets. Which do consign and senld them unto death. When boys go first to bed, Thoy step intO their voluintary graves; Slece binds them fltet; only their breath Vakes ...