... TiHE SOLDIER AND THE MINISTER.-The exploits of the sol- dier are performed in the light of the sun and in the faee of day; they are performed before his own army, before the enemy; they are seen, they are known; for the, most part they cannot be denied or disputed; they are told instantly to the whole world, and receive at once the meed of praise which Is eo justly due to the valour and ...

... re DEMOCRACY IN FRANCE.-ThO empire of the word 1demcc- I' racy' is not to be regarded as a transitory or local occident. it, It Ishe development-others would say the explosion-of all 10 the elements ot human nature throughout all the ranks and all the depths of society; and conse 11~ly.li oe, general, con- thtion uu,hinevitabl stageo t odadei ntn ; of its !r, virtues and its ...

... ipoetp._ THE IM W YEAR.-By JosEriE H. BUTLER. TuE once green fields arc desolate. ant now The chill winds whistl through tile lendess bougb; The lofty hills like aged giants rise, Lifting their snowy heads toward the skiCo; While comes a mornfalldirge along the vall, A last faint death-sigh of tho passing gait I Then let us panos-a flies Time's chariot past, For lifo i1 short, Etcrnity Is vast ...

... W~oatrg. REPRESSED GRIEF. Tuotuori dimpled Joy upon the cheek bestow de A hotsh, than calm Content's mild flue more p; Though seems tile heart at ilensure's tall to leap, And the brisk eve to catch a radiant glow'; Though peals the laugh, the tear may irdly 0o. Its unseeu gush the closing eyes aliuy steep, -And they, alas I may open hat to NsNee I As troublled dreamlis are ?? by wakeful WoO. ...

... Utterature. The Land we live in. Part XVIII. C. Knight, London. This portion of Mr. Knight's publication is devoted to The Queen of the West. Bath, from its mythic origin, its position in ancient times as a Roman station, in modern as a focus of fashion, presents strong features of attraction, and being so near a neighbour of ourselves, we may be expected to view all that concerns it with ...

... ~ ottrv2. A SONG FOR THE WORKERS. [WRHIrEN FOR TEIE EAIULY-CLOSIHG MOV5iENHT.) LET Man toil to win his living, Work is not a task to spurn; Yoor Is gold of'others givlllg. To the silver that we earl. Lect Mian proudly take his station At the smithy, lookm, or plough' Tho richest crovn-pearls In a nation llang from Labour's reeking brow. Though her hand grows hard with duty, Filling up ithe ...

... r UPPER CA;LIFORNIA.-The district of country known, geo- t graphicaill, as Upper California, is bounded on the north by Oregon,te forty-sto600d degree of north latitude being the boundary line betwen the two territories; on the east by the Rocky Mountains and the Sierra de los Uimbres, a continuation f of the same range; on the south by Sonora and Old or Lower f California; and on.the west by ...

... A~noTsoaRD.-SoMoeeurious particulars concerning the stato of Abbotsford at the present' time are contalned in r. Lock, hart'e new and abrid ea edition juct Onthed of hin ' Lic of 8ir~ Walter Seott.' * rtappears ?? doath of the last of Scott'a ?? ?? 6ir Welter Seott) in February 1847, it wee found that, esotwithetandilg the vervxetensive demand for his lather's writings. there still remalned a ...

... voetrp. LOV P, FOR YOU AND ME-BY THE LATE THOS. HOOD. TiErE Is dew for the flosv'ret, And honey for the bee : And bowers for tle wild bird, And love for you and mo. There are tears for the many, And pleasure for 1lo fewv: 13ut let the world pass on, dear, There's love for me and youl There is a care that will not leave us, A d Pull, that will not flee; Blst on our hearth, unalter'd, Sits Love ...

... litterature. The . :tkzetio and Miscellaneous Works of Frederick Von Schlegel. Translated from the German by B. J. Millington. Btohsn's Standard Library._ Henry G. Bolin, York-street, Covent-garden, London, This is a most interesting work. The exquisite taste which characterised Frederick Sohlegel's mind, his keen perception of the principles, and earnest feeling for, art, must be by this time ...