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... A GLOUCESTER C IEF.JusT1CE.-. He (Chief-Justice Saund-ii es) was at irst, says Roger North, no better than a poor beg- v gar-boy,i f not a parish foundling, without known relations or b parents. There can be no doubt that, when a boy, he was die- v covered wandering about the streets of London in the most de- b stitute condItion-penniless, friendless-without having learned s anytrado, without ...

Literature

... ttterature. 1ne History of Pendennis. By W. AIl. Thackeray. No. VIII. Bradbury and Evans, 11, Bouverie-street, London. There is much good writingin this numsber. A great portion of it is devoted to an account of Miss Blanche Amory, lithe muse whose exquisitely fine feelings ooze away in her poetical effusions, leaving her a tyrant to her lady's maid, and hard and selfish in the concerns of ...

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... iltteratUrc. The Autobiography of Gaorhe. Truth and Poothrfrom oryoloi Life, 4c., Tiansotated by the Rev. A. G. ITV. Morrison, M.A., Vol. IL.- l Bohn's Standard Library.-Henry G. Bohn, York-street, Covent-garden, London. This forms the second volume of a ?? edition of tile whole of Guethe's works in an English dress, with which Mr.v Bohn intends to present the readers of the - Standard Library ...

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... LARCH Sour-We chose a healthy young larch tree, peeled off the outer bark, and then out the soft inner bark into small pieces, which we boiled until the surface of the water in the ket- tlie became covered with a resinous scum, which was carefully removed. The broth was then seasoned with salt and pepper, and in spite of the remaining particles of turpentine, it tasted well, nnd filled the ...

LADIES' FASHIONS FOR JUNE

... .- a- - --.t -1 - a -- -. - ?? . ?? .. Taffetas, plain and glacds, are used for dresses, with pardeasus. to match; the colours most in demand are pale green glaue with black or white, sky blue glacd with orange, pearl gray glare, withcerise, apricot, paille, and particularly lilac these robes are with triple plain skirts for petites soiredes, or with flounces Or the promenade; then we have ...

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... INTERESmNG DiscOviaty.-M. Paul Gervais has just disco- vered in the upper tertiry. stratum of Montpellier a species of fossil ape, probably belonging to the Macaque genus. On com- paring this discovery with that of 3. Lartet, in the Gers, and those made in the environs of London, it appears that fossil apes have been discovered in the three principal tertiary strata of Western Europe, that is ...

Literature

... ltterature. The C1rAstian Life, a Manual of Sacred Verse. BRy Robert Jolntw gcsmery, M.A. Arthur Hall and Co., 25, Paternoster-row, London. This handsome volume, its author tells us, Is mainly pub. lished on behalf of the noble institution for the cure of con- sumption, founded at Brompton, which, it will be remembered, the genius of the Lind has lately so munificently befriended. ...

Poetry

... Voctrv. T S OE OFN H T.-B Ti t P RA ya. C. HUL.L. v thie country Cities have thplreb Asrs And thair atvantages I miss the r not; BIt bless HIS goodnass who bath cpltumh lot Among these hlls, e and tre , a t farms, rutegre eert-ss and pleas where. fenced from a vdinorders nw' rlarms. I may have ampler sface for quiet thougIst, And forevolsg teasweet acss tai ut ?? ' is moody reigaoro tame' ...

Poetry

... ;poetr,. -BREEZY AUTUMNf- IO-RS]NG. -B CHiABLES SWAIN. WsAsrneO1 down tie flet.p~atbl 4ilowing tims bet ween us, r'lA 'pIdst the golden corn. 'Meridet WTSd ,a love, Hadwe, for the wind Audt 0mn g dern biornO -Still -kept on undoinlg As idrnnfrli wchsse, What we sought to bind! ll her lken ringlet ., ,Ohi that Autumn morning, ltackward honm her f ; In my heart It beams, LitttUii5 si Love's ...

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... TnE POETS IN A PuzzLs;- I led the horse to the stable, when a fresh perplexity arose4 - I removed the harness without difficulty, but after many strenuous attempts I could not remove the collar. In despair i called for assistance, when aid soon drew near. Mr. Wordsworth brought his ingenuity into exercise, but after several unsucceseftl efforts he relinquished the achievement as a thing ...

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... ?? . .LITERARY VARIETIES; LORD LX7NDnUdST.-It ?? be newi to our' readers to hear that Lord Lyndhlirst is agooy ;Aechanio. It is a rare instan'ce for a lawyer thoroughly to muster a case of machinery; and, among otiers, .one is mentioned which particitlarly redounds to Lord lyndhurat's honour. In the famous patpnt dispute about thbe lace machines of Mr. Heathcote, of Tivetton, Lord Lynd-` ...

The Fine Arts

... f1je ?? ArtfI EXHIBITION OF THE BRIISTOL ACADEMY. ICONsrsNsEnI ?? Ova LAST.] 64. View iii Ashdovn Forest, Bussex: COPLEY FaHLING.- This is in all respects-in composition, chiaro Fsuroi colour, and execution -the finest landscape in the collection, and presents new points of excellence to the eye upon every examination of its ricndant details. Tue view fromnrich and picturesque leregrdund is ...