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LITERATURE

... WBook&, P)lints, .1tesic, 4c., for review, are requested lo be left at Hrr. C. .ri(cherli's, Red Lion Court, Ficet-etreet, London, addressed To thce Editor of the EXETEir FLYING POST. Those tvill be duty fori'arded. and receive an early notice. PuNcH for M1arch. London: 85, Fleet-street The dissolution of Parliament has afforded Punch tbe materials for many a racy brochure and humorous ...

DEVON AND EXETER PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY

... f An art exhibition, of a very interesting character, was held at the Clarence Hotel, on Monday night. It might not probably be known to many of our readers that a society, t with the above title, has recently been established in Exeter; the objects of which are to encourage the science and practise of photography, and mutually to instruct and amuse the members, by holding periodical meetings, ...

EXETER

... DEVON AND EXETER BOTANICAL st AND HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. SC The first sarmmer exhibition was held last Friday, on W Northernlhay. The weather was delightful, and this, together WI with the attraction of the open-air concert in the Castle-yard, WI drew a large number of fashionable visitors to the show. pC Messrs. Veitch and Son, as usual, were large exhibitors of a 3 rare exotic plants, and ...

LITERATURE

... Punch, Part 102. London: Office, 85, Fleet-street. The diary of the quaint Pips is continued with all that true humour which has hitherto served to render it a favorite. We must also commend the drolleries of Mr. Briggs -they are a sure incentive to a hearty laugh. There are many other very clever and witty papers. France and its Revolutions, Part 19. London: C. Knight, 90, Fleet-street. A ...

EXETER LITERARY SOCIETY

... On Faiday last, Mrs. Balfour delivered a lecture on The remarkable women of the present century. Mr. B. W. Fox in the chair. Mrs. Balfour is now well known as an raccomplished and able lecturer competent to express her thoughts in effective and eloquent language. In these respects she is decidledly the first Ialy lecturer of the present day. She commlenced by enlarging on tbe fact that the ...

POETRY

... MUSIC. Strike the barp-the syiphe descending Shall their aery echoes bring. Each with each the fine ?? blending Of her own peculiar string. Smite the chords. the tones they borrow Speak a language of their own, Thrills of joy, and pangs of eorrow, Hopes of what shall be to-morrow, Sighs for what is gone. Strike the harp, the grasp of Snguish Loosens at thy mild control; All the sterner sorrows ...

LITERATURE

... a- Books, Prints, Mfusic, 4w., for review, are requested to be left ol at Mr. C. 31ilchell'g, Red Lion Court, Fleet-sireet, London, l addressed To the Editor of the EXETER FLNVGe POST. These will be duly forivarded, and receive an early notice. L, The Poetry of Home, by Goodwyn Barmby. London; Wm. in Tweedie, 337, Strand. lo A poem in three parts, in which the writer gives utterance to the ...

IRELAND

... TnE Ex~mrrIoN.--oods are being daily received at tbe Dublin Exhibition building, which is rapidly approaoh- ing completion. There is now no doubt of' itsbeing ready for the publicopening on the ]Otb of May. The articles contributed by Holland consist of 93 cases of pictures, and'25 6ases of' Jpanese productions. They are in charge of Mii Van 'de Casteeli, thq director of the Royal Museum at ...

LITERATURE

... sir Boohs, Prints, Nusic, 8s., for reriewe, are requested to he lest at Air. C. Mitchell's, Red Lion Court, Fleet-street, London' - addressed To the Editor of the EXETER FLYING PosT. These will be daly forivarded, and receive an early notice. The Dictionary of Domestic Medicine and Household Surgery. Part xit. London: Groombridge and Sons, Paternoster-row. THE conclusion of a work which we ...

POETRY

... POET R Y. HEART-WISDOM. BY VINCENT LEIGH HUNT. Pit weak to pine for pleasures past, or scorn To hoard their laveas still green int emory. Our happiest days , like frailest flowers, must die: The winds that take the blossom, leave the thorn; To some hard trouble all of us are born. Blessed the day that', past without a sigh; Blessed a day wist sighs, if we can dry The tears of those who have ...

POETRY

... EARLY DEATH. WEEr notforher! She died in early youth, Ere Hope had lost its rich romantic bues; When human bosoms seemed the homes of truth, And earth still gleamedivith Beauty's radiant dews; Her summer-prime waned not to days that freeze; Her wine of life was run not to the lees: Weep not for her! Weep not for her I By fleet or slow decay, It never grived her bosom's core to mark The ...

POETRY

... BRITONS, GUARD YOUR OWN. RBa', Britons, rise, if manhood be not dead; The world's last tempest darkens overhead; The Pope has bletsed him- The Church caressed him; He triumphs: may be, we shall stand alone: Britons, guard your own. His ruthless host is bought with plundered gold, By lying prieststhe peasant's vote controlled; A11 freedom vanished, The true men banished, He triumpbs: may be, we ...