... By ?? nithor of 1liffs Hollow. CIAP'TERI VI. Are yon goiiig to MAlrtoWn1 to day, Rex P Yeos. Is there auythingg I can tring over i You might call at WVilsom's nod sOS if my mantle is raady. 1 must begin to pack to-morrow if wo aro to leave on Friday. You do noi mind going, Rnby P Your cough seems troublesome, and it occurred to me you would be bettor nway. I do not minid in the ...

... I [CULLBD FR'IS TIIE GLOBE AND OTHER C(NTEMPORARIES.] *RPEOrOL THlE NATIVES. IHow we imnprovo the natives-extraut cf a letter from the Canaries:- loeslerdiy moining we had quite a bhavy tlhunder- storm, such as i8 seldom glen here. Our omall servant boy vtas frigbontnd, end I hoerd Mrs. B. improving the occlasion by itnfo iming him that it wes sent on accounr of his havieg broken the ...

... T W I N S. By T. B. M. C 1 A P'T E 1 XII1. Oh! the horror of it' Shall rever forget what I felt as I read that letter I remembered how ho had said he should know Mabel Down had succeeded at last if he ever lost leo in a way he could not understand. And now here he was coming to Milton, perhaps he was already in the town, and I knew that if I refused to marry him he would go away and seek the ...

... CEAPTER VIII. AnD LAsT. .For the next few days Ethel delighted her mother's heart. She expressed a desire to go to the theatre, to a concert, to a dance-where she met Max Saville and Lucy Preston, who were to be married in three weeks' time-to anything that was going on; she threw herself into enjoyment as though it was now all life held for her worth having. She had heard nothing more from ...

... ' ANNUAL EXHIBITION. . As usual, the elements were anything but satisfactory OnWednesaay,when the Devon and Exetar Horticultural Society held its exhibition. Ever since the Society hoes beets established it has rarely been favoured with brilliant weather on its ?? day; until now, in fact, it seeems to hare almost become a proverb amongst Exornians that it will eurely rain on IIFlower Show Day. ...

... SOIME V EX)RY OLD' :-0 WI.NES.E~,00 0 [BY THE REV. H. R. HAW~EI, M,A.J mate. I have seen, anud. tasted, w ine, of ?? olt VIII's reign. As Mr. George' Buen ofethe ~snuchra British Museum, wrote when he heard 6f surih himesel Xcumois being actually in Loinldrn, thongh The~ It hardly in the miarket,' ~Whoev~erwould have Technj ~.imagined that, there still survived wine tof. th6.1a such aremote ...

... TALES FRiO' BLACKWOOD. Vol. VIII. Blackwood I' and Sons. at We can add nothing to what baa already been said in ihi commendation of this popular reprint. Of convenient sise, of and printed in clear bold type, these volumes, reproducing be tit the choicest of Afaga's light literature, are always welcome, especially as reliefs to the tedium of a monotonous railway c journey. at PICTURES ...

... THE OCTOBER MAGAZINES. Blaekwood* discourses on Spiritualism with its accus- tomed lucidity and analytical power. The article is entitled Seeing is Believing, and the writer argues thatman is credulous from his very impatience to get the truth, and his inexperience of the ways in which truth oau be sought. Supremedisregard, says the writer, to the accuracy of the facts on which its ...

... SWALLOWS. Now, o'er the harvest meadows green Their arrow-headed forms are seen; Now, o'er the pool they skim, As if they wished to dive below, To those far-sinking skies which glow Down through the waters dim. With skilful wings their white breasts lave, And oft the smooth translucent wave, Records the daring feat; Until they shyly dart away To where the severminig insects play, In some calm ...

... The most crowded housa of the season was on the occasion of the amateur performance last night, which went off with considerable ecla. In the Honeymoon, Capt. M. Potter Macqueen, who is most popular with an Exeter audience, personsted the Duke Aranza, and again gave evidence of the ease with which he can depict character, whilst bringing a natural dignity to bear upon the part. Capt. H. E. ...

... THE LAST WISH. IThe celebrated Wilson, the ornithologist, requested that he might be buried near some sunny spot. This ish is expressed in the followinig linesr. In some wild forest shade, TUnder some sprenadig oak, or waving pine, 01 old l in, festooned with the gadding vine, Let me be laid. In this dim lonely grot, No foot intrusive will disturb my dust; But o'er me songs of the wild birds ...

... TRUTH. Away! I dare not think of joy! On sorrow's breast I'll sleep to-night. The infant weeps its broken toy: The imaiden mourns her broken plight; Blnt I who own a broken eait, I should not play so wild a part. For what is faith t and what is truthlI A dream, a breath, a flattering narne And what are hope and joy and youth, And all the friends the poets elaim? Not much I fear! A girl Say ...