... .. i .. : _ .- _ _ . , t_ -.L.11.E ?? v -w~ --d __ v-1- ty *slhl n Egypt.'-Ani unpublishe I poem by EdPwin AstLerstoze, i the Dt b in Univeriity Magazine) Slowly, at length, A.s loath to strike, Aaron stretched out the rod: 'With large bright eyes upturned, and ?? lips, On heaven a moment gazed; then downward looked, And smote the water. A As when fire breaks out In a thick-peopled dwelling; ...

... LITERATIURE. ScOTLAND IN THE MinDui AGE. Srnns OF EARLY b: ScoTrc HISxoRY srNDSOCcA PROGnSS. By CosToo Imnes, Professor of History in the University of Edinburgh. o: Edinburgh: Edmonston &Douglas. 1869. a Si Tus delight and deep interest with which Mr. Chambers's v Domestic Annalsof Scotland werereceivedby the public, t might have been taken as a hint that any further explore. t tions in a ...

... LITER AT UII E. TiLE LIFr or JULIUS OESAsI. By the Ven. John Williams, t- A.M., Archdeacon of Cardigan, Author of 1;Alexander the Great, &c. London: G. Rloutledge & Co., Farringdon Street. 1854. Tills is a vcry interosting record of the Life of the Groat Re- dman, accompanied with instructive sketches of his contempor- t. aries, and of the state of thle Republic ainterior to, and disriug Isis ...

... LI TE RAT U RE. ScoTTIc1sMIS CORRECTED. London: John F. Shaw. ToIS publication (a part of a series, entitled, Never too late to Learn), begins by defining a Scotticism in tvo wsays. The first definition, that of Dr. Beattie, the well-known poet of the last century wepresume, is, a Scotticism is an idiom or peculiar expression of the natives of Scotland. The second definition is stated to ...

... CA'TTLE SIlO WS. Yesteiday the annual competition of the Kilbarchasi Agri- oultural Society for cattle, poul try, and dairy prroduce,.was held e at Kilbarchan. The weather was really mast delightful, mnd 1% the turn-out on the show grountl was much superior to-what we b have seen on former occasiond. The proceedings were also r conisiderably enlivened from the preoseunce of, the Kilbarchan ...

... (FROM POEMS BY ELIZADETII 3IARRETT DROWNING.) Dying In his absence abroad, and referring to the Poem in which he recorded the sweetness of her eyes. On the door you will not enter, I have gazed too Iong-adieu!- IHope withdraws her peradvOenture- Death is near me,-and not yotu I Come, 0 lover, Close and cover These poor eyes, you called, I ween, Sweqtest. eyes, were ever seen. When I beard ...

... I~ ~ ,_ , . ken. a of (iFramutbe Mtanchester Guardian,) was The Exhibition of Art Treasures of the United Kingdom, this at Manchester, in 18.5?, is now a thing of the past, so far as the nee, public is concerned:- and to the executive committee there re- sage mains but the onerous tasak of. packing the countless treasures por- and retu-rning. them to their liberal-minded owners. it was for ...

... LITER AT U R E. A HANlD-Bio or BRI1TISHI MAnfRITl'JL LAW. By D. R. Morice, Advocate in Aberdeen. L'ondol: Smith; Elder & Co., Corrhill. Oliver & Boyd, Edinburgh. Tent treatise is intended for the use of meichents, shlipowners,, shipmasters, and legal ?? the three fir!tr. mentioned classes, who have here in an aecessible form that. information which largely enters into their daily trlnsactio!s' ...

... ?? Aat HISTORY OF FREDERICK THE. I ' ' ,--GREAT.* (Fiore thebiterary.Gazettc - - The actual publication of 'these voluLnes, the first half of Mr. Garlyle's long-promised and long-expected Life of t Frederick the Great, sets at rest the question, mooted more than once during the last few years,-wv.hether the work ...

... CATTLE SaOW AT CAAIBUSLANG. UAT.U1' 1 O AA WUN A' .;Az1 BU: LA.iN U. l0oo On Tuesday last, the Cambuslang, Blatyre, and Ruther- glen Agricultural Society, held their annual showy of cattle atet and dairy produce at Cambuslang. The judges for the (Ira cattle department were-AMessrs. John Anderson, Smithston, her Cumbernauld ; Peter Crawford, Dumgoyack, Strathblane ; t and Robert !K'Kean, ...

... L I TE R A T U R E. TER-CENTENARY OF THlE SCOTTISH REFOSIMATIOXN5sComlfle- c merated at Edinburgh, August, 1860. With Introduction W by Rev. Jamfs Begg, D.D. Edited by Rev. F. A. Wylie, m LL.D. Edinburgh: John Maclarjn. 1500. ?? th THIS is a very fitting record of the interesting nstionalecb- m- inemration of August last. The editor has show oider- ai ablo discrimination in his selection from ...

... THE SHADOW ON TIlE WALL. Was the Shadow kissed by child or maiden? Infantine caressing! By pale dreamer, liro's full sun forbidden? Twilight of half-blessing! Or by votaries' lips a saintly image pressing? M1enl like fiends who Ieap o'er dead and dying Still new heaps to pile, Tossing a fierce laugh to Death's defying, Wild with wrath erewhile- Now like children lie and wait the nurso's smile. ...