... rittratuxt. The Poetklo o W-ks ef sirWdareC S-t4. Bart., Autdor's Editiou. O witA Life, and nurnerous Illustrations. i The Histfry of Palestine, fromn the Patriarchal Age. to the Present Time. By John Kitto, D.D., F.S.A. Adam and Charles Black, Edinburgh. i We class these books together, because they emanate from the same publishers, are printed in the same form, and distin- 0 guished by a ...

... titaffturt. wa Memoirs of the Life ?? of Thomas Chalmersr, D.D., LL.P. use By~, his Son-ia-LaiW, thre Blev. William Hanna, .LL.D. Vol. III. an -IPublisited for Thomas Constable by buhrlnead t Edinburgh. lnx ey It was 'originally intended by Dr. Hannah to complete the tivy memoirs of Ihis illustrious relative wvithlin thle compass of three C volumesO, but as hle proceeded wvith the work of ...

... On Tuesday the number of visitors was 68,161,making the total number si~nce its opening 2,488,986. The amount received was £3,240 12s., of which sum £1) 10s. was the produce of the sale of season tickets. On Wednesday, notwithstanding the wet and gloomy character of the weather, rapid streams of visitors con- tinued to flow into the building, the number at the close showing the respectable ...

... The Stonemason of Saint Point, a Villae Tale, by AlphonsedeLamartiie. London: H.G Bo.bn,Yora street, Covent Garden. A simple rural tale, told in that earnest pathetic style wbilhftamartine can frequently so admirably employ. The following quotations are examples of the feeling with which the author has written the 6Stonemason Of Saint Point : ,'Very well, there are msoments, on Sandays in the ...

... P O E T R Y. THE LILY OF THE VALLEY. [FOR TIE FLYING POST,] SWENT valley lily I emblem of innocence, Fairest of flowers that grow in the vale, Spring thou forth into being, and with thy lov'd presence, Perfume the wings of the sigh.breathing gale, Sweet valley lily! type of humility, Lift up thy lovely and modest wee bell; Ohl come to my dwelling, for fain would I nurture thee, Gem of the ...

... BATH AND WEsr OF E9GPLAND SOCIETY FOR THE IADVANCEM1ENT OF AGRICULTURE & TEE ARTS. 'The annual ploughing-match of this society took place on Thursday, on an old clover ley, the property of the Hon. H. H1. Tracey, and in the occupation of Mr.JS. Pyatt, at Combe Hay, SearhtBath. The competition was excellent. As manjy as twenty- eihploughs started, viz., nineteen in the first adnine in the ...

... th SCANTY FOOTPRINTS OF THE GREAT.-Few footprints of the Wh great remain in the sand before the ever-flowing tide. . Long m ago it washed out Homer's. Curiosity follows him- In vain; F, Greece and Asia perplex us with a rival Stratford-upon-Avon. The rank of Aristophanes is only conjectured from his gift to two poor players in Athens. The age made no sign when Shak. nc spere, its noblest son, ...

... LITERARY- ARIETWS. THEC -16Us DIGHTCY YXEARS AGo.-The House of Cou- mons hasembarked itself i a vildernessofperplexities, Though Lord Olive was so frank and high-spirited as to confess.a whole folio of his Macchiavellsm. They are. so ungenerous as to have a mind to punish'him ior assassination, forgery, treachery, ahd: plunder, and it makes him very indignant. 'Tother. night, becaus6 the ...

... ?? (figg gf t4t Ortat hjIlhition. On Friay th numbr of isitos was46,9 13, tile amount taken beng £491 16e. Amng the iators were Captain Omma-uny and he Esqimalixnativewhomn the gallan t I Areti voyaer hu broght t Englnd wth him. The latter was ressd inthe rdinry silors drssis apparently about eighten yers o ageand oseeses eceedingly intelligenit features. On Saturday the Great Exhibition cosed ...

... The visitors on Tuesday were 58,554. The total receipts, including £7 for season tickets, were £2,893 I Os. The numb~r of persons on Wednesday was only 47,817. The amount received ?? season tickets, £1; at the doors, £2,264 ls0; making the total receipts, £2,266 lOs. The number of visitors on Thursday showed an in- crease over those of the previous day, the total being 40,452. The amount ...

... 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 ...

... vattrl. THE BASHFUL LOVER.-BY CHARLES SwAs. A VOOT upon the step, And a hand upon the door- But I needed courage yet 'lo Adventure any morel The cloods were roiling Scet, And the wind wee blowing south 'Twas the very hour to meet- But my heert wee in my mouthI What power, sweet Love, is thine, That thus the heart can take? That, like a trembling reed, Can make a strong man shake ? I pushed the ...