... LITERARY ISCEANEA. 'Ise true view of great. men is, that they are only examples and manifestations of 'our common nature; showing-what belongs to all souls, though unfolded as 'yet only in fewt The light which shines from them is, after all, but a faint reveli- n of the power which is treasured up in every human being. They are not prodigies, 'not miracles, but natural de- velopment of the ...

... TH1 DRIAKA- XUSIO, &c. . FRENCH PLAYS-The new drama, Valeria, which has caused so great a sensation in Paris, was, played for the first tine en Wednesday night. As 'a play, it. is, on the whole dull and wearisome, but it contains eorne scenes-of very high dramatic excellence, and well calculated to exhibit the won- dorfoljptwers of Mademoiselle Rachel. The plot turns upon the antagonistic ...

... ii : ??il - ?? 1,1 -I_.1 Iz I -, r ?, i? 1. 1- U 'Or ?? a VIM ,4 .4 ?? - ? i (101;0. b4ckwodd, London.-- We have seldom- pdrbs d a nanibr of Blanhfwood which pleased us so much as the July one. There are articles of great meri½ Sutted-to 'all 'cleaess &'a'beaders. I'Downwara Tendeacbi's', 'rit-en i in : ;i % aren tl - careless, off-hand style, is nevertheless an e&dhirable satire .4pon ...

... TEHE XHEIBITION, ;(YESTERDAY., ' On Friday 26,000 peole entered'the building, and 26'G131 3s. d.was-taken. The total of monies received is'27S,9341.' Yesterday'the attendaince was conipariatively thin, not. more 'than between %7,O: and 8i00 peraon4 having ivisited' the Vuildiiig. ' ?? __i ?? ?? ?? ?? ..FAIRLOPF.AIR.-,Friday being the first Friday in July the anualt. procession of the, mast and ...

... THE DRAWa. XuSIa, &C. SURREY-On Monday evening this popular theatre was densely crowded, in order to witness the debut of a new singer of the French School of Art, lMdIle. Adele Alphonse, said to be a favourite pupil of the composer, Donizetti. The opera was well calculated to exhibit the style, power, capabilities, and vocal resources of the debutante, being Donizetti's t Lucia di Lammermoor ...

... R REVIEWS OF BOORS. 1, . : ?? Tean BCALP-HsEIIeTaas. -'Bv CAvTAztIIIayo Rawl. Skeet, K~izsg 'iVilfia~~estfe.-Tho ?? Rifle Rangers hasi prodtuced ?? of, if possible. more :iptiese nterest'thas the, one whiteh introduced hinn so favourably to the English world of literature. The scene of the story is laid in Northern Mexico; the hero, a young man of the name of Rallerl, who, whilst on his ...

... TxE;:FriFVB DsrccsX`m B!IrLES OpTr WOR Ln E. CIEASY, ., sBentey, New Burcoiespton-treets From MarAthon to Waterloo Mri Creasy seckons fifteend battles that liavb dktkrmined tse destihy off, the worldi His accounts of-more ancient sfiifeB ate principally corn- posed of extracts from classic authors, familiar to all who have received the advantages of education.,' The work itself can have but ...

... LITERARY MISOELLANEA. TuE WIFE AND HscSBxceD.-If there be an understanding between the wife and husband to open each other's letters, it is all right, but it id not implied in the contract of marriage, as usually understood; and good taste objects to it. Letters are conversation in writing. When a wife is addressed, a husband is not authorised, by good manners, to anticipate her reply, by ...

... IREVIEWS OF: BOORS. T1isAMEeLu1Es A. PRTOX. Bentley, Bs'slingetn- street-Mr. Paton has written three tolerably agreeable volumes, but we cannot refrain from observ ing that he |t appears to have carried the art of book-making to soune- what of an extravagant length. His ,descriptions are frequentprolix, and oftenrunnecessary. The tab: isdis- jointed andl somestimes wearisome. Rhaled, the son ...

... THE GP-EAT EXHIBITION. The number of visitors on Monday was larger than it had previously been upon any Mionday-amounting to not less than 70,640, making tle total number of visitors since the opening of the Exhibition, 2,420,825. The amount received was 3,3441. 13s.; of this snot six guineas were received for the sale of season tickets, the remainder having been taken at the doors for ...

... LITERARY mSOELLANEA. A DEAF and dumb school-boy being asked to explain the word gratitude, wrote duwn- Gratitude is the memory of the heart. A LONG TACIT.-A gentleman has made a curious cakeu- lation. Solomon the Wise gave a feast in the court-yard of theTemple, atwhich were consumed 22,000 oxen and 120,000 slieep. This feast, then, would require sixty acres of ground for kitchens, 17,000 ...

... THEV GREAT EXHIBITION. The number of visitors on Saturday week was 11,747; the receipts 1,5821. 11i. The number of visitors on Monday at the Exhibition was, according to the police returns, 61,670 ; the amount taken at the doors beihg 2,8521. Among the more interesting in- cidents of the day, we may mention the arrival of Mr. Glad- stone, accompanied by fifty of the poor male parishioners of ...