... looctru. STRIKE THE IRON WHILE IT'S HOT! Ir a project you've in view, And would mould it firm and true, Be decided-dally not! Push it forward with a will, Let not aught your ardour chill- Strike the iron while it's hot! While cautious Fear stands idly by, Making up his mind to try, Wav'ring 'twixt will and will not, By some sudden swift surprise Boldness carries off the prize- Strike the iron ...

... iortru. GOOD TEMPEr. S Y C It H A L ES S IW A I N . T'HEUE's not a cheaper thing on earth, Nor yet one half so dear; 'Tis worth more than distinguish'd birth, Or thousands gain'd a-year. It lends the day a new delight; 'Tis virtue's firmest shield; And adds more beauty to the night Than all the stars may yield. It maketh poverty content; To sorrow whispers peace; It is a gift from Heaven sent ...

... (From Le Fellet.) IT is impossible to imagine anything richer or more beautiful than the present style of dress. The appear- ance of our fashionables atthe theatres or balls is quite dazzling. NWe must attempt to describe some toilettes we have seen, in order to give an idea of the magnifi- ceneL and taste of tho present fashion. A lady, whose hair was remarlsable for its blackness, had a ...

... looettv. L I NE S. BY WILLIAM CULLIN DBRYANT. The M;ay sun sheds an amber li.1;ht On new-leaved woods and lawns between; But she who, with a smile more bright, Welcomed and watched the springing green, Is in her grave. The fair white blossoms of the wood In groups beside the pathway stand; But one, the gentle and the good, Who cropped them with a fairer hand, Is in her grave. Upon the ...

... -- 10 actru. THE PEASANT'S PRIDE. SHE left her father's busy home- A lass of eighteen years- She heard no more her sisters' laugh, Or her brothers' blithsome cheers. Beneath the household holly trees, No more at noon she listens To the hum of her mother's honey-bees Where the hire in the sunshine glistens. Her cot is on a dreary moor, Where sound of human -life For hours at time will never ...

... (From1 Tire.Dodd FamWily Abr'oad, bry Chacs. Levrre.) HrRE we are, hyving another kind of life from our old existence at Dodsborough! 'We have capital quar- ters at the Bellevue-a fine hotel, excellent dinners, and what I think not inferior to either~, a most obliging Jew money-changer hard by, whoil advances 1mode- rate loans to. respectable psrties, on personal security -a process in ...

... VactriE. I HAVE NOT LIVED IN VAIN. I i&HVE not lived in vain; Were it alone for this That I have softened others' pain, And shared in others' bliss; That, in return for kindly words, I've caught some looks of pleasure Shining on me from truthful hearts- Hearts that a queen might treasure. I do not live in X ain; When I hear the hearty blessing From lips that never meanly feign The love they ...

... Ja?bioii aub ITatirtiez. THE COURT. WINDSOR, FRIAY_.-The following had the honour of dining with her Majesty yesterday:-His Serene Highness Prince Leopold of Saxe Coburg and the Alarchioness of Douro. On AMonday her Majesty, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, with the junior members of the Royal family, and the distinguished members of the Royal suite, took their departure from Windsor Castle, ...

... arebitW. No. 85. Tusi. Inisa Touiser's lTTTUSTRATE1l IHANID- Booli, for Visitors to Ireland. London: Office of tie Ieational Illustrated Libranry. Dublin: 111'Glashan. IN anticipation of the arrangements for some time in progress for rendering Ireland during the coming summer a centre of many attractions, this very elegant volume has been published, and will, doubtless, super- sede all the ...

... ouetsg. Al A Y. BY ANDREW NtCROLL. 'MD the heath's purple bells, on the lone mountain side, The brown bee is loudly humming; In the deep-wooded vale, where the clear waters glide, The Cuckoo tells Summer is coming. The wild flower's bloom Flings around rich perfume, Grove and glen with melody ringing: While the torrent is seen Dashing down the ravine, And the lark is at Heaven's gate singing ...

... Ja5ijtoa an Yadttic,5.' THE COURT. WrINsOR, JAN. 6.-Irs. Harcourt was the only ad- dition to the Royal dinner party last evenin. The Queen walked ill the H-Tomie Park and Slopes this morning. Prince Albert went out shooting this mlornlilln, Colonel Craururd, commanding the 2nd bat- talioa of Grenadier Guards, had the honour of ac- companying the Prince. VICEREG A ICOURT. -uis Excellency the ...

... OCTOBER. 0 Tas misty, bright October! Misty bright on the brown hill-side - Setters hunt the stubble over- Scream the crake and the golden plover, Through the moorland waste and wide. 0 the golden-crowned October! Golden, gorgeous in decay; Through the woods the leaves for ever Fall, and in the sluggish river, Yellow and brown, they drift away. O the chill and pale October! Colder winds are ...