... LORD N IIONAS HI I The re.issne, in a very convenient form, of Lord _qahou's careful and spirited history of the period betweein the Peace of Utrecht and that of Versailles, .s matter of congratulation to the reader rather than material for criticism on the work. The book before the world, and since 1836-the date of the oriinal preface--it has been amplyjudged, and, despite certain objections ...

... JOHN E VEL yy* - ?? ?? as to the history or cha- 0 Tof Evely, the English gentleman, will be 5eeptable to the admirers of that high- :sdad Dti plritded, and accomplished man. In ?? the C0cludiig volumes of Mr. Colburn's ?? of the Diary and Correspondence, te uod a groat number of letters to and i I c Il} ich are published for the first time' ?? they are, perhaps, less amusing ! Ime ...

... TILE B URNESE TVAR.* is work is a seasonable reprint of a 'narrative -hifs ed to a quto volume, whivolu , wvas published is 0al cattt in 1827, under the title of Documents ?? Of the Burmese War. The documents I e colveeced and edited by Mr. Wilson, now Ilden nrofessor of Sanscrit in the University of oden pnoesdor instructions from the Government of pongs1 l who foresaw the possibility of a ...

... GARET BRT AIN AN FRANCE.- WHY Je THEIR PRESEVT CONDITION 50 DIE. i-1'rENTP ? For the last twenty years, no one, excepting, per- the honourable member for Lincoln, has denied tthe eduation of the people is the question of iestifons. This admission, however, not a little to qa discredit, remained until very recently a dead letter. The acknowledged need was successfully coiba;ted by the curious ...

... The LITERAB 1 sad ARTISTiC BANQ SET. I [FROM THE BIRM&INHAM vJOURNAL.J This festival of Literature and Art, of which the note of preparation has been sounding for the last two months, took place on Thursday. It will be recollected that the idea of thus honouring literature and art arose out of the increased attention which had been called to one of these departments by the establishment of a ...

... PRECIOSA .* The sorrows of love are an old theme. The fitful changes of the passion, which gives the extremes of joy and misery to the few, and a sensation of term- porary exultation or depression to the many, have been sung and told in modes as endlessly different as the shades of individual feeling by which the passion has been coloured. But the touch of ge- nius can always make old things ...

... RCT.IC JO URNAVL.* . ..I A -f;P. hooks are not fessed that Arcrtiu L uv - 4 be cor books. One page reads wo- ieth} ad on chapter seems a double of; b ° s this to be wondered at. Al *i) a f preoi5Y similar phenomena I dble element of monotony in 'I ?? endure it, and that element thone aed in their accounts of their ,, _g-waiting for a lane of ?? I ,58 of bra crush between two )Freth hrough ...

... BOORS~ OF DEVOTION.* We can warmly recommend these two excellent devotional works, for which we have to thank the same publisher. There can be no better sign than the encouragement which books of this sort-when characterized, like those before us, by a sound theology-seem to receive. Pinart's work is very well translated, and will be found ex- ceedingly useful, particularly as a guide to Len- ...

... THE PRESS AND THE Pl4 Y. --4 [FROx PUNCH.] Our clever comedian and marnager, Mr. Charles Plate has an old-stauding quarrel with the writer of thesltriti criticisms in The orsnmit Chronicle. He ?? ti, gentleman his oriticised unfairly certain pieces produced the Lyceum Theatre. Irritated at this, Mr. Charles I thews (to use his own words) deprived the paper ofit privilege of writing two ...

... /-WITH- WVESTERN PRO- FlyCSc of lVDJA.* h of the Notes o0l the North-Western ?? lfdia hbas been for many year em- .*,0c te. I0 iaicivil service, and has given tue results of his experience of the 3~~i;ne to v adnsifinistratiod in that part of tcpir iu which his services have been 15110etU N~hO !otes originally appeared in r ilfsgaziritC and, from the amount of 1 B 5rnd useful practical ...

... A4I,5 MINOR AND LYZfO.* A cheap and elegant reprint of Sir Charles Fel- lows's well known journals will be welcome to all who are interested in the classical antiquities of the East. It is here, admirably printed, illustrated with very convenient maps, and with numerous woodcuts, and enriched by the addition of an ap- pendix containing a learned ahd lucid paper upon the Lycian collection in ...

... NEWVLITERARY AND bWIENTIFICI SOCIETY. BlnMIN(eaAm, MoNDAY.-A public meeting of the iuha- bitants of this town and district was held in the theatre of the old Philosophical Institution this morning, for the pur- pose of considering the desirableness of establishing in Bir- minghara a Literary and Scientific Society, upon an exten- sive and comprehensive scale. It may appear strange, but it is ...