... l _ ~ ~- _I_ HAYMAKERS VISITED, (RESPECTPCLLY INSCRInED TO MXISS ELIZA COOK.) [Freom the Village Muse and other poecjs, by Elijah Ridings, On the eve ef publicalisal.J . brief time ago, I was hcart-sick and dreary, For the .orld, now and then, makes the best of us weary; i spirit was drooping, yet restive and wild, And my heart turn'd away from the mirth of my child. I Closed iny book, ...

... I| - ., ?? FLOWElRS. ,, y I O It .A C E S 3I I T H1. y e ?? worshippers Who, benlding lowly ,ifore tile uprtisel s5u, God's lidless eye, Throw from your clhalices a sweet and holy Incense oin high. Ye bright mosaics! that, with storiod beauty, The floor of natures temple tesslate, What numerous emblems of itlstruetive duty Your forms create I 'Neath clustered bou1ghs, carl, floral bell that ...

... CARDINAL WISEM1AN ON THE ARTS OF I DESIGN AND PRODUCTION. On Thursday evening week a very crowded auditor to assembled in the Manchester Corn Exchange, to hear his v eminence Cardinal Wiseman deliver a leeture on the re- A latioris between the arts of design and the arts of produc- di tion. His eminence was received with enthusiastic ac- of clamnations. mn Dr. Tuasina, the titular Bishop of ...

... 'fltc Slavi nmber of FRASER'S MAGAZIN.E contains critical articles i The Colonial Policy of Lord John Russell's Administration,, work by Earl Grey; and The l'o'icy of tile Restoration in l by cite Comte do M1arcellus; a very interesting chapter c i'~togap~lty, suggested1 by an article on that science in the Ec,,c,.idica if Ctropotitaet, by Itobert hunlt ; another entitled ;;irkcaldy of ...

... cSkTRATED lHANDBOOK FOR TRAVELLERS IN BELGIUM, ON THE UIUNE, AND THROUGH PORTIONS Or Runsnsn PRUSSIA.-Brad- ,isCr and Dlackloeck, Icaacehester, and 59, Flect-street, London. Here is a guide upon which the English tourist may impU- ?? rely for all the information ho may stand in need of, from g e moment of leaving his own fireside to his return home. That fstrcequirement of Englishmen, ...

... ' OCTOBER. Gorgeolls are thy woods, October, Clad in glowing mantles se'ore- Brightest tints of beauty blending Iike the west, when day s descendjing Thou'rt the sunset of the year. Fading flowers are thine, October I Droopeth sad the sweet bluebell, Cone the blossoms April cherish'd. Violet, lily, rose-all ?? Fragrance fled from field and dell. Songless are thy woods, October Save when red ...

... l?iCItflig:5 frallf 'lj?lAtttrTj.ll ANYTHING BrT AS ALDIAnr is Morro.- D)inner forget. WHAT IS TlHE WoItLI, LI oN ?-WVIV. the world is likeastubble. field-in whieh the greatest geesc g6-eaerally pick up most of the goldell grains. A Tuoorni- rl'CIED orr or rTH Co ?? are like coals-thc morc the! ::rc screened, the more the larger ones show. VERY UNHrAsoNALr.E INrm.LioiX:Nc.._One of Ourown ...

... ?? I Tile CHEERnFUL VISITOR Of the current month contains not oily aniple matter for those Of light literary taste, but mental food riqutiring a somewhat noear vigorous digestion; tile soles- tisns arc excellent, and the original tales and sketches unexcep- tiojabic. With this number is Issued thle first volume of Chau- cern9 -,Canterbury Tales, being the sixth of that wonderfully limp ...

... POETRY_ I' sONG OF THE VILLAGE CHURCH BELL. Up with the rooks where none can reach, A goodly priest am I, And the world may hear my loud voice preach As the busy winds go by; over the bride with her orange flowers, Over the dead man's form, Now I make merry the bridal hours, Then I arouse the worm. Ding, dong I I ring or I toll For the young child's life or the old man's sonu. Up where nothing ...

... I I OT GIVE ME GIRLHOOD'S MERRY LAUGH, 'jo5ITTEO 0H IIEARING SOME GIRLS AT PLAY. (For tek Preston Chronicle.) Oh I give me girlhood's merry laugh; 'Tis music unto me, And brings the warm flush to my heart To bear their ringing glee. it gushes from the joyous soul, And seems to picture there A sunny sky of pleasure bright, ejndimn'd by clouds of care. It brings fond scenes again to view, Just ...

... P'O E T R Y. THE POST31AN. erfal man the postman is, Axoo hastens from door to door; '3 medley of newvs h]i.s hands contain, Wlrtliigh, lOvv, ad poor: afie he joy doth trace, jn ' t many hcgrief can see, ihc door is ope'd to his loud ran tan, t lt' his quick delivery. Avmorn, ats true as the clock, 'e'body hears thc postmzan's knock. One he presents with the news of a birth_.. E;illi the ...

... NEW BOOKS. SEE HSrSORY AVD DEscairrToN OF ASHBY.DE-LA.ZOUCII, WITH ?? IN THE NExIinHOURROOD. - Ashby-de.laZouch: A, y J. HecxtalU. A very neat little guide-book, which embodies sufficient anti. qerian informtation to entitle St to a place on the library shelf after it has acted In the capacity of cerone to the tourist. A efatorY notice acknowledges It to have originated with Mr. Jaes 'Tompson, ...