... PUB~LCAfOUM-B-N~L- I Igl ?? THE WHIM AT THE LYCEUM.f. Tce Urania of Tie Bachelor of Arts, is a series of romantic whims. The here, having ?? all the pleasues of life, is anaxious to invact a ?? oe. As a whim, he will go as a ft~les in. a private farmily. H~e does go, and throws cat for a father's inspection the most caorisus vattern-book of accomplishfments that a young man 3bout' to enter ...

... ?? A LADY'S VISIT TO THEi GOLD DIGGINGS. The lady (then a spinster) accompanied her brother m April, 1852-53. She shared with her brother all the vicissitudes of a digger's life ; and narrates them in a free, fresh spirit: there is nothing artificial-nothing. hackneyed in her Paces- She begins by avouching their accuracy of detail. In a lack of the marvellous will consist their principal ...

... I nOBERT COWaN AND T~Hf RAPPnRS. I Mr. Owen has put forth a pamphlet-(c!ce on fioe paper, ?? on ordinary, in obelience to tho advice of the esirits with whom he is on intimate speaking termas)-a pamphlet called The Fuluire of the Hsmesan eRace; or a Great, Glorious, and Peaceful Resolution, near at Hand. To be efcted through ?? of Denarted Spirits of Good anrd Superior Mete and Women. On ...

... TIEATRES. On Saturday, at the PnISCE4ss's, Wr. Douglas Jer- rald's now comedy of St. Cupid; or, Dorothy's For- tWLe, originally acted before the Queen at Windsor Cftle on the previous evenitng, wea produced to a crowded house. It is obvious that,; in these columns, we cain do nto -ptore than register the fact of the production. facc beth is about to he produeed at the sense theatre, on a scale ...

... TAdm SCRAPBOOK COLUMN. Tim Lasxs o0 MiscEscans.-The toilettes of most of the great provincial towns of France are fir from being Parisian-they are generally too gaudy anid irap. panttheywanthai'monyandrepose. Thefinerylsoften worn with great grace and piquancy, but the very notion that it is finery spoils all. if a -woman's dress strikes before the woman, she is overdresed. If the eye in. ...

... I TOnTtIln OF ~C:ERISTIAN lifAaTytuS.-A day bad been appointed for deliverin~g Ihe ChriStians t h idbat of the ausphitlsestre. The Deacon Sanctus and a young convert named Materus were first despatched; yet not w ithoat the aid of torments as well as 85o furious animals. Blandina was fastened to the stake, lut as the beasts did not ttak he, le wees taken back to prison. N~ext not attack her ...

... I FASHIONS FOR NOVMWBER. (From Le Follet, Journal du Grand Montde.) On the eve of an engagement a skilful commander reviews his plane and the forces at hia disposal, in order that he may judge ho- far he is prepared for the event; eo at the commence- ment of a season-which, according to rumour, is to be one of the most brilliant the gay city Ot Paris has witnessed ?? a long period-it beohves ...

... I THE SCBA-P;eBOOK COLU]XW. CHALMElRs ON AuTOGIARn BEGGING.-In the last volume of Doctor Chalmemrs COrrespondence, there is a letter ia which the dector condemns the practice of beg. ging and giving autographs. He writes:- Your second letter of May 6th, I placed among the letters to which I might reply; because I felt a wish At the time to let you know the grounds of my antipathy to a ...

... I I DTHE rASHIONS FOR JULY. [Abridged from Le Fotlet, Jeurwai do grand Mosdej The adaptation of the fashion of past times to the cos- tume of the present day, contributes to produce most charming models. Thus, the dress worn in the eighth century by Marguerite of Provence; the flat body en- circhng the tips, to which are added the sleeves of the time of Raphael, the coifferes of Elizabeth of ...

... THE OPIATE GIVEN AT DRTIlYi-LANE. The Adrienne Lecouvreeur, in which Rachel played so forcibly, was a 6rama of poison. The Betrothal, pro. duced last Monday night at Drury-lane, is, also, a drama of the same poisonous kind. It is said that Rachel went into a hospital purposely to study the fearful effects of paison, in order to reproduce them, as effects, in her acting. This is carrying one's ...

... You all know me, all Europe knows me, [we quote from the last number of Aspen Court by Shirley Brooks] all the world knows the name of Maximilien St. Croix d'Or; therefore, I would Rot lie to you. Attend. With this modest logic, M. Maximilien took a chair in the centre of the admiring circle. You all know, he said, that grand and glorified opera of the heavenly Carl Maria Von Weber, I ...

... I| PRjF> 7'HB SOCIETY O ARTS. I On Fridoy, the ldcturenroom of the Society of Arts was thronged to suffocation, by the members and their fair friends, and a powerful contingenttfrrm. the provinces in the persons of the delegates from the various mechanics' institutes throughout the United Kingdom. Prince Al- bert, as president, was present. The secretary, Mr. Solly, read the report, which re- ...