... vartru. NATURE'S TEACHINGS. On! ye bright birds winging Home your joyous flight, In your rapture singing Strains of wild delight, Th'%rb are human voices Dearer to our ears, And the heart rejoices When such strains it hears- Hark! for strains excelling Those are heard above, Saints their praises telling To the God of Love! Oh! ye lofty mountains, With high grandeur crown'd, Whence a thousand ...

... arotrp. 'WIFE AND HOME. LErT rakes extol a roving life, Of freedom prate, and all that, Of noisy brats and scolding wife, And doctor's bills and all that; Though fools may rail, and jest, and scoff, A wife's the thing for all that; The time, they'll find, is not far off When so they'll think for all that. 'Tis true, when youth and fortune smile, And health is firm, and all that; When wine, and ...

... ,l PARIS FASh[IONS FOR FEBRUARY. I I _ (Ft'ot thn Cozt;, t ~et'i I Po unitlos lw, more vI Variey iln lfashion] dri'lo-g the late ?? 'ye iittve bilelll fori thle Whole (If tite pie- Vitalis vit'trter' quroa'ir. Gold audt silver, althoughl still l'Pgriigtraluoritc, are heoiriuiirig' to criggest rii vlkhipl - ant other maitterits ioals uliot thou'. Spltildor', anld sot'l- e ltisstitn themin ...

... Tyaltont ant FavTrtics. THE COURT. Ifrn 'Majestv and Prince Albert, attended by the Mar- chioness of Ely, Lord Alfred Paget, and Lent.-GoI. the Hori. A. Gordon, honoured the Baron Marocehoti with a visit at his -studio in Onslowe Square, onl Satur- day afternooni. The Queen hiadla dinner party on Saturday at Buck- ingham Palace. Thiefollowing hai~dthielhonourvof being, ?? Duke of Cambrid-ge, ...

... llrbirw?;. No. 09. Tite DODD FArILY ABROAD. By Charles Lever. Part IX. London: Chapmizan and Hall; Dublin: M'Gls/shan. Tjiis serial-which is undoubtedly MIr. Lever's chef d' aucrtve-progresses vitls undiminished spirit. 'The part before us contains three specimens of the Dodd corres- pondence, which further develope the characters of the writers-Mr. James Dodd, Mliss Mary Anne, and Miss Cary. ...

... 5,15bloll alib yariftir,5. THE COURT. Tr r Queen and Prince Consort arrived at Balmoral on Tuesday evening, about seo cn o'clock. The Princess Royal andc tie other youthful reom- bers of the Roval Family had previously arrived from Holyroori. | HiU RMAJESTY AT 13ALMORAL.-Hefr Majesty and Prillce Albert walked out on Wedneslxy forenoon by Bridge of Crathie: and as they were passing the cot- ...

... ?? anl Farirtir.5. THlE COUTRT. 'Tni. following, bulletin of the health of' Prince Albert wos iisucil onl Tuesday: Biuckinghtam Palace. Tuesday. J tlv 12. His Royal I lighness Prince Albert ]has passed fil-1 Vourablv thrtough nieasles, and is now cenivalescetit. No more bulletins wvill be issned. iiat-:s Cc'.kuici, 31.D. 'Tle Queen, attended byv the Viscountess Jocelyn, Colone~l liotiverlo. ...

... voctrp. A MNAY MELODY. ComE! let us ramble in thoughtful mood, Through the glowing mid-day hours; When the sweet South shakes from the blossoming wood The pearly and perfumed showers- Through the tangled coppice, whose boughs have burst Into sprays of purple and gold, As a spirit of Autumn still were nursed In each subtle and fairy fold, To nooks where the water-leaves lazily lie, And the ...

... 3afbirbno- No. 167. ISAAK, LARADAM. By Alexander Dumas. Anthorised Translation. Parts 1. and 11. London: Vizetelly - C(o. Dublin: M'Glashun. WE are instructed that this romance has been expressly remode'led by the author for the English version, which means, we presume, that the original contains senti- ments, incidents, or expressions, better calculated to entertain the French public than the ...

... - 1vortup. A MERRY HEAIRT.- ar CRARLE8 STVAfN. 'Tis well to have a merry heart, However short we stay; There's wisdom in a merry heart, Whate'er the world may say. Philosophy may lift its head And find out many a flaw, But give me the philosophy That's happy with a straw! If life but brings us happiness- It brings us, wve are told, What's hard to buy, though rich ones try, With all their heaps ...

... 13oetru. PASSING AWAY. I'm passing away, the rivulet said, As it danced along on its pebbly bed; I unite myself with the ocean old, And sweep o'er forms that were fearless and bold; And then to the clouds I'm carried high, Refreshing the earth with dew from the sky; Thus the stream sang on, in tones wild and gay, I'm passing away, I'm passing away! We are passing away, the red man said, As he ...

... Syaslitoa aub naricticS. TiHE COURT. THE QUEEiN'S STATE BALL,. 'Itnr Queen gave, on Wednesday evening, at Bucking- hlain Pa lace, a state ball, whicih was very tliotserously :1ndi brilliaitly atteinded, tihe ?? aitountittg to ahout l1,900, a Hid coalplrising teie Royal family and loral isirci'sI the clinol of die diplomatic corps, and ceiginers ozt (listiilctionl staying, ill this cOtlitliW, ...