... EXMIBITION OF THE ROYAL SCOTIISII ACADEMY. j Notvithstanding ?? unfvonarable state of thce weather on | Sceur day nmrid g, the ns w Galic~ies of Art were crowded at an early hour %with anxious spectators, evidsntlt highly inte- he rested and delighted with thc pictures which covered the w1- walls. We have to congratulate both the public and the nl Artists upon the increase of accommodation ...

... Xi t t a t ut. TMsi Homr SCHOOL: or Hints on Home Education. b By the Rev. Norman Macleod. Edinburgh: Paton s and Ritchie. 1856. 1 TIE importance of the subject here treated of, it ist C impossible to over-estimate. Our education for good c or evil begins at the household hearth. It is there t that we are trained up in the way in which, throug6' t after life, it is almost certain that we shall ...

... SIR JAMIES GRAHAMr. Sir James Graham owes more to natural advantages than any of the statesmen who have been mentioned. A tall and commanding figure, handsome conutenance, and pow erful sonorous voice, give him the superiority iP debate which, in civil almost as much as military contests, these qualities never fill to confer ; and to these he unites administrative and oratorical talents of a ...

... (l rom C. Mleyer's .Uagrsia Franwaiu.) The advent of this month has been, as usual, the signal for the introduction o ., great varicty of novelties, both us re- gards the texture and make of dresses, aid the shapes of mantles, bonnets, &c. We vere much struck during our visit to Paris last week vith the activity which reigned in every branch of manufacture connected ;sith la mise des dames; ...

... li te x at.r TNE SCOTTrss REVIEW. NO. I April 'iB55- Glasgow: Scottish Temperance League Office. HlowEEVR much we may be inclined to think that the proper time for a general estimate of the claims of Thomas Do Quin- cey to a place on2 that long and brilliant roll of modern au- tbors, who have exerted an ennobling influence over British literature, would obviously have been after we were put in ...

... o1 i I C r I 1 it r , ?? - - 1l:sa GEi1rr.ex ILee s I:; A';s LITEItATIuRI:. Bl3SIDI s tic structure of tire human rfairam ther is riot siig that so strongly dlistinguisises nmall fil sl thic lower crerstion as the gift of speech. Wonderful storics of thc instinct and actinten of the animnal race arc told by intelligent and close obscrvers, which have sonretriacs tempted us to the beliet; that ...

... sittraturt. , IlISTORiY OF TsETOTALISm. By EdwNard Morris. Author of the Life of Henry Bell ; the X British River of Death ; the Glorious Isle. Glasgow: Office of the City of Glasgow United Total Abstinence Association. 3855. Tins is certainly one of the most extraordinary pro- ductions that have ever emanated from the press. It purports to be a history, but the author has defeated his ...

... yAI-IIONS FOR SEPTEMBER. (F-;rom Le Follet.) The month of September is an epoch in fasiliotn, and also in the ?? of tile b)can monde. In Scp- tbel we mast begin to renonncc the zephyr dresses of summer - the gre itliit's, the mnnslts-those light matclils we have worn with so mach pleasure-for tal'etas d'talie, moircs; in it womd, ibr tissues more solid and comfortable. For the same reason we ...

... . ?? (From ?? Clorresspondent.) THIRD NOriC:.] The awards for the implements were only published i this morning, and as we have much to communicate I regarding the livc occupants of the yard, and have I already described many of the more interesting and I valuable implements at considerable length, we only i append the general results, remarking in passing that I many other articles besides ...

... I FIRST NOTIC3. We remarked in our introductory article upon the gratify- ing fact, that the present exhibition is unusually rich in works of high excellence. Further inspection confirms the opinion that as a whole the collection tells favourably in comparison with chose of preceding years. There is, however, one excep- tion, and that too in a department of Art the most popular and ...

... . Original lvactrLy. So\GS OF TlHE NL tOT. ?? 4. GOD's 1olcl0slt FrIt to 11lI is tnieC, l bsm llthsh In ?? I-licininhmg line, M~y thouights ?? 1 h ?? ?? ?? Ellmiglt; I oiveld tIc lordly poet's pen, Anid vest milidst Iny fellow -nil ISmperlnal light. A glory vnnotles round lily bloew, ?? In-spiratiOnS ?? now I honles mcy sol, I feel the tile of Goc-sent thoumghlt, Sleect In Its plenitudc ...

... EXTRACS FROM NEW BOOKS. THE FRENCH IgSTITUTE AND THE VIRST NAPOLEO(. The members of the Institute were always pre- sented to the Emperor after he had confirmed their nominations. On the appointed day, in company with the presidents, with the secretaries of the four elasses, Pr and with the academicians who had special publica- ar, tions to offer to the Chief of the State, they assembled ke in ...