... TO AN OLD PLAYAMATE. Ui u 1 U.i I Ij v A, BY BARillY CORNaWALL. (Froa 'lThe Kcepsaek, jest published by Bolegn, London.) Dost theou still reinellber me : 1 remember thee nnd thine, When the young and carcless bours All were thine and mnine When we hidl our eyes il flowers, Laughing at the ruling powers, Dreaming life divine. Dreams of bonks, or barren learning, Trotilled not our summer sleep ...

... LIT E RAT UR E. LAWS FROM EATEON FOR LIFE ON EArri. llustrations of so the Book of Proverbs. By the Rev. William Aruot, It author of The Race for Riches. London: T. Nelson & an Sons, Paternoster Row. 1857. -b It used to be reproach of the Presbyterian clergy as con- tb trasted with Episcopalian divines, that they had contributed at little to Chriatian or theological literature, or at least ...

... .1 THE OLD AND THE NEW -YEAl. Hush for a moment I while the knell Of the past year tolls gravely on: And yet we lov'd hilli not too well, To ,it and grieve that he is gone- For kinder far the next shall be; Come talk we of the bloomy spring, And summer's rich maturity, And anutmni's golden harvesting, And shont nlomid, '1 Thou'rt welcome hero, 0 good New Year-O bright New Year I To all beside ...

... A LFRED. A 3IOCtRtAPHY FOR YOUNG READERS. (13i Psaidophiletus.) I.-TllE FIRST LESSON. Come listen, children, while I sing A song of England's greatest King, llim of t11e royal Saxon huile, Born Anlo Donilli 849, fight Alfrefl, and surnamed the Great, Vho saved his kingdom front the fatp To which the Norseimen long had planned To consign 11 ierrie olde ELnglande.Y Ills cluldhood's years 'mid ...

... DY CtlARILES F. STEltLING. (From tie Neow York Sunday Morning Bulletin.) All hail to thee, thou wondr ous sky-high stranger, Who titakest now to us thy first appearance I Tel l u8, thou pcst celestial long-tail'd ranger, WhlLene thou did'st take thy last discharge and clearance? W hdt is the news of late in ?? Sidas, (Jr in the regions that you've seen beyond it? 'Trvss llalley's star the ...

... (From poenu byW. It.Caetsell,1te1ey pbithlelied by Smith, Elder& CO., Lenwdet~l.) Not love her! 'Tis DSyeserdtiy lite thnc W'hen tirst my love stole fainting to lher ear, In duep scarle-wo(ordud ?? of desire. ?? evening, and above the weary land a Silentee lay dremttittg in a goitletl httli; f 'Thti souimner' stmusL ytlltov'd in tbe wihent, s And th1 ripe year, wlith htarvest promise full, ...

... LIT ERAT UR E. 1RE00LUECT5ON5 OF a VISIT 50 PORlT-PHIiLLIP,, AUSTRALIA, INe, 1852-55. By WILLIAMS WiLsoN DousE. Glafigow: Thomas w Murray & Son. ti MRs. DomEi left the Clyde in September, 1852, in the iron-ship1, Typhoon, on her maiden. voyage for Melbourne, Australia. When scarcely clear of the coast of Ireland, the ship, as our readers may well remember, met with a disaster, in consequence ...

... . _ Svo._ -1.- r ?? - -_ Ad -V wn ?? 1 This association, the object of which is to Encourage the Application of High Art to the Manufacture of Articles of Utility and Ornament, was inmagrated on Saturday evening, it b a brilliant assemblage of the elite of Edinburgh, in the 'a National Galleries, where the first exhibition has been opened. b The demand for space has been considerably more ...

... .A A.. .. ,AA, (Froln The 11ouqoet,', it ?? coaductod and written by Yuouli; Ladies.) There may be glory oin thin battle-field E Ti'belr may be honouir on the wreathed brow Of ilaf) ?? oil the shield, The lance, the rifs-fervour in the vow 13 Of dying wirriors blreatthing to the last, 13 'M Aly country I till tumultuous hours are past. 'I There may be beauty in lhe towering height, t ?? ...

... MAN'S PILG RIMAGE. MIAN'S PILG RIMAGAE. (From 'Thello I1oui by tile Sve, R 011oeu br Thomas Buchanan Road 1(in Ailloricale poet.) lere linging wye are duily cast UIto the future, out of the past- 'I'lirough thie silnliinl iltO thle night- Througdh thoe flakniess itc' toe fight. TlhaYs wi whlirl in the noiseless strenm, And thle svy glides over niS lile a dream, Full of stails and nmystery, ...

... THE REQUIEM OF YOUTH. Oh, whither does the spirit flee That makes existence seem A day-dream of reality- Reality a dream ? We enter on the race of life, Like prodigals we live, To learn how much the world exacts For all it hath to give. * The fine gold soon beceometh dim, We prove its base alloy; And hearts enamoured once of bliss. - Ask pence instead of joy. Spectres dilate on every band That ...

... it TITANIA AND LOTTOM-lVISIR EDWIN LAVDISEM. M This picture, which may be seen in the gallery of Mr. Finlay, t t St. Vincent Street, belongs to a walk of art entirely now to Sir i Edwin Landseer. All his works have hitherto been nature, al pure and simple, but here he has entered the realms of fancy, and has achieved a triumph. His Titania, draped in gossamer a- sprinkled %with golden stars, ...