... THE MAY MAGAZINES. Our notice on Monday reviewed the contents of the Iatriarchs of the periodicals, and to-day we describe some Of the younger and flourishing members recently received. One of the oldest of the new generation has been out- stripped by a later competitor, and while the Cornhil is published before the month is ended, Macmillan, as befits amnore staid and conservative publication ...

... HANDSWORT[ AND LOZELLS FLORAL AND HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY'S EXHIBITION. The third exhibition for the preosnt season, in connection with this Association, took place on Tuesday, in the beautifully laid out grounds surrounding Gilbertstone House, Yardley, the residence of ir. B. N. Kimberley, a gentleman whose succoestal competition for a length of time at the Edgbaeton, llandewonlh, and other ...

... By IS;, CRAIG. (From Foaser for April.) Spring is abroad I T,,ero is life in the air, There is life in the clod; On the earth everywhere There is life and to spare, Spring is abroad. o Irinilet is blown, no earthquake is heaving, ytteal seed its rent cerements and dark grave isleaviug- An infinite power, Between orchard alloys, Beside -water-courses, On hills and through valleys, Musters the ...

... Oft wandering down through Harborne's quiet lanes- A is V wont when daily toil is e'or- 'oP1pird a cottage, 'neath some sheltering trees, FiawraplIed in Nature's mantle-ivy green. Not far fromu thence, a running brook purls by, 'ld nniniuurs soft tbrough tie umbrageous glea In diveor cadence with the fitful breeze. A thouiflud songsters swelled their little throats In grateful harmony. Wliiei ...

... The third eshibition, for the present season, in connection with this society, was held at the Botanic Gardens, yesterday. The afternoon and evening proving ?? it was attended by a large number of visitors. The ehow was not so largo a one as we have noticed at corresponding periods In previous years, but it was well sustained in every department. The ornamental plants were espe- diallv worthy ...

... S P E I N G. Ireye, where the tall plantation firs Slope to the river down the hill, Strange impulses-like vernal stirs- Rave made me wander at their will. I see, with half-attentive eyes, The buds and flowers that mark the Spring, And Nature's myriad prophecies Of what the Summer suns will bring. For every sense I find delight- The new-wed cushat's murmurous tones, Young blossoms bursting ...

... LE FOrLEr says, the unseasonable oharaoter of the weather has almost entirely prevented the adoption of those light and elegant toilettes prepared in anticipation of warmn days and sunny skies. Hence the fashion (which we hoped was but for a day) of large silk paletots, or burnous with a sleeves, is still almost universally followed, and we can scarcely wonder, under the circumstances, that ...

... 94614-f Wit The Epigrams of Martial. Translated into English Prose. Bohn's Ctassical Library.-H. G. Bohn, 'London. MAROTIAL is celebrated among scholars for the witand purity of style of those uumorous books of shortpeoius whieh havegiven him a lastiu~r name in literature, but these produetions, while throwving a good of light on the manners, morals, and modes of thoaght of a mostdebased ...

... vwfr?. A SOMG ?? 41I8T)IA. i,-D ?? O. CoDM, decorate *iAi holly, Hang.up the misletoe, Aad let us all be 3ol1y; Bright let the yule-log glow. iosi is tho time for me tiun. Old frieuds aptd children tscar, Let rich onies otffr greeting To orphans, ?? drear. Let none be sad and pining, Or shivering with cold, - The Christmas sun is shining On mortals young and old. Do good whiie in tihT power, ...

... v I - ?? . .frioiltal,;.i .,at fg., ., , .. I - 6: .; m. : ITALY, PAST, PRESENT, 'AID rF TURp. - - C.To L W Words that made the bold fear, Uatdeied in the old year, *- 6kinjlhi the cold ear ; ?? Auitruian Dip1lwacy, - And WItUL electra stpark, as they dashed along the Flash'd on Europe like the blaze of her ancient beacon firea. c Simple words; yet ?? in might, Telling of wrongs that ne'er ...

... ?? riglival Poetry. A. RHYME UPON SOME 1RYMESS BY A R!FLEMANI P Shididlsately ppeared iu Vis 1'tper. WSe lhas spoken out a chailenge ? WIho has dared us to the vrorst, Let the lips be dumb for ever- Bei the traitor eelf-accurst- a Mho would conjure, e'en in fancy, A spotier on the sod t O0 ar fatherS blood baptismal E Gave to freedeom iad to God A Oh, my eountry ! snother counrtry s Thou ...

... POETRY'. THE SNOWDROPS. Without the dry trees groan and shiver, The curtained sun in his cloud doth sleep, And through the chamber easement ever Murmuts the roll of the distant deep. By the maiden's sidle onl the couch were lying, Blending their delicate green and white suf Children of winter. half closed and dying. thf Flowers that are born ere spring is in sight. or Slowly she spake in a ...