... 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 ...

... t Wed. 4. Braco-Forres-Huntly-Irvine-Xippenf-Tarlanfd. 2C Thur. 6. Ayr-Crieff-Greenlaw- Invergordon- Inchnadaimiph- jol Strathaven. a- Fri. o. Dunse-JThnstone-Keith, n S-t. 7. Banff-Cullen-Legeerdsle 20 - lon. 9. Campster-Fyvie-G(artmore-LUimphanan1-East Linton Go *n -Mannotield-lRotbie. 20 cs Taos. 10. Auchtygall-Uness Bridge-Falkland-Inverury-May- 10e noch-Peebles. - 2 Wed. 11. Glasgow ...

... -4-- Buachan; a Descriptive, Historical, and Antiquarian Ac- cl couint of the District. By the Rev. J. B. PRATT, M.A. C In Monthly Parts. Aberdeen: L. &. 5 Smith. WE noticed at some length this admirable account of Buchan, on its first appearance, and again the publica- tiosl of a second edition. We gave a high opinion of the sl work for its history its descriptions, and its facts, which a ...

... ALL-HALLOW FAIR, Ox Tuesday, the number on the ground was 9505, that of last year 7771, being an Increase of 794. In consequence of the very unpro- pitions state of the weather, the stock was shown to great disadvan- tage. The stock consisted of shorthorned cattle of all ages; Gallo- way cattle of a slisilar character; and other polled cattle from Fife and the llnrthern counties Aithough this ...

... lIGHT MARCH OF THE VOLUNTEERS. THEr MUSIC By W. M. BALFS. Step together I All together I Close together Remember this is holy earth On whieh our measured footsteps tread- The living lend which gave ue birth I The dust of our immortal dead I CHORus. Step together I All together I Each man's true beside us; Close together I Fall together t Death con but divide us I Ste togetber! All together I ...

... P o El T R Y. .--- 0- NECESSE EST MORI. I. X'resere at VoO) so osvs Ia Poet And that ol('s Batic ivats Ciecro-ai sege! et .s(IIe wyould shrouid th' idea, tbjo' tbey klow it To be itilelible upon tbe 11io Of illaial natUire. All things rond tie show it Thie split1g leaIf vithers-znd thoe wildl wiIls rage- Till it he crulinhbli1-through the wide world blow it: Whate'ey we (10, the tonihb our ...

... POFETRY. SPRING. Ncero, v here the tall plsntntion] firs Slope to the river, dlown tho hill, Strange impulses-liko vernal stirs-3 Have made me wandor at their will.1 I see, w ith half-attentivo eyes, ,t Thc budfs ar1(d flowecrs thaxt mark the Sprmgl, And Nature's myrled propliceles Of what tho Summer gun~s nill bring. For every fianse. I find delight- The new-wed cpshst's mlurmu~rous tones, ...

... A CLERK'S DREAM. At the desk I sate a-dreaming, and my dreams were of those days~ When with light step I wandered-climbed the heather-purploed braes, W'here the winds, all times refreshing, kissed my brow and acuity hair, And the song birds' joyous warblings woke the echoes every- where. In the depths of an old dim forest, 'neath the shadows of the trees, kh~~u~~il I Iay, msel heart-full, ...

... no. no a,^~vwa The rigour of Itoe ojmmneinemnt Ofwinterly w lesathr oat pf s6ubs pore your wccorns the uiwcoas a nd Ma doe s fo t or dorsad there is o fear now of our compalaniug of theoir lepngth ampalithde aT ialt torm is deidedl y t f m ot nf- vorbe. mde thf palet ot is mr t narwrvr a nd sw rcqen small slenved or if ona wishes its less inegligei it ay ede to a fi itlrin to the gure at the ...

... P 0 E T RY. A RLEMEMBRANCE. 'Tie summer in the country, though not here,- There is no sunshine streaming thro' these lanes, Nor flowvers a-bleonring carewvorn hearts to cheer Ecul like the flower wre culled in shaded glene. The streets ore dusty, not is spot of green Ever to glad our syos, wvhoe'efr we stray, We listen, but, alas ! nlo murmluring stream, Nor loitering nill, goes singing on its ...

... P O E TRY. STANZAS, ON TIlE DEATH O0 A YOUNG FRIEND, M. D. ti ti 0. 0 When last I saw thee, then I did not know d Tw'ws for the last time that I gazed on thec; ol And whon we parteu, I 'mong friends to go, p Did we not hope cach other soon to see i Oh! Hope and Disappointmnlent seem to me To wamler hand ill hand this world bolow, a And tears laid smile together blond and flw, ( Anud joy and. ...

... P 0 E T R Y. TllE RIVER. Whoerc il Natur's siacred places j i~hl thle mnighty stream its birthi Fillr anlidst tho lonely mounlltains, Splings it from its mothsr earth, WVhore tho many-tilted lielsEs Clothe the stones around thoe hl'ink Of the fountain, where the wild deer Caine at evenint hour to drinli; Vhere, at midnight, midst the silence Of the everlasting hills, ScaTce awaleened by the ...