... whole of the stories, and one of the longest of the sketches— Politics and Progress at Stoke-Tatlington—xems to be so true to nature that it almost redeems the entire volume. An exoellent moral runs throughout the whole, and the stories are skilfully ...

... things which should read every boy and girl in the kingdon. Besides many impressive facts about drunkenness, it contains short stories, tales, sketches in natural history, and much good advice rendered a simple manner and made attractive by variety of w ...

... Lire-Boat's Caew.—Between two and three o'clock on Wednesday morning a vessel was seen exhibiting asignal of distress near the short distance from the beach at Ald- borongh. Fourteen gallant fellows, each being provided with a life-preserver, immediately proceeded ...

... was bountifully and neatly provided by Mr Maclennan of the Hotel, Fortrose, and after it the dancing was interrupted for a short time by the whole company joining in singing together with genuine Scottish feeling Auld Lang Syne, succeeded by several ...

... Harold said, “a low revenge Shall be no of mine ; I like the maiden’s lofty tone ; It speaks the heroine. “ And if I live short time, I swear By Odin and my The noble high-souled dame shall be The Queen of all the laud.” And thereupon he took the field ...

... expectation of or pension either from Whig or Tory, or any other politi- cal class or party either in or out of power. In short, I have nothing but my own energies to depend upon for my sustenance, and for the raising of myself in the social scale, in ...

... Liberals who might turn out to be anything or nothing. He would go for a .16 franchise, but not for the ballot. His opinions, in short, are of so shadowy a kind that it is not difficult to account for his having been Aefeated by so commonplace and sleep,: a ...

... n of the Congress being so menacing for Rome. And the Paris correspondence throws positive doubt upon the accuracy of the story. The result, however, was not widely different: a cold and distant policy the Pontiff actually had it in his power to.prevent ...

... residence on the evening of Monday last, for the pu: pose of taking a short walk, but he never returned. It is supposed that the unfortunate gentleman had intended to take a short walk along the bank, and fallen into the Canal, which is quite unprotected ...

... completed in ten parts, one shilling each, with eight portraits and two vignettes engraved on steel. The first contains the short autobiography of Moore's boyish days, which closes with his setting off to London to study law at the Middle Temple. How truly ...

... of the community by de- stroying the credit of the whole, or that he would get them to thank him for giving publicity to a story about destitution that has given a false character to the town, and thereby lowered and degraded it in the estimation of the ...

... becomes a philosopher and a man of the world, lie will either discuss with you • social problem or tell you an amusing family story. He takes off all classes—professionals, shopkeepers, and mere wanderers—giving as lively and intelligent a picture of the ...