... LITERATIURE. ScOTLAND IN THE MinDui AGE. Srnns OF EARLY b: ScoTrc HISxoRY srNDSOCcA PROGnSS. By CosToo Imnes, Professor of History in the University of Edinburgh. o: Edinburgh: Edmonston &Douglas. 1869. a Si Tus delight and deep interest with which Mr. Chambers's v Domestic Annalsof Scotland werereceivedby the public, t might have been taken as a hint that any further explore. t tions in a ...

... TRE-A.TRE-ROYAL. XfT) AVT% 1rTV frrwART.TigRRA IP I MM AND MRS. CHARLES KUEAN. I -, ,4tocse twin constellations of our diramatic hemisphere an- lost 'night after an absenice of several ye'ars. -* They r'atbt oncluded an engagemfentt in Edinburgh, which has been Mnk e sense, both Irom the~ e xcitement it haicaaist among ?? s seiallythe ftshionable and literary, aid fotral brp.W-ray that ...

... ;. LITER2URE. OUR t1k4.HEDOEnoS .tkksIyroscousArvY OF A SgsAw. * By ThmernasTentth Eaof bondonald. ?? Admiral of tbe.Red,.Rear.Ad raltof the Fleet, e.,o&c. Richard Bentley, LomcE'n. Pob. . WE hail the publication of the first volume of these memoirs, if it were only because it reminds us so amply that our country is defended by invincible warriors on sea as well as on land-a happy conviction, ...

... AlR. jMULII WOOD'S CONCER.l. . I - I .1 I - 1. Inu- w ;l~w Tleis concert, which took place last night in the City Hall, came off with great oc10t. There was a numerouls and fashionable audience pIesent, to w9 hom the whole proceed- incs evidently gave perfect satisfaction. The 1 ole of artists v as a more than usually good one, forming perhaps the best comapany whlicahI Mr. W\ood heas as yet ...

... ?? AND MRS. CHARLES 11WN. Last night our theatre presented a very animating and N brilliant scene, all parts of the house, from the dress circle I to the upper gallery, being filled by an eager, and, we may i add, discriminating audience. Mr. Kean appeared as Hamlet, which we may almost term his masterpiece, at least the part with which he has been more completely ideatified than any living ...

... LITERAT URE. i LIGHrS ANS.AuoOSvs: A -Poein. GlGagow: David Robert- v son. 1860 V ' fiO3 1860. - . . IN, the gloom of night how benejoentlydoes the moon light Up~the shadowy earth, and how welcmine is the dancing .glimmer even of the distant star! But in the meridian b rilliance of day,'the ?? of these lesserleminaries. 5 D is lost in the universal splendour. Wandering over a parched, and arid ...

... * THE THEATRE.ROYAL. -r A- - SR {UR. : 1.. - - - - - -. - - ?? - - 104 , ~ MU18. AND aMB. CC3Z'BS REath' Last night the play was Louis Xi.,` translated from the work of the French dramatist Cassirnir Dalevigne. We have seen much of the dramatic art in ocr day and genera. tion - all the great performers, Edsnund Eean, Ciarles Young, Charles Kemble, and Macready, in their -ried parts-we yet ...

... LITIEPAT U R E. .tue ScOTTISll Naso: or the Surnames, Families, Litera. tore, -Forcnrs, and Biographical History of the People of scotland. y ~William Anderson, Secretary of the Scot- LtjliLijeraryvInstitute. A. Fullarton & Co., Stead's Place, j Leith Walk, Edinburgh. Wg cannot 0cosceive a work which would deserve to become more pepular with our countrymen, than one efficiently car- t ried out ...

... I1 R VOLUNTEERS! BONG.- 41?lom Bhck-oodas 11BdaUine ter FebruaTy.) Up and arm you, one and AB! Arm toguard our n2ive ihore: Som of freedom, hbar the call- Arm yoa, as in days of yore Hearken not to them that say, Is not Franee our teay? ]'ever war wil come our way; ?? then, lay the rie by. Reakea mnt, but asp ?? ams; bq. are walls .d bubwarks strong: Let ns have nO vain alaxims- ;Temptin ...

... THE GLASGOW MUSICAL mETIv&fL .- . . . e MR. LAMBETN-4IRE CRORISTERS. In the Afhencrts of Saturdar-last, cons-terable space is devoted to a very favoarable notice of our Musical Festiaj. We make the following extracts Such a meeting outd ioto ke place witho'ct the Usual preludes and ,running aceompanimnents-leeal discomfitures (in most cases arising from no desire to offend; soa much as from ...

... . MUTUAL IMPROVEMitNT. - *Ye who rejoice in beer and pipes, You ought not to repine, But be right glad if British swipes ' Compete with light French wine; Because the contest will be, which Potation shall prevail, And small beer then will grow more rich, And men brew better ale. reaw better ale, I will repeat, Not bitter, understand, Beyond the flavour, counted meet, Of old, in English'land ...

... LITE P.RAT U IRE. TIM PICronu1A HIsroRYa or ScorMaD, from the Roman In- vasion to the close of the Jacobite Rebellion. By James Taylor, D.1>. 2 volumes. London, and Hope Street, Glasgow: James S. Virtue. Ws have had several opportunities, on former occasions, of lotiding this work, which was first published in a serial orpn, and some of our readers may remember that at these times our remarks ...