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... BRTIiSH WORKUMAN, for April- The number for the ensuing month of this magazine, which, for the excellence of its pictorial embellishments, the general style of its typographical execution, and the fine, manly tone which pervades its literature, stands at the head of the penny periodical press, gives an account of Sir Richard Ark- wright, the poor barber whom King George knighted. Sir Richard, ...

LITERARY EXTRACTS

... ' LITERARY, EXTRACTS.', I. ai CLEANqEEI;-gMan is an amphibiousw animal, and -ac ought 'topass -ome small portion of caoh'day.in the,water In fact, a largeiv . ziot the larger proportion' of disesg s arises from leavig' the pores of the- ski closed, whether with natural exqdation or matter-from without, aluW dirt. _ It is quite a mistake to suppose, and the idea must at once bedone away with, ...

Pickings from Punch

... oidcktna from Apticb. I . -_ STRANGE COI. -Forty oM pounds I THE CLOAK oB RNLOIGON.-A Cardinal. DOnE To RAGs.-Austrian finance. THE AnOLITXON op FLoaorpo._-The time when* the nvwilbe so well manned that you will not find a room on board a ship inwhichyocanswing acat S a ' It THE PRETTIEST LITTLE BABY IN TiE WonID.- The only one point upon which the female sex is ever unanimous-the baby in ...

LINES BY A LADY,

... Lo :INES BY A LADY, E BUGGESTID BY THE S ATE IN WHIOC THE POOR S:Lwict WERE IN WHEN LANDED NFOM THE GREAT TASN~AJXA. 0, Brltania, bow thy lofty heads Take olfthy crown of fame, And sit in dust and ashes, For disgrace rests on thy name; The men who fought so boldly 'Neath India's burning sun Sick-dying-and neglected When their conquests anl were won. After all their toilsome marohes, Their days ...

POETRY

... K - OKTR I ?? , Y. ,- :- I., - BE AU T IFP UL ' W O R'LD!I- .BY P'ItFESSOB' DLACKIL : Beautiful world! E : Though bigots condemn thee, My' tongue finds no words I For the graces that gem thee I Beaming with sunny light, Bountiful ever Streaming with gay delight, Full as ariver ' * Bright world I brave world I Let cavillers-blame thee I I bless thee and bend, To the God who did frame thee! ...

THE ROYAL INSTITUTION GALLERY OF ART

... THE jiOYAL INSTITUTION GA\LLERY OF ART. A descriptive and historical catalogue of the pic- roe i tures, daawinge, and casts in the Gallery of Art of wi the Boyal Institm 'ion, colquitt-stroet, Liverpool, bz frc just been publisher I. del It is a trite remas k that country cousins see, more pa. of the sights of Lon ion than most resident natives - PI' and it is probable th: *t a similar remark ...

POETRY

... MA~RCH. (Fre. a he Poetoy of S~priig by, Goody'a Ba-aby.) Thy ~~'oMarc lis ringing loud and clear; TyhiIa te UOs tones of wrath, I hear; Drivjngthrough heaven, thouwlyogchrte! ThyoJfi Slashes en, and naught impedes its circling course, through the sky's aure meads, iairi wheeled, cloud compassed and with aery steeds. Fred upon wind, in winged strength they fly; Their proud necks archingZ, ...

FASHIONS FOR MARCH

... I! -FASONS FOR MARCH. (Forom Le Follet.) Throughout the season gold and silver gauze has been very fashionable for ball dresses. Tarlatane, with flounces embroidered with ooloured spots of velvet or of gold-spotted all ever with gold, silver, white, cerise, &c.-are all in favour. We have also remarked an organdi& with wkite stripes, which makes a simple but very charming dress, with two skirts ...

THE MANLY ART OF SELF-DEFENCE

... . Hnif great International feat of arms, aa it is is- called, which Is about to take place between the g Benicla Boy and Tom SAYEns, has turned a current of discussion through aome of the leading journals In the kingdom on the usefulness of the prize ring in inspiring the Britih youth with a character of manliness and a love of fair play. A London , weekly contemporary, famed at the same ...

LITERARY EXTRACTS

... StNwsil]?.-There is life, health, and comfort, and a springing well of gladness, in the sunbeams in England. in India a different tale might be told; but here the sun paints the cheek with bloom, the breezy air gives fragrance to the breath, brilliancy to the eye, and elasticity to the step. To those addicted with rheumatism the dry atmosphere draws forth the envenomed sting of pain, and thus ...

POETRY

... i--, -: ? -, - ?? - 11 ?? , ? i?, .1 VIOLNES PEEPING. (From the G*rd ners' weey Magazine.) icJr 'ild their lttle stems, Nevcr aspiring, Emblernsot modestworth, Sweetan d.retirint. When the rough wjid and storm Spread desoladton; They in their humble form, F!id preservation. Never waste predous hours Courting 'amblton - Learn from the violet flowers. Truast and 6ubmlssion. Many too late have ...

ST. AUGUSTINE

... ST. AUGUSTI XsDJ- eass so r -~lesa nsile floo Oer, e oh chu7,td lake uad v G 8q~l liT'5 od heaven in the ?? s ...