... THE GALLANT LOVER. T on thre bonks of a strcarnl, near ar wood, thoro etainds an old castle, T have forgotten its name nosy, but that des not matter) , Roofless its walls, arid its towers, long o&ergrown with tho ivy, hock to and fro with the wind1(s, (:ecl the Sort winds of summcr. In hfail and in ehinfber rank grass aind weceds grow together, t And wherre lrrumpct and sword long sirico hung, ...

... UVMRARAY CATTLE SHOW. This cattle show was held on Friday, and was well attenlded. Thfollowing is the list of pries:- -WEST HxornnD CATTL.E FIRST CLASS.' Aged bull-let, Chales Turner, Maam; .2d, Dunank Macarthur. Achnadunan; 3d, John mac. artlur, Acurach.-- Twoyear-old bulel-t, Duncan Macarthur; 2d, Charles Turner. Beat pair of -three-year-old heifera--lst, Duncan Macartr; 2d, Chas. Turner; ...

... A Paris letter says there is somiething dismal about the Great Exhibitionibuildingaud its surround- ing garden, at least those who remember it accoin- panied by sunshine, bustle, and gay toilettes. NpD matter what section of the world's fair you enter, bu'sinesseems to have nearly ceased, and the princiL pal showmen are awaV. Many of the stalls are left to the guardi=uship of persons who 'are ...

... LITER AT U RE. Part miusic ford Soprano, Alto, Tenor, and Bmse. Edited 2 by JOHN HULLAU. No. 11. London :Longinans, Green, Reader, & Dyer. THco is an excellent Number of this valuable publication, It consists of two Glees, two Madrigals, and a Part Song, Of the first, it is enough to montion their names, to satisfy *our readers who cultivate thle choral art that they are genuine. One is by ...

... ~LTRAT-URE -~ .L AXD OTHR FoLs. By Robert ?? London: Bennett. 1867. tbook is not without special inte. trt tS ders. The author is the son of a dir ngaisbed In~ rmissionary and well-known writer bn philology, thetSev. Dr Caldwell, and was himself a student at Glasgow LUnivertity, where, in 1863, he gained the Poetry Prize, by the unanimous award of the judges. The verses of university prizemen ...

... KILMARTIN CATTLE SHOW, This show took place on Wednesday last, and was in every way as successful as formerly. Upwards of 90 lots of sheep were penned, and the day being very fine they showedtoadvantage, Thecattle also were quite up to the mark both in number and uality, the two-year-old stots belonging to Mr Jas. ampbell, Ormaig, being very much admired. We also noticcd on the ground the ...

... FASHIONS FOR OTOBER. , ACCORDING to the great preparations being made in the PuAis he houses, it appears that the coming winter seasou will aboultil in rea novelties. Many new patterns for the make of bodies have been iho sbown by the medi.teS. Satided as they aro tbat the gored kirts es will be still preferred, they think that the bodies might be rean ish dered a little more varied and ...

... PO ETRY. M Y DREA-M. A SLENDER form, a girlish face, Bluo eyes aDd golden hair; Sweet lips, dear lips I and sunny smiles, A vision angol fair I Oh, gentle eyes I oh, cruol eyes I Why will you haunt me sol Filled with the old sweet tsndernoss The love of long geg. A merry laugh, a pleasant voice, Sweet chimes, like silver bells; Old music, unforgotten still, Around me rings and swells. Oh, ...

... P A S H I O N. ag TnE Lancet has a paper on the follies of fashion. We have 1 e jaut now a lucid interval. It happens that men and women e who attire themselves according to the dictates of fashion, is and fall down and worship the images that tailors and i Lr milliners set up, wear clothes which may pass even the e stern censorship of the physiologist. Men have for a long s 'y time been ...

... THE CONNECTION OF RELIGION WITH ART. 0 tltet Owf Wednesday evening, M~r George E. Street, R.A., de- conl livered a lecture on the Connection of Rlgio adAt, 01 under the auspices of the Church Unon Sctland. The tral chair was occupied by A, F. Irvine, JEsq.fDuadteis room was crowded with a very select auldience. After a reel fewprlimnay emarks, Mr Street, in introducing the sub- nga jeot, ...

... THE PARI-S EXHIBITION. - U MY A GLASGOW ZEGfl{K v t No. VI., A-nD LiAs. a Is a treatise which I once read on the natural his. t tory of our species, man was described as a gregn nous anima, or one having a tendency to flock or t -herd together; but I found in the Exhibition I was a very much isolated by my want of the means of 1 communicating with those around me. And cer- tainly, I thought, ...

... THE FENIAN ExHIBITiON IN THE CITA I . A LL. MR LAVELLY-MiS TXACfINGS ANF POLLWWERS To the Editor of the 7asgow Herald. 15th October, 1867. Sln,-I ask leave to make the following observa- tions on the above subject, simply to vindicate my co-religionists, at least the respectable part of them, from the suspicion of having anything to do with the senseless tirades of Mr Lavelle and his party ...