... BOOKS, ?? RECEIVED D EitING THE MONTH. The Art Journal. Virtue The Bulwark. Seeleys Saint Pauls. Ibid. Chambers's Journal. W. and Rt Blackwood's Magazille. Black- Chambers wood and Sons ,,Encycloptdiae The Gardened. Ibid The People's Magazine. 7, t CornbiilMagazine. Smitb,Elder Great Queen-sIreet t and Co. ,a?emillan's Magazine. Mac- Cassell's Illustrated Penny Read- millan and Co. ings ...

... BOOKS, &c., RECEIVED DURING THE MONTH. ybe Art Journal. Virtue The Bulwark. Seeleys EAlmt pauls. Ibid. Camnbers's Journal. W. and R. BPoLwood3's Magazine. Black- Chambers ?? ,, Encyclopadta ftc Gardener. Ibid The People's Magazine. 77, rcsaitlMsagazine. Smith,Elder Great Queen-street EnrCO. Macmillon's Magazine. Mac- S:'ge altluatrated PennyRead- millan and Co. ings Churchman's Shilling ...

... TO THE EDITOR Or THE DERBY MERCURY. Sir-I beg to call your attention to the following arrogant remarks, issued in your paper of September 25th, as under, viz. : Class 10-This is a Derbyshire class all over, and one which we are surprized the society, with so many practical men upon its committee, has allowed at all, for the very con- ditions are a hindrance to good.farming, and we have seen ...

... THE LAST BOAT. Musing I sit upon the shore, Awaiting till the boat shall come, And bear me to my far-off home, To cease from wandering ever more. Wearled with waiting, pjnch'd with cold, D;in eyes of mine still watch the stream, Which rune as In an endlesg dream;- Runs now, will run, and ran of old. Ever unchanged the constant swirl In little whirlpools eddies still, The straws and leaves foat ...

... WHAT HEAREST THOU? What hearest thou ? I can hear hearts break- One or two, here and there And cries to the dead, who cannot wake; And prayers; but no answer to prayer. Words that smite and sting; Wrongs that can only weep; And weak Truth wearily murmuring As she tosses in her sleep. Woe to thee! last thou found Nothing else under the sun ? The wheels of life go fiercely ilound; But they bear ...

... Mr. Charles Edmonde (of the house of Willis and Southe- ran) sends the following communication to the Tines:- ,,The extreme rarity of all the very early editions of the poems of Shakspeare is well known, but perhaps of all of them, with the exception of the ' Venus and Adonis' of 1593, which was the first published work of Shakspeare, the rarest and most curious is the remarkable collection of ...

... BIRMINGHAM CATTLE, POULTRY, AMD DOG I SHOW. The Midland Counties Herald announces that the prize lists we for this year's show, at Bingley Hall, are now ready, and .e describes several alterations. The Earl of Powis, the Presi- re dent, will give a silver cup, or other suitable piece of orna- e mental plate, of the value of twenty-five guineas, forthe best as ox or steer of any description or ...