... THE REV. W. C. SMITM ON THE RECEOTj I 'LITFRAURE ?? oFOST.' ?? I The introductory lecture to the members of the witi Free Tron Literay Society was delivered by the 0hS! Rev. Walter C. Smith. in the Free Tron Church had on Thursday evening last. The attendance was Ges numero20 d- . * diso Mr S took for his subject of lecture and Recent iterstureon the Life-oftrist.? He began nto by ...

... IAJ- . PA.TUTE. * ThAOX.AlfPY~blflA Journal of a Three Months' states. By Henry Lathar, London: Macmillan & ,ais that vwhich we have often t-qearfr~~Gi~ tra7vellers in reference to the x eg 5 swith which they are received by Amr'icanls when visited in their own country. A British tourist hasonly to procure letters of intro- duction to gentlemen in any of the American cities, to be assured of ...

... Pg K oTsE SCIENCE OF USIVERSAL St y SE'gAlex. Melville Bel~l. FE.I.S.| S eurer o c Elocution in University I I' i fPP ) 1JS. London: Simp- axeintereoted in Professor A. Melville w di=cova5x .! a system of universal alphabetics, gb with anxiety an opportunity of * t, to v thoarem1,,eeof its merits, will be gla d to Thi o ia ithe m rural edition of Visible tin t- shed. aving failed to induce h ...

... LITERATURE SNjOLLxI: His Life, and a Selection from his Writ- ing& Bay Robert Chambers, LLA.D, author of iTraditions of Edinburgh, &c. W. & B. Cham- hers, London and Edinburgh. (Pp. 221.) IN this little volume, forming one of the series of Favourite Authors, Mr Chambers has given us a succinct, but nevertheless an exceedingly interest- ing and complete Life of Tobias Smollett. He has ...

... f itERATURE. SCOncnRONICUOO By the Rev. J. F. S. Gordon, D.it Glasgow: John Tweed. TDivisioTJ I.+IL Ta': 11ev. Dr Gordon, of St Andrevws Bpiscopa1 Chereb, Glasgow,- has undertaken-a work of im- mere,,..labOux, but one which, when completed, will be of th utmost vlu in elucidating the h~istryof' Scotland.- He has ransacked all the musty lore ?? and dry in various public- and collegiate ...