... Somebody says that at wife should bh like a roasted lamb -tender and nicely dressed. A bachelor adds And without any sauce. A short-time before Judge Foster's death, he went the Oxford Circait ill one of tire hottest summers that had been remuem bered, wvhel his charge to the Grand Jury was as follows - Gentlemen, the wleather is extremely hot, I am very old, and you are well acquainted ...

... ~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 ...

... * ' ABA~Y RAl'iNQ. KOhECLING lowly. saying 810vvly1 6hort, and simple infaut's prnyer, *In words broken, and searce spoken, Angels bending closely there; And our great God, toroneud in splendour, l(ing of hingv, and Lord of lords, Rearing 'mid thse mighity thouder Fvery one ot baby's words: Thunder of the niations' making As thep poor their loud acell iu, Thunder of thc hleavens tshaking ...

... TTHE FARMER'S HARVEST SONG. The rosy morn with gleesome smile , Comes o'er the pastern bill The calm lake gleams a sheet of gold, And sparkles every rill; The crystal dow-drops, flashing bright, Hang glittering on each spray; The feathered choirs with tuneful throats Now greet the opening day. Then hurrah ! hurrah I for the farmer's life, There's none so happy as he, As he drives a-field with ...

... THE PARIS EXHITION. I ?? I . 7T ? ; I II (PROM OUR SPICLat COBURSPONDENT.) The Exhibition is seeing gloomy days at its close. All is wintry and cheerless, as I observed in my last letter. And yet there is a sound of revelry- a faint tame sound as yet, but which may grow and brighten. There has been feasting enough all the summer in the restaurants, and they have not generally realised fortunes ...

... 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, ...

... Wxtru. OCTOBER. -0- Sweet is the voice that cabs From babbling waterfalls, In the meadows where the downy seeds are flying; And the soft breezes blow And eddying come and go In faded gardens where the rose is dying. Among the stubbled corn The blithe quail pipes at morn, The merry partridge drums in hidden places, And glittering insects gleam Above the reedy stream Where busy spiders spin ...

... : I V A PAINFtTL STORY. I , I ; ' I _ ts fl' ,1I The'lla whlo flO h f Is heir to omestimes exhibit themselves in the moat strange and painful forms. There are caees whis h eoem as if they were intended to Show the maximum of suffering that the huaman frameis bcapable of enduring before this mortal coil is shpfflied;off-diseases which baffle the skill of the physician, and pitilessly work ...

... ItHE NEW THEATRER ROYALi. fluting theweeke the progrees made fin thewotke in ithe Interior of the new b uildicg hBs been marvellous, and last neigh t it presented to a great extent the finished appearasae which it will wear on the opening night (S.onday next). On Tuesday the ceffect of Strode's Patent suin light, which eoncentrates the whole of the iliuminatiun tor the nuditory in one small ...

... I .r s o . . .A D .I.. I * S iHEALTH OF LORD Ros&; . W; 'a WO ?? leae that tho condittor oS hbi lordship ts Smnprorigg .Ycsytirdax~h ethltsi Sruthr slmtn4 ot piovoment I ahiave bpen observeld udrig b* lt-po .he oirqi Of onyoghamr atixd5 q itq r rlred at lgiotwn yeetosrday per roysmalii tqlp 4om bllylfl~ed. ?? .*,t - Lord Wnd LAdy o6ng'len hive arrived at tbe lineilal'B e e Betht ' 'ifea- ...

... TBE PANTOMXMDST.-SO long as the season lasts, be en- joys comparative affluence, but at its close he is again cast adrift in the world, and wanders from town to town, hoping against hope, and generally in a state of abject destitution. In process of time he may reap distinction. But the while he must be resigned to contempt, toil, and starvation, protracted neglect, and the hazard of a pau- ...

... a In the village of Northowram, there have been living for the last 28 or 26 (it being a disputed point as to the l exact number) years a couple of elderly yersons, both of . whom we should judge to be closely verging upon 60 years of age, known respectively in the neighbourhood as Tom and Rachel, but up to Saturday last have been living us 3 man and wife without having gone through the ...