... 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, ...

... 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 ...

... i THHATRE.ROYAL-=TB I 01~~~H GEAT 0 I M Andrew Halliday's new dramar . t Mr Andrew Halliday's new drawa * . > defined an attempt to realiseon ?? .teosts runs away from a boarding schoolithe throw herself on the protection of a d t man in London; a wealthy widow, who riage to am ran she knows to bea SCondr; e (as she deserves to be) rejected; a who has been guilty of forgeryand is concoctor of ...

... 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 ...