... I A correspondent of the Daily Ncws relates briefly the surprising story of Chicago:- In 1830 the po. pulation of Chicago was about 100 personS, of whom a small proportion was white, the majority being black men and balf breeds. It was; ncorporated as a city in 1837, when the census was taken, and the number of inhrbitants found to be 4170. Ten years later the number was doubled; twenty ...

... LITERA T U RE. mu SIC. Beauty Sjearkleaey o'es' the Deep. Wfakc, M5aid of Lon. Thc Lily of Cleeriooedlee. liadea : Ihichll, Rosee, Carte & Co. Aberdeen: MHarr & (lo, !Ml music of the above three songs is among the latest Pubaisheed efforts of Mr Maurice Cobliam, an Edinburgh te insposer of great, industry and considerable popularity. I In Noe. 1-Beawt' S cln 'e leDe-Mr Cobbarn iS is his own ...

... POET R Y. THE MOUNTAIN NYMPH. A double rango of Eiighland hills Ribs in a long and lovely valley; To this a hundred infant rills Baco gleefully and musically Down at their playful wills, From mossy fountains freshly gush And gleam bencath the bonding bracken, 'Twixt purple fringes gaily rush, For scarp or boulder notbing slacken, Nor yet their laughter hush, Till 'twixt the bonny birehen rows ...

... IATERATUIE. uxN R *us : A-Tragedy in Five Acts. AWCIANDER: A Drama in .live Acts. Printed for Private Cireulation. t TATLEYRAqD, or ?? other equally notable per- ] ton, is reported as having said, on hearing of an individual who could not play whist, Then Heaven help his old age. Such a pious invoca-'. tion is unneeded for him who fof' personal plea.- sire, and perhaps the gratification of ...

... L I' E R A T U R E. Historicafl Rccords of thCe F-snily of Leslie, from 1067 to 186039, Collected from Prlslic Records anrd Avtleentic Pri- vote Sources, By Colonel LESLIE, E. B. of Balquhain. 3 Vols. Edinburgh: Edmonston & Donglas. AN acconut of a distinguished family is to many readers one of the most attractive forms of historical narrative. It has been a favourite form of writing in ...

... MRS STOWE'S DEFENCE OF T ST TRUE 'STOiY The following is a vidimuo of the new work , just published by Mrs Stowe in America. It was transmitted to ?? Mall Gabas per Atlantic Cable, and appears in that journal of yestorday's date:- *Mrs Stowe's Lady Byron Vindicate'd is pub- lished to day. It is disappointing, in so far as it contains no documuentary ovidence and few new statements of ...

... EXHIBITION OF WATER-COLOURS Messrs Jameas'Clure & Son, Buchanan Street, have completed preparations for their third an. nual exhibition of water-colours, which will be opened to the general public next week. The collection comprises in all 430 drawings and' sketches, a number of which arc by well-known artists. Perhaps the most striking work in the gallery is Saul and the Witch of Endor (275 ...

... , ENTERTAINMENT TO lR. M'OOMBIE OF EASTER I | SCKENE AND LYNTURK. THE tenantr on the estte of Lyntrk entertained their gr worthy and esteemd proprietor, Mr 'Cosnbie, to a dinner an' and ball on Fridny evening. The inner took place in a I very covenientand cofortabl loftdecorated very nicely T7 wit evrgrens ho, a Loer armownof Lynturk, and the allin he brn t te Hoe Frm.Tue Cosiimittcee'j of the ...

... EDINBURGHl SCHOOL OF ART. APDRESS'l By SIR WILLIAL ESTXRLTNGOIAXWfLL. The diitributin of- prizes to tls'students of 'the School of Alt unddrbhargeof the Hon. the Boarlof Maunufactureb for the past year, took pice in 'National' Gallery on Thursday. there wasa large at-! tendance. SirWiffiar tklg-Ma±weU ocoupiedthe chair, and was accompanied to the 'platform by Lord Colonsay, the Lord Justice ...

... IIALDANSE'S ACADEMY OF THE FINE' I . ARTS. ' I Our readers will have observed from our advertis- ing 'oinuius that t rustees of Halduee's 34adcmy of the' Fine Ats have arranged for the delivery, during the present month, of a course of popular lectures by Dr Zerffi on.th hietorital deyolopment of art. The subject is an attractive one, and 'will doubtleembe treated in an interesting and ...

... LITE RATURE. ASClENT CLASSICS FOR ENGLISn READErS. 'Vol. I,, the Iliad. By the Rev. AV. Lucas Collins, MA: Edinburgh: Blackwood & Sons. Tills is the first of a series of excellent little volumes which promise to supply a really felt want. We have numerous translations in English of the Greek and Roman classics; but though each may possess some special feature of excel- lence, all of them ...

... PART VIII.T SAMUEL GaIsasVoLD GOODRICH. bc' A. JUST when thinkicig of drawing these series of papers to a 01 close, a friend, 'wlso has rend thorn throughout, encourages us5 to OcontinueO them, aind in a leind note now before us siays, if end very truly, that it must be A great pleasure andaslace ir to (lip into theiseo pure springs. Our labour of love, if hut Al appreciated by On e, we ...