... REVIEW OF BOOKS. ONCE A WEEK. (Part V.). 81, F7eetsftriee.- This old-estabgished weekly publication seems to be thriving under the new management. The general contents of the periodical are entitled to great praise, and the illustrations, by ' Phiz, admirably executed. A prominent and attractive feature is a page on current topics, Most of the miscellaneous papers being well worthy of Perusal ...

... FASHiIONS POP, AUGUST. [ lolM LE FOLLEtr. I Lx has been said that the draped tunic and sash C have been quite supplanted by the basque. This, t 4owever true it ma6y prove a few montsa hence, is a far from a fact at preeeut, and for a very Simple b rea;on-there are but rfew ladies who have not at f le;nt two or three costumes, nialde more or lees i draped and with a sash, and are not wiiing to ...

... LITERA1RY NOTICElrS. Tws fOLY BIBLE, containing the Old and New Tentaments, with References, numerous Critical and Explanatory Notes, and a Condensed Con. cordance. [Cassel, Petter, & Galpin, London.!- This is the first monthly part of a new edition, which will be illustrated with upwards of 900 highly-finoshed engravings. The work is printed on finely tinted paper. The text is remarkably cor- ...

... L HARMONY Er n ExUoroi. By a Rorman Catholic Priest. AtofaU & Co., London and Dublin. Tins little book i., beyond question, genuine. Any- 1 one who assumed the guise of an ?? lpriest for 8ensation's sake would have done so more thoroughly and symmetricauy. The scheme for reconciling everybody to one Church, which this volume propounds, is often far too revolutionary to be tolerated by one ...

... LIT E A T U It E. THE FrTEn AT TGETTYSBUiURG By JOhIN 0. WHITYI1ltS. ln the old lelbrow myth thle lion's framc So terriblo alive, BlacheOld by the dtesrt' , suill and tviwin, bocauilo 'Ilht wvalloritig wild Fees' hive; And ble vhto, loht alld niitkcd-htiialod, toro The1ose jaws of death apart, In after tinto drew forth their honeyed N toro To Strenligthen his strong heart. I)ead seemed the ...

... I . . .. . . ,1 -- I - . Yorkshire is well represented thie year in the twenty. second annual exhibition of fat stock, poultry, &c., which was opened for judging onlv on Saturday at Birmingham. A spirited competition was attracted from all parts of Elgland and fromn the herds of the far north. The show ?? be pronounced a success in point of quality, as it undoubtedly is in point of numbers, ...

... EXTRACTS FROM PUNCH'S ALMANACK FOR 1871. POETRY OF THE PLANETS. Sun, centre of our system, we may say: Thou art a Bull's-aye, lighting us by day. Thou, Mercury, art nearest to the Sun. Thy teaching is-take care of Number One. Alchemists after thee, Mars, Tron call, Perhaps thou art a monster cannon-ball. Bright Veauis, in thy splendour oft I've joyed. Cupid shows not. Is he an Asteroid I' ...

... U tir.ttol Mercury. * f.dlowing the prices of provisions Nottingham the ear tiro of George the Third to j the hrune, and in the yeir his deserves to preserved;- y 1760. In 1800. .. s. d. a. d. s. d. s. d. Mutton per lb « o 2J . o 0 6 Beef per lb 0 0 . 0 0 7 Veal, shoulders 0 0 1} 0 0 5 V«d, piime parts 0 0 2} . 0 0 lt r o 3V . . 0 12 Cheese 0 0 0 3 . 009 Malo per strike fl' ...

... will relieve the poor U ■■fsstlj aannless; it prodaoea from pain, and the httte stank aaakn'aa Might a Wta.* It has been lon* in is by medical men; it is nrf ths «MH; it softens the gums, allays raltiiina wiad, nsriria the bowels, and the heat sail whetherariaiag boss teething at attaraaana. Baenaaaflaafc tor Mas. WIKSLOWS Soonm tanr, that Perkins, New York ■» the oatasda wi i K* mother should ...

... ! A correspondent of the Standard states that the following j catechism is new in wide circulation among the iu In* Laid :— What is your name! (oppression. I Who gave you this name . - ! My landlord and agent in the days of my youth, wherein l was , made a child toil, wan sorrow, and an inheritor oi bundle of rags. What did your landlord and agent then for you . They did promise and vow ...

... The Interior of the Earth. By H. P. Malet, E.I.C.S. Hodder and Stoughton. It may safely be said that we really know less of the interior of our own globe than we do of the surfaces of the far-distant sun and planets. By means of spectroscopic analysis we are every day obtaining a more exact knowledge of the constitu-M tion of the heavenly bodies; and a recent modifica- tion of the spectroscope ...

... Free Russia. By Hepworth Dixon. Hurst and Blackett. Mr Dixon sustains well the burthen lie has laid upon himself of producing works fitted equally to instruct and amuse. To most men it would be an intellectual obligation difficult to bear. Many men of intellect find it not only possible and profitable but pleasant to keep on as they have begun, in the light and brilliant strain of novelist or ...