... Yiftraturt. MAGAZINES FOR JANUARY. I1'THIRD NOTICE.J Mjacmillan'~sjlagazine. No. CXLVII., January. London: MACMILAN and Co.. 16, Bedford-street, Covent-garden. Macmnillaa opons the year wall. The early chapters of a now novel by Mr. W. Black, ontitled 1Tue Strange Advert- tutros of a Pi'ntont are bright, enticing reading; and Mrs. Fawcett. diecusses tbe bearings of National Debts upon ...

... _ _ _ _ _ _ - I THE BEGINNING. (1872.) The canvas lies untouched beneath our hand; And, as bright visions rise before tile view,- How sali the brush pourtray these scenes? we ask,- How catch earth's green, and leav'n's ethereal blue. The little spring which rises silently, And triokles slow.ly o'er its rocky bed, Gives us nO hint of whbat its course wvill be, Nor by what sister-streams its ...

... I .FASHIONS FOR JANUARY . I (From the .Miaiirse and Dreamnwk-e) The models which prevailed towards the end of tlte eighteenth century, when the exaggerations of lbug waists and pariers, high-heepled shoes and powdered coiffuros, gave wary to a more rational and becoming, but exquisitely taste- ful style of dress, are those -which our grandest modiates have introduced into fashion again this ...

... THE EARL OF SHREWSBUY'8 FAY B The Earl of Shrewsbury entertained upwards of 200 guests at Ingestro Hall last Thursday evening. The invi- tations were issued for a fancy-dress ball, and as several years have passed since an entertainment of this nature was given in this noighbourbood much interest was excited. The first arrival was announced about half-past nine. The Countess received the ...

... X7itfcra ie ACGAMINES FOR JANUAIIY. |FUIRST NOTICE.] Belgravia. No.LXIII.,Jan1uary. London: Warwvick-house, Paternoster-row. Miss railoddn's Christinaas nutmber of Belgraria is a very attractivo oua. A racy paper on Cabmten and their charactoristic is by Mr. F. IV. Robinson; followed by an ex- colleut intstalmiinot of Three to One. Mr. Lao Falnu' 1Iliaaniaad House ait Westmiuster is a ...

... uhfidim Dreadful event this, sir, that hbis happened, said sin individlual to a high flunctionary of a certain Itoyni Burgh. luBess mo, what is't ? Wlhy.your noighbour-has comn- mnitted suicide. Guld gracious, xvha oil? anxiotisly in- quired the bilosie. It was said that, in the town of Boston, the girls had made an improvement in ironing, which beat the steam- engine on common roads ...

... lif traillit. The Post Magazine Alnanack, 1872. London: W. J. STOKES, Wino-ofloe-court, Fleet-street. This thirty-second volume is as carefully compiled nid edited as any of its predecessors. It is one of the most re- liable nlmauacks published, and contains, besides the calen- dar, much useful information not to be found in any other almanack with which we are acquainted. Bocton's Penny ...

... ?? - ?? - Vattrg. THIE FIRST PROBLBM: TM1 SOLLOQUY OF A RATIONALISTIC OMCrK. Most strange I Most queer,-although most excellent a change I Shades of the prison-houee, ye disappear I 3Iy fettered thoughts have won a widor range, And, like my legs, are freeo No longer huddled up so pitiably Free now to pry and probe, and peep and peor, And make these mysteries out. Shall a free-thinking chioken ...

... :7v Spiritualism/ss Answered Ity Science, By EDWARD W. COX, S.L., F.R.G.S. London: LONGMAN and CO. Mr. Cox has boon accused of being a convert to Spiritual- ism, and he is anxious to deny this accusation. Ho is a believer in many of the phenomena produced by What Is known generally as spiritual agency, but which he, and other scientific experinentalists, attribute to what they designate ...

... ?? llottr?. I Tlln rooR MAN'$ DARLING. A TALE OF HARD TIMES. Why did yon leave me, Asthore bsaitree? You were lf, y ht, ou were all tome; OhYour w oart ar rid. nn our cot ?? lon, For we miss your face by the old heartlstone, We cannot laugh, for we do not hear Your merry laugh, love, so soft and clearI Wie never tarine as we danced of yore. Whou your little feet beat the cabin floor. But wvo ...

... | I - rim . . Mr. Fairgrieve, the proprietor of Wombwell's menagerie, has written a letter on the subject of lion-taming, in which, referring to the subject of the late fatal attack upon Macarte, the lion-tamer in Manders's menngerie, h1e endeavours to show that, As under certain conditions, and with careful managenment, there is no more danger in such exhibitions than in any other ...

... frittim~ Rustipm in Detroit are allured by a sign which reads 'Fifty cents for dinner and a lunch for your dog. The city of Richmond needs revedue, and is fining the owners of baby carrisges one dollar each for obstructing the sidewalks. ' Get your sweetheart a newv set of teeth as a Christmas present, is the invitation of an advertising dentist. A young man in New York is becoming ...