... LITERARY N(MTIC[S. The Nee, Quarterly Afagatine fully sustiins its previous Ill. high reputation. Pcth rig aero urei - Moilera Miaterialism, Mri. obert Bachanan vindicates the wt S supremacy of mind over matter with characteristic furca h ad eloquence. From the first line to the, last. he ?? flags. Accordieg to the philosophers, he coutemptu. lhave OM4al ecxlaims at the outset, according ...

... I.-THim MIAN OF SOUTHSXA. Man of Southses, ere we part, Tell me of what use thon art? With a glass stuck in your eye, p And your cap worn all awry; Though no language you can speak, Neither Latin know nor Greek,- Hear my vow before you go, You shall never be my beau ! Awful Puppy ! Awful Swell! Who would ever be your belle? Let me know how many days You have worn your sister's stays P c And ...

... LITERARY N OTICD ES. I) In W acriflaan this zionth She plece of honour is assigned n to Mr. Matthew Arnold, whose paper is on 'The Church of England.' Wne contribution is not strictly speaking. an original one- or rather- it is the address, amplified vwe 0 believe, which the author delivered to the London clergy' at a- Sion College. As an exposition of the writer's viewss it 15 X, clear like ...

... -I. Southsea Man ! Before we part, Tell us, tell us who thou art ? Tell us who the got-up Maid That thy artless trust betrayed ? But first (appearance is deceiving, And seeing only is believing)- Tell us, to calm our ev'ry doubt,: Did'st thou see her teeth come out? Did'st thou watch those golden looks, Looked up safely in a box? Did'st thou, really, truly, taste On her lips the cherry ...

... I THiE VALUE OF TiEsHr-WATE~i Fian.-To the French people every kind of fish is acceptable as diet, from what- ever waters they may be derived. In our own country the salmon and trout grayling are bred artiflcally as yet, and it. t is a great'question whether the breeding of any other ,would yield a commercial profit as fresh-water fish in aS general with us are much despiseJ, althoaghi ...

... MIUSICAL BEE .AT PORT§MGUTH. TnIl A RIMTMIM. nI, I - - ' DRi. A-117OLD air M-U SIC.' Tosaeta h uia ~ ' given~at ~he Lecture' h Hall of the So1diera' Institute on Morday eyening,7b Mir. eo EGodwin Fowles (Organist -of the -Parish 'Church, Porte. PI, uoilut),end Mr. J. W. D. Pillow (Organist ?? All Sia' k' IChuriib, Lftndport), was,.suclcess frd tiot ke finish wouldabeto coney.a'n inadtquate ...

... ?? U±.tL OfusvvAj a'JWL MAJEU rnwLIV. ?? 'The Chairman and Committee of the Portsmouth School s he of Soionce and Art havo every reason to congratnlate them- par selves on the verymarked success wfich attended the mat exhibition of the students' works, on Thursday, at the rea Schools in rembroke-street. Not only was there a larger any number of works than have been exhibited on any prdvious ...

... TO JMULA. [See last Saturdayy's Hamshire Telegraph.] ne Such laboured nothings, in so strango a styl, If Amaze the unlearsnd, and make the learsad smile. ~t. Yes; ,is Such shameless bards we have, and yet 'tis true jig There are as mad, abandoned critics too. .se What tho' I'm but a servant maid ' he Employed by those of Julia's grade, hef And, on the whole, but poorly paid,- of I think to ...

... DMITRI: A Dramatic Sketch from Russian History. By - IeMajor-General G. G. Alexander, o.B. (Lougmans and R Co.). This little volume will be a welcome 'surprise to the author's numerous friends in this locality. We must plead entire ignorance of General Alexander's previous exploits in r the domain of literature, but we shall hardly be wrong in i, assuming that he must be a patient disciple of ...