... Bite rat ure. Barton fer'ris. A T~ileofVillage Lifeand Wnrk. fly BaE- abi JtAMIN ULAIIKa. Loudon: Suuday School Union, 56, OldH Dailey.of Youaq fleads'on Old ,Shoulders. By AscoTT B. florE. ibid.So AMg (,ousin taid I. By ELIZABETH STUARLT PHELPS. Ibid.' Oe/c nestannr. By AN,,'TTr-r LYSTrxt. Ibid.Ol The Vacant Chair; or, Falle-e aniong Thieves. Ibid. Tregurrvo. A Tale of the Corniab Coast. By ...

... !octro. [ORIGINAL.] LINES XNV MEMMOItAM 01F A FONDLY LOVED SON AS D) BROTHER. Wee p not, fond misother, weep not thou thy son, The battle fought. the glorious vict'ry wont Weep not, fond plahier, life's untimely doom, For God bath calld him far beyond tho tomb. Weep not, food slster, could he come again, 1hink would he wish It, to this world of pain? No. he te gone from earth'b dark vale of ...

... We haven't got a policy, bi And do not care about one; big The party must. from all I see, bot At present do without one. anE As long as EHarcourt finds us wit, wh And Chamberlain nouse, sir, n We have, if you consider it, m For priuciple no use, sir. die That war a sort of murder is, Was always my opinion; utt And nothing, sure, absurder Is im Than wars to get dominion. The very name of ...

... .. ?? ?? _. - I -. n I .- - The thirty-first Birmingham Cattle Show, the private al viewof which took place on Monday, opened on Saturday for the judging. The entries this year are 3,472, against in 3,471 at the last show, or an increase of one only. The i cattle, however, aro more numerous than last year, and in tbe tho opinion of the judges of superior quality. Tbe shortborn hI heifors are ...

... CV- 1_17 1r1--ylrwn for nan-h-r. (From Mpyra'e Journzal for December.) There is no absolute, law In fasbiion at present; no bard and fast role by which all inustabide, under penalty of being considered owersld the pale of las anode if they do not obey its dictates ; any dress which is stylish, anid shlows taste aind individualiry, and above ail fis becominig to thu wearer, may be freely ...

... 'i3 LI et ti. PARTIN:G. Lean down and kiss me, oh, my love, my own! The dav Is near whem ti t fond heart will inis me, it hen o'er imy low, green bed with bitter moan Thou wilt lean duown, but cannot clasp or kiss me. niow strange it is that 1. s) loving thee And knowing we mtust part, perchance to-morrow, Call Comlort flod, thinking htosw great will be Tby lonely desoiation and thy borrow. ...

... X iterttt ure* justice to oxt.;lain, is iutervovon with tbe sdninistratioD of this trust, vfhich ends iu briugin6 together tho inoongruous, and often antagonistio obaracters, in a bsppy slato d satis- faetion ou tho Ohristunas-day wbon tbo story oloses Sir Judah Silversidos, tbo most psomineut eharaoter, nitbough wo scaroely think ho is interlded to be tho hero, jG the sort I M E,'rasrrrs ...

... Writera tuthre. Tire Asctnt of flitlstede'r By EDW~ARDn WHYMPaII, Wihi rirupt i fnil ill ire'ratioria. Litidon: Jlotx MuiritAy, Alheeo'rvrle-street, Ibt0. T1his p arsiig, ?? bee; been lying~ far' too long upon our iibrary table; And we owe Mlr. Alfred WVhympor, who pre- sented it to uts (fin t hi absence~, cf Ihis idveon iurotus brother, flOW, lwe are, iirl's1, airwy ripen a mnountatineerinig ...

... VJXttrD. [F rom the Cfiurchsnan's Shilling Magazine.] ju A C IIRIST3AS CAIIOL. wt Upon a bleak hillrside, tr (The dreary winter's night, WlIell earth %wis wrapped in gloom, vo And stars gave little light. Sinsl simple sliup:ierds rested on tle ground. Theirpeaceful lloeks slept quietly around. bli Suddon a dizzlinig blaze chl Of glory hills te sky. It Alnd swilt an alngel bright Conies lown ...

... voettx. A LOVE'S LI'E. is 'rwa springtinme of the day and year, bu Clouds of white fragrance bid the thorn, co %y heart unto her heart drew near, 'Di Aud, ere the dew had fled the morn. sr Sweet love was born. An August noon, an hour of blm. of i'lmt tstands amid my hours aloue, 0 A word, At look, then-ah, that kiml on Joy's veil was rent. his secret known, Love was full grown. gm And now, ...

... . ttOL. TilE OLD YEAR, A fow more henNrs, and then I tnut obey The voice whicih whili.pere: (ld Year. pass awray i A few mnore hours, and this my sbtort life told; t lhe New Year In wns and Alreeps away tho old. Ere yet the surm:mnns onl tinile ear cal fall, LQt Ine some ?? of the past recall. Since my life danvied o'er Engiadid wevtll loved shore Dar kly rI ee stories of balttlc olouded ...

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