... .L P i ..v lT ri KBW BOOXS AND NEW EDITION.' &)R. DUFIF, MISSIONARY AND FRIEND OF LNDIA. The secondvolumoof Tam Ln'nor ftL~ xyLpD oraD', tl (1), by Dr. George Smith, opens with the year 1843-the t( year of the Disruption which issued in thle formation of si, the Free Church of Scotland. Daring the controversy d. which preceded thatremnarkableevent, Dr. Duffmsnsintained ti an unsbroken silence. ...

... I)Oetatg (origilmla ab 5-.etlede. 1 S]&MPER FIDELIS. To the dark hawthorn dell, where the old wishing-well Is hidden by broad-hanging boughs, et us wander to-night, in the mystic moonlight, As 'we did when we plighted our vows. * y its side, where the woodbine anal primroses grow, And the modest forget-me-not clings, We will sit hand-in hand, as we (lid long ago, And listen while ?hilomel ...

... L I T E R A T U It E. ,IEW 130OO1S AND NEW E DITIONS. AIMRS. BRASSEY'S N-EW BOOK. SUINSHII7E AND STORM IN TEE EAST. The accomplished author of A Voyage in the Sun- itiaut has rightly judged that an account from her pen of at couple of cruises in tho Mediterranean and the Levant (1) might, as Blhe modestly puts it, 1 present some pointsI of interest to the many friendly readersI of her ...

... otv g ; to bI THE DAYS THAT WE KEPT IHRIS1. [Having seen, in a slight ?? eutrr- tainment, written in his earlier days9'by Mlr.Plancli6, a few verses on the subject of the afinually-reearring'festi- Val of the civilised world, and perceiving their capability of expansion, have taken the liberty of slightly altering them and adding others, with the object of rendering the whole more popular; and ...

... fectx , @orgirl a1lb wtaee. A TREASURE. Only an old carnation, Withered and dry and dead, With the colour gone from its faded leaves, And its ancient perfume fled. But yet to me 'tis richer Than flowers of richer hue- To me 'tis sweeter than sweetest rose That ever in garden grew. For her dear sake who gave it, It hath a priceless grace; And sweet it is in its power to bring Sweet dreams of a ...

... CI iic-STMAS FAT STOCm SHOWTS. LEEDS. ~ ,tilChristmas Fat Stock Show was held to-clayv aio ISatyear thle niu-mbers were mitch1 3,I tjie quality not So goco, ?? he die nimals wero of a useful description for j.,en for thle most part free from superfluouis ':tl ?? anlinvals Wvere on oiler, -which realised Ttoe followving were amiong~st the principal -31r. . l'ai;rlosv. of Duablinl, showedl six ...

... LITERATURE e. NEW DOOKS AND NEW EDITIO.NS. CYPRcUS & I SAW IT IN 1S7i) (1) is at popular rather1 ~aln political or learned contribution to thea literature relating to one of the latest additious to the responsibitities of England. Sir Samuel and Lady Baker visited the island at thle begriniing of the year, and spent several months in its exploration. The result is a book of wore than 450 pages ...

... PARS FROM THE SPORTING TIMES. HEARD AT CANTE1RBnY CATTLE SHOW. Dransatis Permowe.-Two Farmers looking at Sussex Class. Enter Swell with Fair Damsel. S.: Kould you inforine me if this is the Aldemey) clawse?' F. 'No, sir! too much lark about 'em. Guernseys.. S.: Aw! thanks!! 'ell, dear, I wasn't fare oste, Traveller Here, waiter, take this steak away, and give it to the poor. It's as ...

... I1 m At TIIE NOVELETTE.-(R. S. Cartwright, Johnson's Court, Fleet-street.)-The Christmas supplement of this enjoyable publication contains a new complete st'ry by the author of Olive Varcoe, entitled Under False Colours ; On their Wedding Day, by the author of Only an Actress, &c.; A Woman's Glove, Christmas evenings in Ger- many, acting charades, &c. A cheaper twopenny- worth could ...

... air .. in . v fistmastive . Mr, 1. -42- .d - MY THEE WANDE tING JE3w.] ?? frost has departed for a season, and under-foot ts the remnants of the late severe weather render the cir. le cumamnbulations of the Wandering Jew anything but ; agreeable. It is evening as we land, as in years gone by, upon the Victoria Pier. Westward, Ho! high e up in the steel-gray sky the first pale crescent ...

... CHRISTMAS BOOXS. - Of the long list of works intended for the instruction or ia -anniscrincut, or both, of the young, tho publications of C, Alessirs. Goo. Routledge and Soncs, B~roadwav. Ludgate-bill, London, form a very important part. They arc in great a, variety of size, nature, and price, are attractively bound, at and -often profuscly illustrated with very fine woodcuts and other ...

... GRIMSBY CeRISTMAS AT STOCK SHOW. Tho sixt'h 11ann l exhibition of the Grimsby ChristmasI Fat Stock- Society was held in the corparation Cattle 4 Market yestaerday. The number of enre was about an average, and thu show of sitocL wvas ill all respects aus excellent one, The first hnou, ii Class 1, for' thu best.- steer acceding thiree ~cars old, were tsken by Mr'. J. B. FreslineY, Of b~altifeet, ...