... IPOE TRY. TRYING. BY DIES 0., JOBLINXG. I grasped, but could not hold- I climbed, but faiied to reach- Fell, as I sprang o'er bold, Ere half across the breach, In vain all paths I've tried Fate 'gainst me stands arrayed; Beaten on every side- Beaten-but not dismayed. I'll stretch my hands again Aad arasp-perchance to bold; I'll climb-to mount right fain; Perchance not over bold. I'll spring ...

... FLOWER SHOW AT ELSHAX. On Wednesday the thirteenth annual exbibitinn of the Elsham and Worlaby Cottogers' Horticultural Society was held in the picturesque grounds of Elshara Hall, the seat of Sir John I) Aetley, Bart. This is an event of considerable importance in the district, and as the weather was very fine, there was a large and fashionable company present, vehicles of all kinds bringing ...

... (From Punch.) MISCHIEF I-P-rn-11 (cutting a strip marked 'Arona- ghan' from John Bull's coat): Bedad, I've bin an' spoiled his ' Ulster,' anyhow ! A Nnw TASTE IN MEN AND WOMEN.-She: What a flue-looking man Mr O'Brien is I-He : H'm-hah-rather rough-hewn, I think. Can't say I admire that loud. laughing, strong-voiced, robust hind of man. Now that's a fine-looking woman he's talking to !-She : ...

... ORiGINAL POETRY. I1 TOM AND I. Tom and I I you cannot mean us; Tom and I have but one heart- But one thought-one hope between us, Tom and I can never part! Severed-nay. we are but parted - Distance, Time, to us are naught; Tom and I are single-hearted, Tom and I are one in thought. Love I we could not live without it; Life, for us. is constancy; True to Tom I nay, never doubt it- Tom! who'll ...

... L I T lE It A ?? T R. IE NEW BOOKS AN\D NEW EDITIONS, at' TunimL~ oF nonrat fDo-.E ?? ENGOURE Pacer (1) thc wvill be welcomed both by the scholar and the general GI oailer its rho lonig-expected sister volumne to Messrs. mc fintsher and Lonei's OtIyssev, published now some four thi years ago. Thle morcass of that work is the best asser- a, tion of the value of translations of Greek poetry ...

... YORK1SHIflE EXHIBITS AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE BIRD BHOW. 3 'ALAU lijIAD bUVW aj 3 Thio: nual exhibition of canaries and British and i, foreihn caoe birds was opened at the Crystal Palace on tr t atu'day The are nearlv eighteen hunored entries. 34 OD0 of tho most attractive features of the show is the se ti, ollection of clear yellow anld the clear buff Yorkshire TI 3 cauaries, which nre exhibited ...

... FASHIONS For, FEBRUARY. - 0 . _ AN N -- - A 4!h The utmist stimplicity is rigoren)sW observed for morn. iflT OitOL .tr~.tsiied s far as colouring gd~e ifenon, visiting,, or drivitig dresses are uts dark an0~ds'somlbrs~ no possible, evenl if Very rebh. For the eveninig, 6imtnntes wear thle palest and :also toe brightiest colours, but for morning wvear v6toemenltseand dresses af the Wilsinest ...

... I RA T U-E. pii ' 30ISAND MUM EDITIONS.- OFp CHRISTIANITY. s ItoEE~~h DAOuflt bo some of Canion Farrar's c .tnma'~ ?? works wyill Hinintainitt that hoe its AThe alest and most bri~lliant writers of t tlo sores Of facts from aill imaiiikrablo rsiitin~i i a way Which presenrts as its to &.e' idskill Of tilt Cxtqlisiitn painting~. So tb at tiniltS becolit that, wore there gi bad ?? to authors at ...

... L I §T E i' A Tp U ?? ?? The religions of the East have beenithe ?? of increasingly careful study and investigation in the Weet, the further Christian missions have penetrated among the vast multitudes by whom they are held, or at least pro- o fessed. They have been iraced to their origin in most cases, and the sacred books which comprise them are notw translated iuto ouu own and other ...

... L I T E R AT RB B. NE ?? EW BOOKS AND NEW EDITIONS.li w Birthday books are becoming almost a nuisance, buit PI luiu LOWELL Brnrsana-Y Boor, (I) will probably be for- W givon for adding to the number, especially if the pur- W Chasers of it will be content for tho most part to inscribe P tne unams of their friends or their deities for themselves. th lhers is ample space for names in this well ...

... R?-ITERAPZY AND ART GOSSIP, oen 7a .To z fstis sth name of a new ?? devoted t tree 'la nutlu in :zll its branches. A4 'seenit edition oi Alr. Loltie's I History of London tbe _tbjliu - oatly la the new year. Laiv *Tali Teroi ShShakpeare ?? have jlist boen Aratsla -d into Hindi hev Lalt Rshi Nath Khottry, Xtibs etatel that Mr. 0l'Kely, I.P., hass gone to the 90udan tu Epecilt Coriespolndent ...

... THE FAARM AND THE FIELD - . , .. ?? r ?? - . . . . . . .. I te' ?? ee/ig 'Supplaei)ews e/ keatirday Jualj 14.) The rain that hes fallen recently Ices heart beneficial to Ithe crops, buit farmers are anjxious lest there ebdulid helco much of it. Scme of the barleys are thick aid Stout enough to lodge if heavy rein tails! anti they are aow~ Igettinigis-eghty in the ear-, Bo that they ere more ...