... I BE THtUE. Thou must be truo thyself, If thou the truth wouldst teseb; 1I1e soul llust ovelilow, if thou Another's soul wouldst reach, It llcells tile overflow cf heart To givo ?? lips fall speech. Thiok truly, and thy thoughts Sm11ut thie world's faminei food; Speak tiuly, alnd cacts word of thine Shall bh a fitlhful sced; Live truly, nud thy life shall bo A great and noble creed. 'dCTOBER. ...

... A TERRIBLE ADVENTURE, Some men are born to be unfortunate; I amn one of this elass, as the story I am about to relate will prove. On thi evening Of thie IS Dee., 18-, I stood onl the Railway platform of the town of F-waiting on the train to take mae to E-. Both towns wero little known to the newspaper reading world then, bat. the events of that svenincg hive sinces made them notorious ...

... OCTOBER DIAGAZINES, &c. [sEcoND NOTICE.] Deoera/ion for this month givee full pisticulars of the award in tho recent door panel competition, and en article oin Stencils and Stencilling. Mrg. ienee 's FaveZilt Drcssmzlker (8, Johnson's-court, Fleet-street), is replete with the latest autumn fashions in mantles and costuines, patterns of which may be had through anv bookseller. Messrs. Ward ...

... PLEA. I t:E ?? - - 1%1:n ran * eteii:ii iI! L.- 'I ?? 1 f ,b ;:e \VI I; sth ulI ll. r, ;tar 2S:. ...

... el?lvt. Ana 'Wittraturr. -0- The Official Baronage of England, by Mr James ?? Doyle, which baa long been expected, is now announced for immediate publication by Messrs Longmans. Messrs Bell are about to publish Letters and Letter- writers of the Eighteenth Ceutury, comprising select letters of Swift and Pope, edited with notes by Ur Hroward Williams. Amongst the new matter which the ...

... THIE .MA GAZINES FOR OCTOBER. - 0 THS ENGLISH ILL STRATED.' It is perhaps; inevitable that a magazine should lapse from the lofty * heights at which it is, first started f and, descend gradually to the hard high road and ordinary tramway lines of, magazine literature ; but considerins that this October number of the E lsglis4z Zjlutsbrled Magazine begins a nen volume it is of somewhat ...

... MESSRS. B. HOLLIS AND Co.- Two Roses and a Lily and One Alone are a brace of pretty drawing-room ballads written and composed by Lord Henry Somerset.-Two graceful French songs of medium compass are respectively: Ah ! Si Vous Saviez, words by Sully Prudhomme, music by Alice Millais, and Si ?? Veut Savoir, words by Emile Augier, translated by Fanny Lablache, music by Phcebe Otway.-A ...

... I LTEIPY NOThS I A.Aawvolume of pory by Mat B1nni becvelisheariringthnnext season. We' - niad that it-wrill be-a coantfls poeiW orbt-least-apoem of one chain, if of several . itinct liuks. The lest ?? fot by Mr.. , Brwning-'waaanost thafir5fxron ai to -enjoy a popular Success. For axrrat91he sal&-of Xr. Browning'a ?? w' ns rabl, and the volumes that reached asecot 1 editien wsere few, ma ...

... (F55OM OUR OWN CORRESPONSDENT.) CAPE TOWN, SEPTEMBER 9,-THEATRE ROYAL,- Lessees and Managers, Messrs H. C. Sidney and H. J. Fiedler.-That the leesees have acted wisely in making a change in the character of the programme is evident from the favour with which the hurleaque of Black-Eyed Ssssass is nightly received. Miss Jenny Ellieton is an excellent William, and wins much applause by her ...

... THE MEDIIVAL DRAMA. Clerical opponents of the drama are apt to forget that in reality the British theatre had its origin within the walls of the church. As early as the seventh century in the Abbey of Whitby there was something like an attempt at dramatic representation, but the earliest representation of which we have any descrip- tion took place at Dunstable in 1119. It was a miracle play ...

... (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, THRsSsDAY, OCTOBER 29.-The new ?? produced last night at the Gait6, entitled LE PETIT POUCET, is likely to remove the impression-in which I admit to having shared-that the days of extravaganza are over. Antiquated though the old fairy tale be, it is now presented to us in such witty form, so brilliantly coloured, and so well enacted, that the entertainment ...

... WTI'r'P AND WVISDOM. -Viol- ifrds llb eaicness of human nature is a virtue which we demand in others. br ' which we find very hard to practise ourselves. Tui difference between a long and short yarn is very vell illustrated by the difforenoe of one's feel- ings in holding a skein for one'sgrandmother or for one's sweetheart. Jo: ...