... LZTE1aARY VARIETIES. GOLD. -Trust not to the omnipotency of gold, nor say unto di it, thou art my confidence; kiss not thy hand when thou be- PE holdest that terrestrial sun, nor bore thy ear unto its servitude. be A slave unto Manimao makes no servant unto God; covetousness Iu cracks the sinews of faith, numbs the apprehension of anything st above sense, and, only affected with the cortainty ...

... IL it er ature. e Tales if the Great end lirave. Byi A. F. Tytter.-Tait, Edinburgh. An attractive book, especially for the rising generation, and P admirably calculated for a new year's gift, combining, as it t does, instruction with amusement. The great and brave selected are, John Sobieski, the famous king of Poland-once the barrier between Earope and the Infidel; Peter the Great of ...

... - i~t rat u re. c/hia, I11etratoed: Parts 1. lo 11:-Fisher and Sot, LoItdo1. 'Ihis is aimost attractiveiwork. Ittocoalpies entiroly nowground, andl thc execution is svsrthy oft tho boldnless of ithe desig ai nd ofthte importance of tho sabjeot. 'I'be euriosity w'liot lhas so long lain dortetantt in reopect to the hitherto telrinutical ly-sealeod empire of China is fairly awaklaetd, and is ...

... foctrtv. ON READING SOME LINES IN THE LIFE OF LORD BYRON.) BAsD, in thy rich and cinseoi rhyme The groas of Poesy are shrined: They shall be valued long as time One lover of the muse shall find. But to this simple page belong The records of anection past; Not the vain breath of Fiction's song, But words on Reason's basis cast. A soul like thine, 't were woman's joy, And woman's triumph, to ...

... L it t atu r t. The Westminster Realewfor Jurae.-Clarke, London. The improvement iii the writing of the Wfestminioster Review appears to be acknowledged on all hands. The present number commences with a slashing attack onl Sir James Graham, in which the cbnges aand shiftings of the bon. baronet, as exhibited in )is acts and speeches, ore laid bare. The handlin6is severe, but can scarcely be ...

... li tca atit 1l¢a s5''mlum otl/lmml 'lt ?? Ogactl th Jaymoarket, London. 'Tme mm lilmg9 sof Sit- Wal ter Scatt awakened an interest in the breamsi a t e t 'ouilrieOU I t empert ms Seortish ?? mnd suba jecms Olmit 1msc tieser mie' slitinbered. Work after work has teen .uce'il ' pu' esard mith the view of presenting to tile eye tihe localitivi rendm'red mnemnoraxble by the events of ?? )r the pmn ...

... Ate Drama. On Monday last Mr. Macready, whose engagement has been continued during the past week, appeared in Shakpere's tragedy of Jrcbe~ll, as the hero of which it must, we think, be generally conceded he has no successful competitor. It was gratifying, if only as affording evidence that the love of the Shaksperian drama is not extinct in Bristol, to witness the crowded attend- ance: the ...

... pear)). SONG.-By CHARLES SWAIN. So mournfully she gazed on him As If her heart woald break; Her silence more upbraided him Than all her tongue might speak ! So monrnfully sie gazed on him, Yet answer made she none; But teara that could not be repressed, Fell 8slwly, one by one. I hoied, she said-but what she hoped In blushes died awa Y: I thought, she said-but what she thought Her tears ...

... TnH GREAT LA.WSUIT BETWEEN TilE TALnOTS AND TIlE BEraIELESS.-The loegest lawsuit everheard of in England was that between the heirs of Sir Thomas Talbot, Viscount Lisle, on the one part, and the heirs of' Lord Berkeley on the other, re- specting certain possessions not far fromlVotton-under-Edge. in the county of Gloucester. It commenced at the end of the reign of Edward the Flourtin and ivas ...

... u.octrv, TE1E JEWISH PEOPLE. flow ereat the semblance between human life Alld latlolal cxistellc! ScoNVling raoge And suiloing peace, repose antd deadly strife, Prevltl by turns ol earth's uncertain stage. Mtianl rises. olourishes, succumbs, and dies, And nations for tle meost part do the same; The difference only, that fewi ycars suftles To close the llue`of ma1l, adla shroud Ills name For ...

... A DAY-DISEAM. I XEVEO heard, nor is it important, vhy omy fathmer, Major Von Dagen, all old officer of the king's German legion, resolved to bave me educated ill ills nativc country. B3e that as it may, at au early age I was sent fron England to at town in the nortit of Gerumay, wehere I pmtssed flour years in the house of' a worthy and kind-hearted protbssor, and which I quitted at the age ...

... TuIE PODUCISI MAN' SCOMsiPANION. Wilson, London. Throughout the whole mass of society in this country, the elements of change have been widely disseminated but while the motional force has not been wanting, the regulating power has been almost totally lost sight of. To every one it is palpable that the old course of things has fallen into its dotage and cannot survive; but whi- ther will the ...