... n Beneath a very aged tree, I saw an aged man, .- Whose mortal days were seemingly Worn to the shortest span. His dress was ragged, and his brow Lt Deep marks of sorrow bare e His eyes, once bright, were darken'd now, 0 By tear-drops of despair. r ?? spoke,-bat none would hear his tale Of sorrow and distress ; t - He wepr,-yet tears had no avail,- All pass'd him pitiless. The very dogs c'en ...

... LITER, A TUREQ WORLDLY WISE. I it was the boatman Ronsalee, And he sailed through the mists so white, And two little ladies sat at his knee, With their two little beads so bright; And so they sailed and sailed-all three- On the golden coast o' the night. Young Rouesalee had a handsome face, Acd his great heard made him brown; And the two little ladies in girlish grace They kept their eyelids ...

... LEIEDS FAT CATTLE SHOW. The ninth annual exhibition of the Leeds Smith- field Club, which opens this morning in the Cattle Market will be found to bear comparison with the show of any previous year. In point of ontrio-, as far as the cattle and poultry are concerned, it is superior to that of last D'om- her; and the prizes are arranged on a most liberal scale Seventy- six animals are entered ...

... -XT-ACTS FROM -PUNCH. THE CRY OF ENGLAND. And nlust we sit with stony eyes, And folded arms and silent tongue, While Gaul at German hands abyes The challenge Gaul to Gorman fling ? Because she thought to work the wrong That now she suffers from her foe, No bounds of vengeance have the strong, The weak no hmiting of woe P Grant France was loud and light of mind, Eager for empire, Proud, untrue ...

... ART EXHIBITION AT BRAMl -\Y An ealaillitien of woraks of art and scieuati, ?? 1iy Ol'jects of interest trot trubrac-I by eithcat'r ?? ?? this evening in the Nc.. tcin-l h :h ~nl3 Yesiterday we WE-re favonred. with a vlocA of th0 iLo- r: r i the sahool-rocoms, which presented a lively seen. M Lin3 ~r v~ilfizig Irands were busily enigagcd in cove:rinig tir' wii with pictures by distinguished ...

... 8ALTAIRB ?ORTICTTLTURAL? Pic?, 41V? - DOG ?HOW. T£he tw~elfth exrhibition ol this sobiety wsv~ held OE sSatu. day efternoon, in a roomy field oa the banks ofth AIOiire, at Saltaire, kindly lent by tire 11dm, Tho 5peoimene BbOWai hr all c1is~ea wvere of very good qulity, ?? lhibition aE thlewe~ pthtpsbeterthen cii a3 Previous 28enaries, Iad the pcrducutinsl wepre ?? quityr jwor G 1¢ i11 u lot, ...

... LACE AT a- IE INTERN.ATION T4L En EIBITION. To all Inlyse's end v. carets of lace, still more to all .vho I Ito C tt it I stiiC and1 Iistorical ?? of vic-, 3ic inteiesi ad in ?? ?? its moanlactilro, WO healitlty recomlluned a visit to tine cr'lecttoia tow to be foundI in Ci 8is S at the Ilntelit:tlioilai ExhibitioU. Inl ?? class, witt ?? leoth I, ud dilli meltcitie manie lace, thert ar'- to be ...

... PILL~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ?? Mn Ernest Leroux has Just issued a monograph, by M. 3. 1 d Loth, upon the Celtio Verb in Old Irish and in the modern o dialects. ii Mr. Murray promises The Domestic and Artistic Life .7 Of John Singleton Copley, R.A. by his grand-daughter, aO Martha Babcock Amory. The C'ritie slates that Mr. Alexander H. Steyoens, o g retiring from public life, proposes to devote himself ...

... .- valuable bibliography of fossil insects, by Mr. S. H. T ztiudder, has been republished from the .Bufltjss of Har- te van.r University.th spa( Mr.% Matthew Arnold's Rede Lecture on 4Literature Opel j-ac Science will be painted in the August number of exh. M'i. Walter Desant is, we (At~hempeunae) believe, the abls niroot (if the clever novel The Revolt of Mau, which the vic nrrvioeved ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...