... THE VOLUNTEER OF JULY IAL THE SEQUEL. (From Punch.) If yon're ivaking cml] me earlv-though I feel so very queer, T/ at wilh all t-he calling in the world I sban't get up, I fear; I ought to clean ruy rifle, and a precious iob 'twill be- Forthe ?? tight at Chisellhnrst I don'tthink theo'll catch Me. Grant'r cooking-w negon on theground they told us weshonlnd find, And so I lebt. unluckily. my ...

... WIND AND SEA TbaSes is a jovial comrade, ye laughs wherever be goes; His merriment shines in the dimpling lines That wrinkle his bale repose- lie lays himeelf doiwn at the feet of the Sun, And *1akee all over with glee, And the broad-backed billows fall faint on the shore, In the inixth of the irighty Sea. Ent the Wind is sad and restless, And cursed with an inward pain; You may bark as you ...

... Alusi. 1I FnsMAN'S SOING. By Norman Macleod, D.D. Dedicated to the Glasgow Riflemen. Published antd sold to allt a Bazaar for Barony Parish Missions. TaerT IX GOD AND no TEE RIGHT. Song by the Rev. Nor. man Macleod, D.D.; the melody by Mendelssohn; arranged by William Hutchins Calcott. -Published and sold to aid a Bazaar fur Barony Parish Missions. Wasar the above songs have a strong ...

... FASHIONS FORL VOLUNTEERS. ._ .. -- c ~ - , +. ' - ' (From the Spectator.) Artists of real talent as well as distinction are discussing the not unimportant question, how to dress the volunteer. They only seem to forget the sage precept of the ifumortal artist as the preliminary to dressing, first catch your hare, ' for this discussion is by no means useless. Ittends to promote the practical ...

... ?? NATAL: An Account of the Characteristics qui Cnd 0~ablties of this British Dependency, published hol ji#ide theauthority of the Government Immigration ?? tuder the the - :d4ance and information of emigrants. die 3Board, for the gu-- etJmsMnL., r Compiled and edited by Robert James Mana, M.D.1 Hi ?? Superintendent of Eduac9i.°n - Natal Lou- }l1 ,don *arrold k Sons, 47 St. Pauls Churchyard. ...

... .. i .. : _ .- _ _ . , t_ -.L.11.E ?? v -w~ --d __ v-1- ty *slhl n Egypt.'-Ani unpublishe I poem by EdPwin AstLerstoze, i the Dt b in Univeriity Magazine) Slowly, at length, A.s loath to strike, Aaron stretched out the rod: 'With large bright eyes upturned, and ?? lips, On heaven a moment gazed; then downward looked, And smote the water. A As when fire breaks out In a thick-peopled dwelling; ...

... LITERATIURE. ScOTLAND IN THE MinDui AGE. Srnns OF EARLY b: ScoTrc HISxoRY srNDSOCcA PROGnSS. By CosToo Imnes, Professor of History in the University of Edinburgh. o: Edinburgh: Edmonston &Douglas. 1869. a Si Tus delight and deep interest with which Mr. Chambers's v Domestic Annalsof Scotland werereceivedby the public, t might have been taken as a hint that any further explore. t tions in a ...

... LITER AT UII E. TiLE LIFr or JULIUS OESAsI. By the Ven. John Williams, t- A.M., Archdeacon of Cardigan, Author of 1;Alexander the Great, &c. London: G. Rloutledge & Co., Farringdon Street. 1854. Tills is a vcry interosting record of the Life of the Groat Re- dman, accompanied with instructive sketches of his contempor- t. aries, and of the state of thle Republic ainterior to, and disriug Isis ...

... LI TE RAT U RE. ScoTTIc1sMIS CORRECTED. London: John F. Shaw. ToIS publication (a part of a series, entitled, Never too late to Learn), begins by defining a Scotticism in tvo wsays. The first definition, that of Dr. Beattie, the well-known poet of the last century wepresume, is, a Scotticism is an idiom or peculiar expression of the natives of Scotland. The second definition is stated to ...

... CA'TTLE SIlO WS. Yesteiday the annual competition of the Kilbarchasi Agri- oultural Society for cattle, poul try, and dairy prroduce,.was held e at Kilbarchan. The weather was really mast delightful, mnd 1% the turn-out on the show grountl was much superior to-what we b have seen on former occasiond. The proceedings were also r conisiderably enlivened from the preoseunce of, the Kilbarchan ...

... (FROM POEMS BY ELIZADETII 3IARRETT DROWNING.) Dying In his absence abroad, and referring to the Poem in which he recorded the sweetness of her eyes. On the door you will not enter, I have gazed too Iong-adieu!- IHope withdraws her peradvOenture- Death is near me,-and not yotu I Come, 0 lover, Close and cover These poor eyes, you called, I ween, Sweqtest. eyes, were ever seen. When I beard ...

... I~ ~ ,_ , . ken. a of (iFramutbe Mtanchester Guardian,) was The Exhibition of Art Treasures of the United Kingdom, this at Manchester, in 18.5?, is now a thing of the past, so far as the nee, public is concerned:- and to the executive committee there re- sage mains but the onerous tasak of. packing the countless treasures por- and retu-rning. them to their liberal-minded owners. it was for ...