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ler o f fl rith SUPP in Edward Vlth's reign) adopted those 1 , • been l ong es t a bli s h e d i n thi s coun t r y, stipe STI I errors which had crept in during an ,;1 , 4 4 11 sqti A_ oly .ous age, and retaining whatever was ”vriPture, and the primitive usage of the 4 4( p,0 10 ,, t 41 04 th e 05e zi a 4 it Miol e t • i t Nie tt i oil 14 owLiturgy was brow ht into the same N k i v 4 ti i ,be te ',ds, and was unanimously agreed to by 'fi4l'Cuer, 1661. It was sanctioned by Par hE e t °3'al following : and the 16th of May, 1662, Prof N ie h ook , 7 4 4t."—Page 11. ' °ll to "ft credit both to the author and iron, S , lett he belongs. a t „,, ~o e / ' and other Poems. London : itlyr e e or Routledge. e ° l lSid 'erial sciences and hard facts can 0 14 1) , 4 try very encouraging to the gentle 1 / 4 ,,,50 ) „the'1, 11 , 10 1 appeals to the imagination ra ''„t,th"llerertginent. Yet, notwithstanding this i`4y Nh 0 , 4 11 0 deficiency in appeals to popular los are i h gese attempts are as various in merit 711. 04 ° S l t yle. The volume before us is by a es the title of " Amilia Julia," and , s uPposed hardly amenable to the (e 'sol, which in such cases are applied ' hand. We may, however, remark , beauties are neither numerous nor are at the same time few serious 1.14 poem, " Byron," she endeavours from the obloquy which his many and may therefore claim credit for ion. She is, however, more happy •*, " Salathiel, or the Martyrs ;" of ancient Rome, when Christians It is well written, in a pleasing (pu lit graphic power, and will no doubt cer ieet 0 )k of Fancy Work. Dean and Son. London : this series, so interesting to ladies, beautiful designs for netting, with tetions for obtaining perfection in lishraent. ,tor. Edinburgh : James Hogg. r of this periodical is on a par with s predecessors. Its contents are and the subjects treated of are in a spirited manner. Whose title is at the head of this supply this deficiency : it professes, iters, to give a history of the com ger-Book; the other thirty-eight Lions of the various parts of the tendar to the Articles ; and we are the short space of 100 pages it summary, and affords a mass of the author most wisely proceeds 'em the great writers onthe Liturgy, Words, where those authors speak point ; in the rest he gives an ley have written. extract will show that the author and has not fallen into that m ischievous, error of supposing the le creation of the Reformers of the 4t t ~, Th e 1„„_, tlit°Pose;`;°k ' 4 five d o ia " 'N Pi erfeet Ide,.,4:onalte„elPO'Sriat3i co v Ra Lae e ale - ) trt L t .hat t i ,er krAe e eneilt 0 . t ltt t . t ‘lt ext ilna tion es , 4 , kktha,, his llots f r k m ow : o f. to the ro c !? k) s fi follwhat they of s 1 1 1 ., t kila f o r let.il;Att wort ea t o gt tol, e 41.1 1104 414 th, , ro 3 74 11 4t eB e b igh 00. fr ee, ri bleb ops • 4,,,g n:11e a fro, 1 1 ; 0 '1 101';') ty eo i ti ilia Nes kit t 1 1t 4 l t a r : O , orY ..3e ti 1 .1 1 ,r ; kf l e elitle o tferi, ci l , (1 8. t, v, 'es( e k ll eah t he a 4 -, 4 „ firs r - , ts Lti or o rii of .ed, an 4f, tent' ef' t il l 4 ttiq 4 St o i i)j eC4 )f It reartYrs. Y o: 4 . 1 ?i s ueh 1 0 1 :1 : ' 7 14 . aV ° l lli ettlY le4l rif t 4 °° A T 4, n ote , Q9ba e of t • SZI .really e a. t 4-. s ecora truc fo. r l l l pi Vet/ t 14 ct( FP' _ ru of •L A, , umbel Ltokl t i [111 ) : ;4 , -p ef 1' t it Le li4nnie7.7_"( rs 'Tap, Ai ,ie rtia Wele ol4 eCi 11(1 fo r e 1 Q'h e ,he t ,Ana it tet t ) tkiN pie a !t is 10 pi t NM u rr VG'' 11'; VG ' ' be ° S ill ; ,ri, I, lc ginne' be ‘ .6 do t bi l 1 t 1 4 "g t ; 11 :1( 44 1 t O A 9 b I,zyp MUSIC. !P, f tA ; °4 .2 1 a1e orb that silent shines" ''ood b ye r' London : Cramer, ad ditions to mo d ern v ocal music, le u must exceed the supply, not 'any appeals made for public ii i l aflied is composed by G. Linley, i s ul ° ll , and justifies his well-earned a ballad that seems likely to be The seco n d- name d i s f rom th e 'urns, the music by E. Silas, who has ' llll s Re eves. It will be found too ,L3rs, but will be appreciated by pro ') in mastering artistic refinements. ;Ilith is composed by Vincent Wal- I3 e a favourite with the lovers of lEMENT TO THE LIVERPOOL STAN Vase Rustique. London : Cramer, Beale, & Co. With the majority of superior dance music this waltz, by Rene Favarger, will maintain a good place, as the time is well marked, the air is pleasing, and there is an abundance of variety to avoid that frequent repetition which too often characterises this class of compositions. The composer's name is well and favourably known, and this piece will enhance his reputation. Happiness. London : Jullien. A ballad for home, the music by Thomas Baker. The fact that this pleasing composition has already reached a fifth edition, is, perhaps, the best proof that could be afforded of its claim to popular favour. Stemmer, moreeaux de salon—Geraldine, a Ma- zourka. London : Jullien. The first-named piece, by Ignace Gibson, will be appreciated by every lover of genuine music for its intrinsic merits. The latter is composed by Thomas Baker, for the piano -forte, and will form a useful study for that instrument. Merrylegs, new Schottische—Partay pour la Syrie, Polka Militaire. London : Addison. Two excellent pieces of dance music, by Gerald Stanley, full of life and spirit, and consequently very effective as contributors to the joyousness of a festive assembly. The Alma Polka. Liverpool: Smith. A capital polka for the piano -forte, dedicated, by permission, to the Countess of Derby. The composer, C. W. Smith, is, we understand, of youthful age, but he has shown himself no mean proficient in music. The popular air of " Auld lang sine " is most effectively introduced, and the piece deserves that popularity which no doubt it will enjoy. WHAT IS LITERATURE ? THIS is a question not enough thought of ; the answer to it is important, but by no means, I think, difficult, when once we see the necessity of making the discrimination. Books that are technical, that are professional, that are sectarian, are not literature in the proper sense of the term. The great characteristic of literature, its essential principle, is that it is ad dressed to man as man ; it speaks to our common human nature ; it deals .with every element in our being that makes fellowship between man and man through all ages of man's history, and through all the habitable regions of this planet. According to this view, literature excludes from its appropriate province whatever is addressed to men as they are parted into trades, and professions, and sects—parted, it may be, in the division for mutual good ; or, it may be, by vicious and unchristian alienation. It is the relation to universal humanity which constitutes literature ; it s matters not how elevated, whether it-be history, phi losophy, or poetry, in its highest aspirations ; or how humble, it may be the simplest rhyme or story that is level to the unquestioning faith and untutored intel lect of childhood : let it but be addressed to our com mon human nature, it is literature in the true sense of the term. No man can put it aside and say, "It concerns not me :" no woman can put it aside and say, "It concerns not me." The books which do not enter into the literature of a language are limited in their uses, for they hold their intercourse with something narrower than human nature, while that which is literature has an audience-chamber capacious as the soul of man--enduring as his immortality. It has a voice whose rhythm is in harmony with the pulses of the human heart. It is this, and this alone—this universality—which places a book in a nation's litera ture. It matters not what the subject, or what the modes of treating—be there but one touch of nature to make the whole world kin—it is enough to lift it into the region of literature. A London linendraper writes a treatise on angling, with no other thought, perhaps, than to teach an angler's subtle craft, but infusing into his heart so much of Christian meekness, so deep a feeling for the beauties of earth and sky, such rational loyalty to womanhood, and such simple, child-like love of song, the songs of birds, of milk-maid, and of minstrel, that this little book on fishing has earned its life of two hundred years already, outliving many a more ambitious book, and Isaak Walton has a place of honour amid British authors, and has the love , ARD even of those who have learned the poet-moralist's truer wisdom— "Never to blend our pleasure or our pride With sorrow of the meanest thing that feels:: I speak of this instance to show how a subject .which is indifferent to many, and even repulsive to not a few, may be redeemed and animated .by the . Author's human-heartedness. Hoiv much deeper, thn, - must be the interest of all the subjects, in the vast variety, with which there is universal sympathy ! How lunch mightier must be the agency of. literature as it passes beyond and above that .which is local and limited, temporary or conventional, into the region of the spiritual and the eternal, when it enters into the very soul of man, admonishing it of its weaknesses, and of its strength, and of its immortality !—Lectures 'on English Literature, by Henry Reed. PARENTS AND CHILDREN. MAKE true sentiment and sound good sense go hand in hand, and you will mould the child's mind to see that there is no beauty like truth, no enthusiasm like that which realities inspire, and that every page' of daily life contains a deeper interest, and a source for more elevated poetry, than the most tangled chapter of unnatural catastrophe pnd startling incident that poet or novelist ever concocted. But in the attempt to make children sensible, nothing should be done which has the least tendency to rob them of the charm of childish gaiety and enjoy ment. There is no gift so invaluable as that of buoyant spirits ; even the gift of good health is inferior to that of good spirits. And childhood is specially the period in life, indeed the only one, when joy springs out of everything, when mere existence is a boundCess cause of happiness, and when frolic and laughter seem abso lutely necessary to unburden the heart of its super fluous and overflowing merriment. There is an irresistible charm in this ; and since it has no necessary tendency to make the character unfeeling or regardless of others, it is too cruel to damp it for the few short years that we may dare hope it will last. Do not impose the gravity and the composure that become the years of manhood upon the bright and thoughtless head of childhood. So far as amusement is innocent, let them blow those glittering bubbles while they can ; and so far as fun and frolic does not infringe upon duty, and does not make sport with the feelings or infirmities of another, there can be no doubt that to give them fair play is more likely to allow room for a healthy mind and good feelings to grow up, than if you, as it were, cramp the free supple limbs of child hood into the dignified or solemn gait of its elders. The effect of too much restraint in early years will always show itself somewhere. Either in childhood it will produce morbidness and unnatural gloom, or con ceit and affectation ; or in youth, when the restraints of home and education are necessarily diminished, the mind, long wearied of its shackles and its prison, will burst forth into excess and error ; and having been in the habit of connecting principle with dulness and stu pidity, will throw it all away, and give itself up to a delirious and headlong course of folly and pleasure. Be content with making children good as children, and do not cramp them into dwarfish representations of men and women. At the same time, by encouraging a constant and unselfish consideration for the feelings of others, and thereby a due regard for all the proprieties of life, ft will be quite possible to keep their spirits within due bounds, and to prevent the little joyous creatures, whose laughter echoes through the house, from be coming a set of wild tormentors whom it is not safe to approach, and whose presence entails a perfect storm of noise and uproar, to the exclusion of all comfort and all sensible conversation. They should be made to understand that no amusement is innocent which is a source of annoyance to others, and that even their merriment and their play must not be indulged self ishly. The same principles which direct their more serious hours must influence their pleasures ; and obe dience, and consideration for the comfort of others, must at no time be lost sight of : but be careful how you meet the frolic of youth with pompous gravity, how you make the exuberance of a warm and joyous heart appear a sin and a shame, lest the flame which would have exhausted itself in a few harmless flashes, should smoulder on in gloom and silence, till the re-