The Sun.
London, England, 1847-07-06 00:00:00

LITER ATURE.

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magazine
SMILES AND TEAR.S. - or, The Romance of Life.
In Three Vols. BY GYa'ark Whitehead, Author of
writers.. As. the author of short stirring tales,
wherein the interest or the fun, as the case
.may
We delight
the prince of
be, never
.flags, he stands unrivalled.
Bentley; more d ) we delight
to see his
still name in the table of contents of.
on the title pages of thr Be such goodly volumes, as
these now under review. Smiles and tears is a. col-
lection of tales, such as those we have described.
to see it
Some of them have here to fore adorned the pages of
" Bentley's Miscellany;" mothers are original, but all
are excellent, and for a tr al Telling
companion, whether
by railroad or steam-bo ai; commend us to Charles
VVhitehead's " Smiles an .ii 'tears." It will be the
book of the season for se: s3ide sojourners.

POST-OFFICE RA rLWAY
DIRECTORY
_----
for 1847.
This admirably got-up -work, which has been com-
the " Post-office London Directory,"
the
by Messrs. Kelly pid Co., the proprietors of
contains a list
of the chairmen, deputy chairmen, directors, secre-
taries, engineers, and ( fficials, of every railway in
the United Kingdom ; showing the chronological
succession of chairmen, iiaputy chairmen, and other
officers ; the number of y( tars each director has to serve,
with the date of election and re-election; and .also an
alphabetical list of all pens ins connected wit railways.
The index to the Railway Comp
work we have everes is one of the
most complete specimens 'of index
seen, every company beii 4; entered under each of its
names, thus :—The Glas, g. ow, Kilmarnock, and Ar-
..o materials available as
drossan Railway is hide) :1 4 under letters K and A
as well as under G. T 1 ;is is the first attempt ever
made to produce a work of ' this nature, and the labour
and difficulties that have b el 3n overcome must have been
great indeed, as there we. !I 3
n
a groundwork. Those
1,,
difficulties have, however,
been overcome, and over
cc am triumphantly, and we
its arrangement is
congratulate Messrs. Kt al y on having produced a
standard work, complete and easy of reference—a
work which should be in f t) e possession of every person
interested in railways,
a, 3 one which can never be
superseded, as improveir A :nt on
impossible.

„. —lt is with unfeigned
4 our readers the intelligence,
a L has decided on holding its
BRITISU Assoc
pleasure' we announce to
thatnext the
meetingßritish
at As so c
Swansea.iati (
The time fixed is the 9th of
August, 1848. The Marq 9 is of Northampton, F.R.S.,
cretaries.—Cambrian.
President. The Marquis of Bute, Viscount Adare,
M.P., J. H. Vivian, Esq.,, F.R.S., M.P., Sir H. de la
Bache, F.R.S.; L. W. Dw: Il IYIII, Esq., F.R.S.,the Dean
of Llandaff, ad W. R. Gr, )1 e, Esq., F.R.S., ice-Presi-
dents. J. G. Jefferys, F%. R.S., Treasurer. Dr. Nicol
andmM.A.NA:ROngsgrrinditge
'AENDSq” ;(
S ,9 UTHAMPTON.—The Direc-
tors of this Company v ri.:ll issue new scrip as early as
possible, but no precise t.i. me can be named, as the re-
ceipt of such new scrip V IL 'I have to be preceded by the
subscription of fresh dee da , which cannot be prepared
until Parliament has det ;if led upon some contemplated
alterations in standing ore tem When these are made
public, the deeds will be 1 N .epared, and new scrip issued
without delay. A deposit ; of ss. per share will be pay-
able before issue of scrip.— ~ Manchester Stock Exchange
Circular.
The Minister of Publi A Worship had addressed a
ciroular to the Archbishor d and Bishops of France, re-
minding them of the law i vi Lich forbids their taking in-
structions from any source', ut their Government relative
to the putting up prayers in churches; but several of
th 4
be
:0 upmeceho r
dh aevree,donprtohyeeorcscatosioben
lade for the distressed
Irish.—Galignani.
these high dignitaries of
pofutthnep,paasntodreanlilieetetteirenosf tthot ~.
SHRAPNELL SHELLS.- .--:1,167,642 shrapnell shells
have been ordered for ti to British and Indian armies
since the adoption of the sh ell by the Government for
the use of the national forces. This appears from a
Parliamentary return.
The Rev. George E vet, and was elected evening
lecturer at St. Marylebon a 4 ear Church, at the gttryle-
borie Vestry, cu,Paturday—.
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