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the many gap- her of ned, eat ded less Has vas ate Fing ed his eft ay us CHIT-CHAT; LITERARY AND MISCELLANEOUS. 61 My mother's smile, so sweetly mild, b No longer meets my tearful gaze; For blessings on his only child, No more my father prays. Mine was that mother's latest smile, And mine that father's latest prayer; They sleep beneath yon sacred aisle ; Would that their child were there! Father of all! thy spirit si od, In mercy, o'er my troubled soul; Vouchsafe to guard my orphan head; My erring thoughts control. vide to sidan Oh! teach me fortune, friends, and home, Without a murmur to resign; Be thou my guide where'er I roam, And make me wholly thine. Dec. 24, 1825. J. F. T. CHIT-CHAT; LITERARY AND MISCELLANEOUS. AMONG the volumes announced for publication in the autumn, we are pleased to observe a new series of poems from the pen of Miss L. E. Landon, entitled "The Golden Violet, with its tales of Romance, Chivalry, and other Poems." The plan of the work is not only extremely happy, but eminently calculated to display the peculiar powers of the writer. A competition for the Poetical Prize at the ancient festival of Thoulouse introduces the minstrels of all countries to sing their national songs, or recite their national legends. We had intended to have presented our readers, this month, with a splendid engraving by Mr. Finden, illustrative of this lady's Improvisatrice, but have been disappointed in the completion of the plate. It will be given in our next number without fail. Mr. Gans, one of the contributors to the Literary Magnet, has just published a very spirited translation of Engel's Lorenz Stark; a story which presents a truly characteristic picture of a German family. We trust the success of this work will induce Mr. G. to render into English some other tale of equal merit and popularity. levir The balloon-mania is not yet over; a Mr. Corneillot, who ascended a few days ago from Seven-Oaks, assures us that he has discovered the practicability of sailing horizontally in any direction, or at any given point of elevation. These aeronauts must be doing a pretty fair trade just now, for to say nothing of gratuitous newspaper puffs of their intrepidity, they are realizing from three to four hundred pounds a flight; and if fortunate enough to lose a balloon now and then there is sure to be a subscription collected for them amounting to thrice its value.ol sm

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