LITEKAKY K0TICE3. 



Grecian stvle to moileru tastes and habits, but of •which nothing is to be seen from -without the 

 grounds but the top of a lofty campanile, from -which is now displayed the banner -with the royal 

 arm?, which always indicates the presence of the reigning sovereign of Great Britain. It is the 

 custom of tlie royal family, -when here, to live in as retired and unstately a -way as they can ever 

 be permitted to. The Prince himself turns farmer, and engages -with much ai-dor in improving 

 the agricultural capabilities of the soil, much of -which -wa-s not originally of a fertile character, but 

 by thorough drainage, and judicious tillage and manuring, is no-w producing greatly enlarged 

 crops. The Prince is -well known as a successful breeder and stock-farmer, having taken several 

 prizes for fat cattle, Ac, at the great annual shows, llcr ilajesty personally interests herself in 

 the embellishment of the grounds and the extensive oak plantations -which are being made, and ifl 

 in the habit of driving hei-self a pair of ponies, unattended, through the estate, studying the com- 

 fort of her little cottage tenantry, and in every -way she can, trying to seem to herself the good 

 -wife of a respectable country gentleman. 



" On the lost birth-day of Prince Albert, a dinner -was given to the laborers on the estate, -with 

 the seamen, boys, and marines of the Royal Yacht, and the coast-guard and soldiers stationed in 

 the neighborhood, (altogether about four hundred persons). The dinner -was provided iu a large 

 tent which -was pitched on the lawn in front of the house, and consisted of a plentiful supply of 

 beef, mutton, and plum-pudding, -with strong ale. After grace had been said by the bailiff, 

 (overseer,) and the company -were seated, the Queen ajid Prince walked through the tent, and at 

 the conclusion, after the usual loyal toasts, all adjourned to the greensward without, and in the 

 presence of all the royal f;\mily engaged in a country dance, and afterwards in foot-races and in 

 games of cricket and foot-ball, and other old-fashioned rural sports, the Queen remaining with 

 them several houra" 



Wc almost envy ^Lr. Olmsted liis ramble through the Isle of Wight, and from Portsmoutli 

 to Liphook, through the pleasant little villages of Ilillsea and Cosham, and if he had stoppd 

 to rest at the George Inn, on Post-Do-wn-IIill, he -would have enjoyed, as we have, fi-om 

 the summit of the beautiful liill, one of the finest views ever beheld. 



The Forest. By J. V. Hitn'tington. In one volume: pp. 384 New York: J. S. Redfield. 



This interesting story contains some of the finest descriptions of American scenery we 

 have ever read. The forest, the rapid, the lake, is depicted in language alike truthful and 

 beautiful. We 'give the opening description as an example : 



"It was one of the first days of October ; the hour was about three, post meridian. A thick, 

 whitish mist, the clearing off of the equinoctial, had veiled the sky all day, sometimes had 

 descended in heavy showers, always had curtained the summits of the sweeping mountains, and 

 made opaque the motionless lakes, rendering faint and uncertain the reflection of their -svild 

 islets and wilder shores, thick with virgin forests, then just in the perfection of that autumnal 

 glory peculiar to the western hemisphere. So rich and vivid, indeed, -were the tints of the 

 boundless foliage, that even under that sullen fog the nearer shores of the lakes and slopes of 

 the mountains seemed bathed in a glowing sunset Tlie patches of hemlock winding among the 

 frost-dyed deciduous trees, appeared hke the shadows of clouds on a lofly hiU-side. 



Garden Walks -with the Poets. By M:-s. C. 5L KmicLAKD. New York : Putnam & Company. 

 This is a beautlfid collection of poems on the Garden and Flowers, by various authors, 

 edited by Mrs. Kirki,anx>. Mrs. K. very truly remarks in her introduction, " No one who 

 has not examined English poetry -with an especial view to the Gai-don, could imagine 

 extent to wluch that rich theme has iuspii-ed tlie sons of song." 



