The snow-topped hills of Armony,

Where Noah's Ark may now be found,

I've seen;-in sooth, I do not lie ;

Told o'er my beads and kissed the ground.

At Walsingham, my vows I've paid;
At Waltham eke, and Coloraine;
And to Saint Thomas I have prayed,
Who near the Holy Rood was slain.

But, tell me, to what saint, I pray,
What martyr, or what angel bright,
To dedicate this holy day,

That brings you here so gaily dight?

This calendar I've searched with care,
For saints y'blessed and angels good;
The holy saints are named there,-
But no such saint as Robin Hood.

*Handkerchief.

MEN.

Dost thou not, simple Palmer, know-
What every child can tell thee here,-
Nor Saint nor angel claims this show,
But the bright season of the year?

WOMEN.

The cowslips now adorn the dells;
On sunny banks primroses blow,
With violets sweet and dainty bells;
And on the green the daisies grow ; —
The birds in warbling chorus sing,
In hedge and grove and shady wood,
Inviting us to hail the Spring,
And join the troop of Robin Hood.

CHORUS.

With merry carol, dance, and play,
We welcome Robin's wedding day!

NOTICES.

Art. IX. Essays, on the Nature, Causes, and Effects of National Antipathies; Credulity, and Enthusiasm: with an historical Review of the Revolutions of Empires, according to the Records of Profane Authors, from the earliest Ages to the Death of Alexander the Great. By R. Otley. 12mo. pp. 335. Price 7s. London, 1828.

WE cannot speak highly in eulogy of this volume. It is written with a great redundancy of words, but, so far as we have been able to ascertain, without equivalent distinctness or importance of subject. The Author has not, so far as we are aware, placed any one point in a new light; nor does he seem to have carried his investigations either very far or very deep into the original sources of historical information. We have found nothing in the shape of original illustrations, and not much in the way of interesting detail; nothing in short, but what had been before the world, and with far more solid claims to popularity. The Author can sometimes write very flippantly and very ignorantly. He believes that the Deluge was topical;' and he talks of the sects of Baptists and Mahometan Botanists'. What he means by the latter, it is impossible to divine: it may be a mere blunder. His notion of a 'Baptist,' betrays sheer ignorance.

Art. X. Greek Extracts, chiefly from the Attic Writers; with a Vocabulary. 12mo. pp. 192. 1829.

THIS little collection, compiled for the use of the Edinburgh Academy, contains a delectus from the Greek classical writers in prose and poetry. It exhibits the principal dialectic varieties of the language; and with the additional recommendations of good paper and neat typography, stands a fair chance of becoming popular.

ART. XI.

LITERARY INTELLIGENCE.

In a Few Days will be Published, The Aspect of Prophecy respecting the Present and Future State of the Jews. By the Rev. W. B. Collyer, D.D. &c. &c. 8vo.

Shortly will be Published, in 1 Vol. 12mo., Gideon and Other Poems. By the Author of " My Early Years for those in Early Life", "Jane and her Teacher", "George Wilson and his Friend", &c.

Preparing for the Press, A New and Improved Edition of, A Help to the Scriptures. By the Rev. J. Leifchild.

Another portion of Mr. Booth's Analytical Dictionary is in the Press, and will be Ready for Delivery in a Fortnight.

The Rev. Robert Everest, A.M. F.G.S., late of University College, Oxford, has in the Press, A Journey through Norway, Lapland, and part of Sweden; with some Remarks on the Geology of those Countries, Statistical Tables, &c.

The Rev. J. Grant, of Kentish Town, is preparing for Publication, An Essay on the Coins of Scripture, as affording Internal Evidence of the Truth of Christianity; and on the Tribute-money, as affording no grounds for the Popish Doctrine of divided Allegiance.

A cheap Edition of the Rev. Thomas Scott's Family Bible is now passing through the Press, in imperial 8vo. The Work is to appear in Parts, price 3s. each, of which One will be Published every Fortnight, and the Whole will be completed in Twenty-eight Parts, forming Three large Volumes. Part I. was published on the 2d of May.

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POLITICAL.

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THEOLOGY.

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Some Account of the Writings and Opinions of Justin Martyr. By John, Bishop of Lincoln, &c. 8vo. 78. 6d.

An Examination of the History of the Bible, relative to its Original Production, General Treatment, and its Connection with Ancient Literature. By F. Whitridge, Author of "The Scripture Diary," &c. 12mo. 6s.

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