A Review.

We might prolong our extracts , but we think well to stop here to-day , strongly recommending " Proverbs in Porcelain " to all our readers , concluding with the poet ' s own admirable " Finis " — "WHEN FINIS COJIES . "

( TO A . K . ) When Finis comes , the Book we close , And somewhat sadly , Fancy goes , With backward step , from stage to stage Of that accomplished pilgrimage . . . The thorn lies thicker than the rose !

There is so much that no one knows , — So much un-reached that none suppose ; What flaws ! what faults ! on every page , When Finis comes . Still—they must pass ! The swift Tide

, flows . Though not for all the laurel grows , Perchance , iu this he-slandered age , The worker , mainly , wins his wage;—And Time will sweep both friends and foes When FINIS comes !

Notes On Literature, Science And Art.

NOTES ON LITERATURE , SCIENCE AND ART .

BY BRO . GEORGE MARKHAJI TWEDDELL , Author of Shakspm , his Times , and Contemporaries" " The Bards and Authors of Cleveland and South Durham , " " The Peoples History of Cleveland and the Vicinage , " " The Visitors ' Handbook to Eedcar , Coatlum , and Saltlmrnby-the-Sea , " " The History of the Stoclcton and & ofce

Darlington Railway , " c , . DK . ROBINSON ' Messiah , a blank verse poem , published a few years ago , and dedicated by permission to the Marquis of Ripon , then " Lord President of the Privy Counciland Grand Master of the

Free-, masons of England , " has reached a second edition . The work is of too theological a nature for fully noticing in the MASONIC MAGAZINE , further than to say that Dr . Robinson is well known as one of the most

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prolific of Yorkshire bards ; and that his blank verse does not halt , the opening passage of the volume , which is really Masonic , will show : — " Eternal , uncreated Power ! Whose word Call'd into being this vast universe

, With all that it inhabits ; and Who still , With never-failing skill and wisdom , guides The planets in their course ; Who giveth light , The sun to rule by day , the moon by night ; . Who regulates the seasons ; sending rain , Or hail , or snow , or heat , as seemethbest To thy Almighty Wisdom , which hath sworn

' Seed-time and harvest-time shall never fail , ' Help us to worship Thee aright . Oh ! fill Our hearts with fervent gratitude for all Thy mercies , ever new and numberless . And , whilst we praise and bless Thy holy name For all Thy gifts , and humbly bend the knee In fervent adoration at Thy throne ; Our highest , noblest , wannest notes of praise We render Thee . "

Mr . W . M . Egglestone , who is . already favourably known as a collector of local historical waifs and strays , is now preparing for publication Stanhope Memorials of Bishop ) Butler . The work is to treat of Stanhope Church , the Early Life of Joseph-Butlerhis residence at Stanhopehis

, , Curates , Clerk , and Sexton , and much other matter which will interest the reading public in general , and Weardale folks in particular . Dean Stanley has gone so far as to pronounce Bishop Butler " the greatest prelate who ever filled this

see of Durham—the greatest theologian , in some respects , that ever adorned the English Church . " But theology is ground which I must not now tread on . I have , some time ago , directed attention to the rapid progress of the cotton manufacture in the United States . Mr . Edward

Atkinson , a Boston manufacturer , thus deals some sturdy blows at that unprincipled adulteration which has eaten into the vitals of our English cotton manufacture , and is fast ruining our credit among all nations : "It has never been assumed that American goods , as now

made , would meet the demand of all markets supplied from England , but onl y of those markets which call for pure goods . If it pays to furnish sour flour , pipe clay , chloride of magnesia and barytes , held together with some fibres of cotton , we have an abundance of such materials ; but , aside from other considerations , the profit of using them is doubtful . "