Literature.

The Boys Own Library ; Wild Sports of the World ; and tho Boys Ovm Magazine . —S . 0 . Beeton , Strand . The September number of these two works are before us , and we feel it difficult to speak of them excepting by a reiteration of our already expressed opinions . The Wild Sports of the World lose none of their interest as they

advance , and this number , which treats -principally of tho Tiger , the Hippopotamus , and the Leopard , will bear favour-¦ able comparison with any which have preceded it ; whilst if the letterpress is good , the illustrations could not well be exceeded . The Boys Own Magazine if of less pretensions than the library , is certainly not without its special interest . This month the tale of the "Wild Man of the Woods " is

brought to a satisfactory conclusion . Manly Exercises , Gymnastics , should commend itself , not only to boys , but to their parents and guardians , nothing tending to the preservation of health and the full development of the " human form divine , " as gymnastic exercises in youth . The sketch of George Washington , continued in this number , is well written and of great interest at a moment when the great

republic , which he did so much to establish—and it was hoped consolidate—is in the throes of revolution , the ultimate results of which nobody can foresee . "The J ^ ormans and Saxons , or Stories of the Conquest , " will do much to render the study of history popular amongst youthful readers . One peculiarity iu this Magazine is the distribution of prizes for essays on various subjects by its

subscribers , the authors not to exceed twenty years of ago ; and this number possesses an excellent specimen of those essays in "William the Silent , " Prince of Orange , one of the greatest friends to freedom and religious toleration who -ever lived .

The FtngMslmoman ' s Domestic Magazine for September . —S . O . Beeton , Strand . "Wayfe Summers , " "The Domestic History of England , " now arrived at the reign of James I ., " The Marchioness of Aurebonne , " "Beautiful Birds , " and "The Old Man in Love , " are all continued in this number , aud the latter , as

well as the Marchioness of Aurebonne , brought to a conclusion , without having lost anything of their interest . A very excellent series of essays on the study of botany , a science held in much esteem by ladies , has been commenced , aud , with the notes of the month , completes a capital number . But the great attraction of the work are its illustrations of fashion and needlework , which we are assured by competent judges to be all that could be desired .

Notes On Literature Science And Art.

NOTES ON LITERATURE SCIENCE AND ART .

The Eev . George Edmond Maunsell has just published a volume . of Poems , from which we extract the following , which has a very strong flavour of Hood's " Bridge of Sighs" : — " Friendless and outcast , Weeping alone , None , save the Righteous One , Heeding her moan

; Mock her not , scoff her not , Pale , bruised reed , Eather leave judgment Till judgment's decreed ! " Happiness , honest name , What were they all , Weighed against him who

Hath compassed her fall ? Liar , seducer , Chief in the deed ! Where is he now , in The hour of her need _? " -Oh . ' thine injustice , Thou pitiless world 1 Oh , the lost souls , whom-Thou downwards hast hurled !

Pawn on him , cherish , him , Set him on high ; As for the stricken one , — Leave her to die ! " Sorrowful sister ! Ill was thy deed ; - , \ Meekly submit thee ... . \

To infamy's meed ' . . \ Shrinking and speechless , Midst clamour and strife , Circled with scorners who > Thirst for thy life ; Magdalen ,. Sinner , Look upwards aud trust , Thou hast found mercy

, Though humbled to dust . " John Cordy Jeaffreson , Esq ., Barrister-at-law , and Mr . William Pole , C . E ., are preparing for the press The Life of Hobert Stephenson , F . H . S ., late President of the Institution of Civil Engineers , which is to form two octavo volumes , with a portrait and other illustrations .

The Bev . John Snndford , B . D ., Archdeacon of Coventry , has in the press The Mission and Extension of the Church at Home , considered in Eight Lectures preached before the University of Oxford in the year 1861 , on the Foundation of the late Itev . John Bampton , M . A . A new library edition of The Statesmen of the Cotnmomoealth , by John Porster , Esq ., with much new matter , is in the press .

Alphonse Esquiros , in his English at Home , which has just been translated and edited by Lascelles Wraxall , remarks : — "It would be a mistake to say that the law in England offers any opposition to the soldier becoming an officer . There are two varieties of commissions : those which are purchased , and those which may be granted gratuitously by the Queen . Not finding this barrier in the law we must seek it where it really exists—in the habits ,

manners , and feelings of the soldiers . During the Crimean war , at the moment when the position of the troops exited the liveliest interest , the authorities gave commissions to sergeants and corporals whose conduct had been applauded by the officers on the field of battle ; but most of these commissions were declined , and the small number of those who accepted had reason presently to repent . The sergeant , on rising from the ranks , finds himself transferred to another sphere—among gentlemenwhose birtheducationtastes

, , , , fortune , and conversation , condemn him to a state of isolation . Even though the other regimental officers are too generous to keep him aloof , he feels by the very nature of things a vacuum formed round him , and a sort of inferiority weighs like a remorse on his daily relations . We can understand , then , that , under such con difcions the good sense of the non-commissioned officer prefers an humble grade to a promotion which throws him out of gear . Thus

regarded , the gulf that separates the army into two classes , of which one is almost interdicted to the recruit , is deeper than if it had been dug by the law , for this gulf it is not even in the power of the Government to fill up . The liberal intentions of the Minister of War , have failed several times , and they will still fail , before obstacles which it is more easy to reprove than surmount . Still it must not be said that there is no remedy ; bnt it will require a long series of reforms , and the action of time , to modify on this

point the constitution of the English army . " 01 the portly forms of the London draymen , the Prench author writes : — " The most remarkable among them for height , dress , and large Saxon faces , are the draymen , who seem to belong to some extinct race of giants . If we may believe certain medical statements , the health of these men is not so good as their Herculean muscles and the rich hue of their blood seem to indicate . The wounds of draymen , we are told , cure but slowly , and their diseases

have special grave characteristics . In the matter of health , they endure the inconvenience of corpulence ; they are chosen for their size , and , as it were , by weight , like the Life Guards . Some of the breweries employ as many as a hundred of these draymen , who have stable lads under them . ' In the event of war , ' one of Barclay and Perkin's workmen said to me , ' we could turn out a squadron , of heavy cavalry . ' The wages vary according to the rank and importance of the workmanfrom one pound to three pounds

, per week . It is not generally known abroad what ease and liberty of mind this regularity of weekly payment produces among the labouring classes of Great Britain . The markets and tradesmen consequently lay in stocks for Saturday night , and the different quarters of the town then assume a singular air of animation . Such a mode of payment , at the same time , ensures the workmen a happy