celebrated Father in the Church, hitherto unknown,
has been discovered and published by the librarian of the National
Assembly--so M. Villemain announced at a recent meeting of the _Academie
des Belles Lettres_ at Paris. The work traces the heresies of the third
century to the writings of the Pagan Philosophers, and throws new light
upon ancient manners, literature, and philosophy.

In the album presented to the King of Bavaria by the artists of Muenich,
is an admirable composition by Huebner. It is an expression of the
feelings of a large portion of Upper Germany. It represents a female
prostrate upon the ground, with the arms crossed, the face entirely
hidden, in an attitude of the deepest despair. The long hair floats
over the arms, and trails along the ground. The whole figure is a
mixture of majesty and utter abandonment. The simple title of the piece
is--"Germania, 1850."

_Yeast: a Problem_, is the Sartor-Resartorish title of a collection of
papers reprinted from Fraser's Magazine, where they have excited no
little attention. It purports to be a sample of what is fermenting in
the minds of large classes of young men of the present day, and
leavening the whole mass of society. Though published anonymously, it is
known to be written by the author of "Alton Locke," and partakes largely
of the merits and defects of that remarkable work. It is to be
republished by the Harpers.

In WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR the material for an admirable newspaper writer
has been thrown away. Witness the following double-handed hitting in a
letter to Lord Duncan, who lately won a victory over the Ministers, "...
A quarrel about hats, caps, and stockings, and the titles they confer,
is too ridiculous. Is a hunchback to be treated with gravity, with
severity, because an ignorant rabble calls him _my lord_. If I chose to
call myself Lord Duncan, I should only be laughed at. People would
stare; some would ask, 'Is this the great Lord Duncan who won the Battle
of Camperdown?' Others would answer, 'No; nor is it he who won as great
a one in Westminster the other day. He is an impostor: haul him out; but
don't hurt him:' I have the honor to be, etc."

_Dahomey and the Dahomans_, by Frederick E. Forbes, gives an interesting
account, drawn from personal observation, made during the last two
years, of the manners and customs of this savage people. Among the most
revolting is the _Ek-que-noo-ah-toh-meh_ or "Throwing of Presents," in
which the king