We regret that various articles of merit both in prose and verse are
necessarily excluded from the present number. Among the former, "_Hints
to Students in Geology_"--"_Eloquence_"--"_The March of Mind_"--and the
"_Description of a Fourth of July Celebration_," shall certainly appear
in December. Among the latter, "_Lines to D----_," by a lady--"_Beauty
and Time_"--"_Autumn Woods_"--"_Powhatan_;" and "_Lines Suggested on
Viewing the Ruins of Jamestown_," shall be published.
So also shall appear "_The Invocation to Religion_," and other pieces
by our esteemed correspondent "L."
We hope that our talented friends of Mobile and Tuscaloosa will be
patient. We could only delight our readers with a part of their
contributions in the present number. We greet the literary spirit of
our young sister of the southwest.
We regret being obliged to decline the publication in the present
number of the lines on "_The Creation of the Antelope_," being unable
to decipher some of the words in the copy sent. Can we be favored by
our correspondent "C" with another copy?
We have placed _Mr. French's Grammar_ in the hands of a skilful
philologist for examination.
We have been favored with a sight of the _Poetical Manuscripts_ of the
late excellent and lamented _Mrs. Jean Wood_, and we shall take the
earliest opportunity to present some selections from them to the notice
of our readers.
The essay on "_Luxury_" was received too late for the present number.