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 Rh from his own history, some transactions of the French Revolution of 1848. E. A. Pollard, of New York, pays a month's visit to his old Blue Ridge home. Praed's poems are extensively exhibited. There is a review of the "Memoirs of Robert Houdin," ambassador, author and conjurer; also "Kate," a novelette, and a sketch, in two parts, of "Foolometers."

The poetry is abundant. How Amie has expanded! Mr. Thompson might have made her Mrs. Editor. Fanny Fielding, of Norfolk, comes forth in both poetry and prose. A young lady of Virginia looks into a mirror a century old and is inspired with 175 lines of good poetry. Maria Gertrude Buchanan has a long ode on Virginia. Mr. Thompson has: "Poesy, an Essay in Rhyme," delivered before the Literary Societies of Columbian College, at the Smithsonian Institution, June 28th, 1859.

The projected celebration at William and Mary was held on the 19th of February, notwithstanding the late conflagration, and St. George Tucker delivers a semi-epic poem, from which large extracts are given in the Editor's Table. Then, on the Fourth of July, at the close of the session, Hugh Blair Grigsby delivers there, before the students, an oration, with the whole of which the Messenger favors its readers.

This year, the editor made two notable