12 AUGUST 1871, page 12

Sir Walter Scott.

I T is not surprising that there should be a general desire at this time to do honour to the memory of Scott,—the healthiest and most humane man of letters which this century......

A Thought On The Future State.

!VIE tendency to believe in a future state does not in this country decrease. Every other form of scepticism flourishes, and finds new votaries ; but the notion that "death is......