18 APRIL 1829, page 10

Bores Of The Press.

SOLOMON confessed ignorance of three things, and there are certain appearances which have puzzled the wise of all times. LAZARILLO de TORMES tells us that no philosopher can......

Holyday Work.

WE congratulate you and ourselves, gentle readers, that thin-ribbed Lent is in his last agonies. Let him go,—a surly, parsnip-faced fellow ! Like a miser he has been hoarding up......

French Ballads.

IN our 17th Number, we introduced our readers to some exquisite specimens of the modern French ballad. We have reason to be- lieve that the old ballads of France are not less......