25 DECEMBER 1875, page 15

A Latin Version Of Watts.

"There is a land of pure delight." — Wsrrs's Hymns, Bk. 2, Horn 66._ PULCHRA terra, pura terra Plena gaudiorum, Ubi coalitum paratur Regimen piorum Infiuita Lux avertit Noctem......

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THE HOUSE OF STAIR.* AsfoNO the great Houses- of Scotland, there are few which have so marked• and distinctive a character as the Dalrymples of Stair. In point of antiquity, as......