there not consolation in the serene and continuous gratification with which it blessed Lamb? He has now left forever, the haunts accustomed to his presence. No more will Elia indite quaint reminiscences and humorous descriptions for our pleasure; no more will his criticism enlighten, his pathos affect, or his aphorisms delight us. But his sweet and generous sympathies, his refined taste for the excellent in letters, his grateful perception of the true good of being, his ideal spirit, dwells latently in every bosom. And all may brighten andr adiate it, till life's cold pathway is warm with the sunshine of the soul. THE BACHELOR RECLAIMED; A SKETCH FROM REAL LIFE. "So, you are determined not to marry?" "Absolutely." "And why?" "In the first place, I never expect to be able to support a wife according to my ideas of comfort. In the second place, I have no hope of meeting a woman who will sym. pathise sufficiently with my feelings and views, to be a congenial companion. Thirdly, I cannot bear the idea of adopting as constant associates the relations of her I may love, and fourthly, I consider housekeeping and all the details of domestic arrangements, the greatest bore in existence." This colloquy took place between two young men, in the garden of one of the fashionable hotels at Saratoga. It was a sultry afternoon, and they had retired under the shade of an apple-tree, to digest their dinner, which process they were facilitating by occasionally puffing some very mild, light-brown Havana segars. The last re |