the communication, signed a, contains many thoughts of peculiar poetical beauty, yet we regret to see, here and there, blemishes, which materially affect its merits as a whole, and which none but the author can properly remedy. a careful correction would do away those redundancies, with which it is now encumbered, and render it of more finished excellence. for the present, therefore, it is deferred.

tuum carmen, grai, ‘limae labore’ deficiens, “in cineres citissime redegimus” ? ‘cinis ad cinerem.’

z’s manuscript is too extensive for our limited space, and also too obscure for our mental and bodily vision.

the “musings of adonis” are also among the “great rejected.” to use his own language, “their beauty and fragrance,(?)

“long since in sad silence have flown,

like thistle-down, far on the gale!”

“omega” shall receive a place corresponding with his signature, by the by, one most appropriate, and withal, a fine typical emblem of the merits of his performance.

the perusal of the first couplet of the “apostrophe to the moon” sufficed us.—“look!—lo! behold!”

“o! thou shiny orb, that careerest above—

thy spirit how soothing,—thy light full of love!”

all articles intended for no. 2, we would wish to receive at an early date, through the post office.