ing), and "Sam Weller's Valentine" (Dickens). The Rev. D. Thomson of Forgan presided, and votes of thanks to him and the amateurs for enabling the inhabitants of Newport to spend a most delightful evening together, were warmly accorded.

BRECHIN. PENNY READINGS.-An effort is being made at present by the Rev. Mr. Crabb and some others to get these readings, which have proved so beneficial in other places, set agoing here, and a meeting has been held in the Court-room to consider what steps are to be taken in the matter.

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Corporal Crump's Narrative. ix. 84 POE, EDGAR ALLAN (1811-1849).

vii. 164 Biographical Sketch

78 The Careless Couple..