The small tree, named by the botanists _Aronia Botyrapium_, is called, in some parts of our country, the shad-bush, from the circumstance that it flowers about the time that the shad ascend the rivers in early spring. Its delicate sprays, covered with white blossoms before the trees are yet in leaf, have a singularly beautiful appearance in the woods. Page 192. _"There hast thou," said my friend, "a fitting type Of human life."_ I remember hearing an aged man, in the country, compare the slow movement of time in early life, and its swift flight as it approaches old age, to the drumming of a partridge or ruffed grouse in the woods--the strokes falling slow and distinct at first, and following each other more and more rapidly, till they end at last in a whirring sound. Page 194. AN EVENING REVERY.--FROM AN UNFINISHED POEM. This poem and that entitled "The Fountain," with one or two others in blank verse, were intended by the author as portions of a larger poem. Page 196. _The fresh savannas of the Sangamon Here rise in gentle suells, and the long grass Is mixed with rustling hazels. Scarlet tufts Are glowing in the green, like flakes of fire._ The Painted Cup, _Euchroma coccinea,_ or _Bartsia coccinea, _ grows in great abundance in the hazel prairies of the Western States, where its scarlet tufts make a brilliant appearance in the midst of the verdure. The Sangamon is a beautiful river, tributary to the Illinois, bordered with rich prairies. Page 204. _The long wave rolling from the southern pole To break upon Japan._ "Breaks the long wave that at the pole began."--TENNENT'S _Anster Fair._ Page 205. _At noon the Hebrew bowed the knee And worshipped._ "Evening and morning, and at noon, will I pray and cry aloud, and he shall hear my voice."--_Psalm_ lv. 17. Page 208. THE WHITE-FOOTED DEER. "During the stay of Long's Expedition at Engineer Cantonment, three specimens of a variety of the common deer were brought in, having all the feet white near the hoofs, and extending to those on the hind-feet from a little above the spurious hoofs. This white extremity was divided, upon the sides of the foot, by the general color of the leg, which extends down near to the hoofs, leaving a white triangle in front, of which the point was elevated rather higher than the spurious hoofs."--GODMAN'S _Natural History_, vol. ii., p. 314. Page 236. THE LOST BIRD. Readers who are acquainted with the Spanish language, may not be displeased at seeing the original of this little poem: EL PÁJARO PERDIDO. Huyó con vuelo incierto, Y de mis ojos ha desparecido. Mirad, si, á vuestro huerto, Mi pájaro querido, Niñas hermosas, por acaso ha huido. Sus ojos relucientes Son como los del águila orgullosa; Plumas resplandecientes, En la cabeza airosa, Lleva; y su voz es tierna y armoniosa.