"And more than that, sir. When old Mainspring kicks, we are to have the counting of his mouldy coppers--so we have the devil's luck and our own; and as for false curls, braids, bandeaux, Macassar oil, cold cream, bear's-grease, tooth-powder, and Dutch toys, show me within the walls of the City a more respectable, tip-topping perfumery depot and wig-warehouse, than that wherein you now sit, and of which I, Tobias Tims, am, with due respect, the honoured master, and your humble servant!" _Blackwood's Magazine_. In addition to the foregoing, (which is one of the happiest pieces in Goldsmith's style that we have read for a long time,) there is in _Blackwood's Magazine_ an article of extraordinary graphic spirit, occupying twenty-two pages. But we will attempt to abridge it for our columns, as well as to give a sprinkling from the _Noctes_ in the same number. All are in the best style of their vigorous masters. * * * * * ELEGY _To the Memory of Miss Emily Kay, (cousin to Miss Ellen Gee, of Kew,) who lately died at Ewell, and was buried in Essex_. D.T. Fabula narratur. Sad nymphs of UL, U have much to cry for, Sweet MLE K U never more shall C! O SX maids! come hither and VU, With tearful I this M T LEG. Without XS she did XL alway-- Ah me! it truly vexes 1 2 C How soon so DR a creature may DK, And only leave behind XUVE! Whate'er I O to do she did discharge, So that an NME it might NDR: Then Y an SA write? then why N? Or with my briny tears her BR BDU? When her Piano-40 she did press, Such heavenly sounds did MN8, that she, Knowing her Q, soon I U 2 confess Her XLNC in an XTC. Her hair was soft as silk, not YRE, It gave no Q nor yet 2 P to view: She was not handsome: shall I tell U Y? U R 2 know her I was all SQ. L8 she was, and prattling like AJ. O, little MLE! did you 4 C The grave should soon MUU, cold as clay. And U should cease to B an NTT! While taking T at Q with LN G, The MT grate she rose to put a(:) Her clothes caught fire--I ne'er again shall C Poor MLE, who now is dead as Solon. O, LN G! in vain you set at 0 GR and reproach for suffering her 2 B Thus sacrificed: to JL U should be brought And burnt U 0 2 B in FEG. Sweet MLE K into SX they bore, Taking good care her monument to Y 10, And as her tomb was much 2 low B 4, They lately brought fresh bricks the walls to I 10. _New Monthly Mag_. * * * * * Notes of a Reader. * * * * * A NEW CYCLOPAEDIA.