In the _poetical_ department we notice the Retreat, some beautiful lines by J. Montgomery; Ellen Strathallan, a pathetic legend, by Mrs. Pickersgill; St. Mary of the Lows, by the Ettrick Shepherd; Xerxes, a beautiful composition, by C. Swain, Esq.; the Banks of the Ganges, a descriptive poem, by Capt. McNaghten; Lydford Bridge, a fearful incident, by the author of Dartmoor; Alice, a tale of merrie England, by W.H. Harrison; and two pleasing pieces by the talented editor. Our extract is LANGSYNE. BY DELTA. Langsyne!--how doth the word come back With magic meaning to the heart, As Memory roams the sunny track, From which Hope's dreams were loath to part! No joy like by-past joy appears; For what is gone we peak and pine. Were life spun out a thousand years, It could not match Langsyne! Langsyne!--the days of childhood warm, When, tottering by a mother's knee, Each sight and sound had power to charm, And hope was high, and thought was free. Langsyne!--the merry schoolboy days-- How sweetly then life's sun did shine! Oh! for the glorious pranks and plays, The raptures of Langsyne! Langsyne!--yes, In the sound, I hear The rustling of the summer grove, And view those angel features near, Which first awoke the heart to love. How sweet it is, in pensive mood, At windless midnight to recline, And fill the mental solitude With spectres from Langsyne! Langsyne!--ah, where are they who shared With us its pleasures bright and blithe? Kindly with some hath fortune fared; And some have bowed beneath the scythe Of death; while others, scattered far, O'er foreign lands at fate repine, Oft wandering forth, 'neath twilight's star, To muse on dear Langsyne! Langsyne!--the heart can never be Again so full of guileless truth-- Langsyne! the eyes no more shall see, Ah, no! the rainbow hopes of youth. Langsyne! with thee resides a spell To raise the spirit, and refine Farewell!--there can be no farewell To thee, loved, lost Langsyne! Of the _prose_ articles, we have already given some specimens--The Hour Too Many, a fortnight since; and Vicenza, just quoted. The next we notice is Recollections of Pere la Chaise, for the graphic accuracy of which we can answer; Eliza Carthago, an African anecdote, by Mrs. Bowditch; Terence O'Flaherty, a humorous story, by the Modern Pythagorean of Blackwood; two interesting stories of Modern Greece; a highly-wrought Persian Tale, by the late Henry Neele; Miss Mitford's charming Cricketing Sketch; the Maid of the Beryl, by Mrs. Hofland; a Chapter of Eastern Apologues, by the Ettrick Shepherd; the Goldsmith of Westcheap, a story of the olden time--rather too long; and a characteristic Naval Sketch.