The HELP YOURSELF principle has at no time been extinct in society, while it is seen to be a universal law of Nature. The wolf _helps himself_ to the lamb, and the lamb to the grass. No animal assists another, excepting when in the relation of parent to young, when Nature could not dispense with the caprice of benevolence, which in this instance, be it observed, distresses the parties susceptible of the sentiment; for suckling creatures are always in poor condition. Appropriation is the great business of the universe. The institution of property is, on the other hand, artificial.--_Ibid._ * * * * * BALLET OF KENILWORTH, AT THE KING'S THEATRE. There is a very curious and ingenious, though not original, exhibition in this ballet. Among the festivities at Kenilworth Castle, in honour of the royal guests, a pantomimic "masque" of the gods and goddesses of Olympus is introduced. The divinities, instead of appearing in genuine Grecian attire, present themselves in the mongrel costume visual on such occasions in the time of Queen Elizabeth. This is droll enough, but more whimsical still is the style of their dancing. This, too, is meant as an imitation of the limited choregraphic _savoir faire_ of the age. It is as if Mons. Deshayes had triumphantly intended to portray the first dawn of an art which he considers to have now reached the summit of perfection. But who knows but the Monsieur _Un tel_ of 1931 may, with equal boldness, parody the pirouettes of Monsieur Deshayes? Even the music to this mythological interlude is borrowed from ancient scores; a happy thought, which deserves commendation.--_Ibid._ * * * * * SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. * * * * * THE NEW MAGAZINE. Mr. Campbell, the Poet, has seceded from the _New Monthly Magazine_, and commenced a magazine of his own--_The Metropolitan_. Without prejudice to the first-mentioned work, he has our best wishes for his new undertaking. The New Monthly Magazine has, however, supplied the _Mirror_ with brighter columns than any of its contemporaries, and we are mindful of the obligation, especially for that gay and lively description of writing which is really the _patter_ of literature. It will soon be seen whether Mr. Campbell and his forces succeed. The Number before us is, for a first, excellent. The Editor's Paper on Ancient Geography, with which it opens, is worth the price of the whole magazine: nay, it is worth more than many a modern quarto. Other papers are attractive; and there is much of the spirit of the times throughout the Number.--Poland, the Political Times, and the Lord Chancellor's Levee--are vividly written. The last is a good specimen of the "keep moving" style of a Magazine. We intend to quote largely from the _Memoirs of the Macaw of a Lady of Quality_, BY LADY MORGAN: