We regret that various articles of merit both in prose and verse are necessarily excluded from the present number. Among the former, "_Hints to Students in Geology_"--"_Eloquence_"--"_The March of Mind_"--and the "_Description of a Fourth of July Celebration_," shall certainly appear in December. Among the latter, "_Lines to D----_," by a lady--"_Beauty and Time_"--"_Autumn Woods_"--"_Powhatan_;" and "_Lines Suggested on Viewing the Ruins of Jamestown_," shall be published. So also shall appear "_The Invocation to Religion_," and other pieces by our esteemed correspondent "L." We hope that our talented friends of Mobile and Tuscaloosa will be patient. We could only delight our readers with a part of their contributions in the present number. We greet the literary spirit of our young sister of the southwest. We regret being obliged to decline the publication in the present number of the lines on "_The Creation of the Antelope_," being unable to decipher some of the words in the copy sent. Can we be favored by our correspondent "C" with another copy? We have placed _Mr. French's Grammar_ in the hands of a skilful philologist for examination. We have been favored with a sight of the _Poetical Manuscripts_ of the late excellent and lamented _Mrs. Jean Wood_, and we shall take the earliest opportunity to present some selections from them to the notice of our readers. The essay on "_Luxury_" was received too late for the present number. We are unable to decipher the manuscript of "_Alive_." End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Southern Literary Messenger, Vol. I., No. 3, November, 1834, by Various