"_Lion-izing_," by Mr. Poe, is an inimitable piece of wit and satire: and the man must be far gone in a melancholic humor, whose risibility is not moved by this tale. Although the scene of the story is laid in the foreign city of "_Fum Fudge_," the disposition which it satirizes is often displayed in the cities of this country--even in our own community; and will probably still continue to exist, unless Mrs. Butler's Journal should have disgusted the fashionable world with _Lions_. The prominent article for this month, we have not yet alluded to; it is the "_Dissertation on the Characteristic Differences between the Sexes; the Influence of Woman_," &c.--a subject of great and abiding interest, treated in a masterly manner. The comprehensive views taken by the writer, of the whole subject; the copiousness of his illustrations, and the happy manner in which they are brought to sustain his various positions, are striking features in this able article. We think we incur no risk in expressing the belief, that this Dissertation when completed, will be the most perfect essay on the subject, in the whole range of English literature. "_The Grave of Forgotten Genius_," and "_Lionel Granby_," will have their attractions, we doubt not, for many of our readers. The writer of the latter possesses powers of description of no mean order. He paints objects and characters skilfully, though at times his style is somewhat overloaded with words. We shall receive his future chapters with pleasure. The poetical contributions for this number are generally excellent. We are constrained to forbear any particular notice of them, by the briefness of the space which we have to occupy. TO CORRESPONDENTS.