17 FEBRUARY 1872, page 15

Books.

LAMARTLNE'S YOUTH.* ALPHONSE DE LAMARTINE died without having completed a work which would probably have been exceedingly interesting, and must have been highly characteristic.......

Poetry.

AN OLD COLONEL ON FASHIONABLE POETRY. YES, Locksley, fifteen years have fled, This day, since you were born, And grandfather will wish you joy Upon your birthday morn. And this......