"The oak gives place to the walnut-tree,
For more 'tis beat, the better it be!"
At the public meeting, the Lord Provost will—on the part of the City of Edinburgh—decorate certain members of the Congress with medals, bearing the effigies of a Goose—a Calf—a Bee. Anser, Vitulus, Apis regunt mundum: the Goose, the Calf, the Bee do (should) rule the world—Goose-pen, Calf-parchment, Bees'-wax.
At the banquet geese and sweetbreads and wax-candles will, in a savoury and brilliant manner, further illustrate the uses and beauties of Anser, Vitulus, Apis.
For ourselves, we say, long flourish the olive-tree! But is now the precise season to plant it in the soil of Scotland?
Courteous invitations have been sent to the Emperors of Russia and Austria, to be present either in their Imperial persons or by ambassador. However, up to the time of our going to press, no answer had been received; and we thought it, perhaps, useless to wait for it.
"Woodman! Spare that Joke."
A new Work has been recently published under the quaint title of "The Book of the Axe." We do not know whether it is an illustrated volume, but the "Book of the Axe" would seem to have missed its aim, unless the "cuts on wood" are numerous.