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The New novel of Sir Walter Scott. enc
titled the Chronicles of the Canongate, is in
press and will appear in London early in
October. About the same time, another
work will be issued from the same hands,
which is to be called Tales of a Grandfa-
ther, being series of stories from the his
tory of Scotland, designed for the authors
grandson.


The venerable DR.. Holyoke, says the Sac
lem Gazette, entered on the hundreth year
of his age last Sunday. From the health of
his body and the vigor of his mind, life is
yet blessing to him and to his friends. He
preserves his relish for literature and soci-
ETY.. We occasionally observe him passing
to and from our public library with book
in his hand and few of his juniors devote
more hours to reading. His eyesight is so
good that he reads without spectacles.


Lah.-The bark of the chestnut (Fagus casta-
nea) is said to contain twice as much tan as that
of the oak, and gives, with sulphate of iron,
beautiful black ink. The color that this tan
produces is less liable to change by the sun and
rain than that produced by sumac.