Literary Gossip.

There is a change in every hour ' s recall , And the last cowslip in the fields we see On the same day with the first corn-poppy . Alas for hourly change ! Alas for all The loves that from his hands proud Youth lets fall , Even as the beads of a told rosary . The twelfth quarterly number of Leisure , quite equal in every respect to

the hig h standard attained by its predecessors , has just reached us . With the current issue comes the title page and index to the first volume , which is worthy of a place in any well-selected library . From its establishment Leisure has borne unmistakable evidence of careful editorial control , many of the stories ancl lig hter articles have been contributed by writers of well established fame , the essays and descriptive papers have always been entertaining and instructive , and the poetry has been remarkably good ; indeed , in this respect , the magazine has been much superior to serials of wider celebrity .

Land , commenced by the enterprising firm of Cassell , Petter , ancl Gal pin some time ago as a high-class weekly newspaper for all having landed interest , is a great success from every point of view . It has reached a large circulation , ancl g ives great satisfaction to its multitudinous readers , being now the recognised authority on matters appertaining to the soil . Land is very well edited , its news notes are smartly ancl concisely written , and there are a number of special articles of great interest in each issue . Altogether Land fills what was before a blank in the ranks of journalism in a manner pleasing to all concerned .

Speaking of Land reminds us that a new and important provincial paper is about to be issued under the title of the Lancashire , Cheshire , ancl Wales Gazette . This journal is to make a specialite of land and agricultural questions , and will , doubtless , become the organ of the farming and land agency interest in the large district included in its radius . The paper is being floated on quite an extensive scaleall the official advertisements of the CountPalatine and

, y the Welsh borders having been already secured for its columns . The proprietary are announcing- attractive literary features to ensure for the Gazette popularity in the household of the country gentleman . Among other arrangements , a series of popular stories from the pen of Mr . Horace Weir , entitled "Newspaper Romances , " are to appear .

" A Week at Oban : What to see ancl how to see it , " is the title of a charming book which has reached us from the publishing house of Mr . Thomas Grey , Glasgow and Edinburgh . The author ( Mr . Stewart , a Glasgow journalist ) must not be confounded with the ordinary run of guide book writers . He has an easy , graceful style , and says what he has to say in a maimer that is as picturesque as it is pleasant . " A Week at Oban " should be in the hands of all who contemplate paying a visit to the delightful "land of Lome . "

Mr . Thomas B . Trowsdale is engaged upon a new work descriptive of striking phases in the lives of our forefathers , to be entitled " Glimpses of Olden England . " Advanced sheets of the work are to appear simultaneousl y in the columns of a number of county newspapers . The chapters are written ma popular form , with a view to compel the interest of everyday readers in the doings of the " good old days . " It is a source of gratification to observe the

increasing attention given by the provincial press to matters historical , proving , as it does , that this branch of literature is not unappreciated by the masses . Bro . George W . Plant announces the special winter number of Society , which is to be st yled " Slei g h Bells . " Should this avant courier of Christmas