... SPORTING DRAMATIC STORIES. A STRING- OP TRIPLES. By Montf. A TRIFLE! Why, life is mainly made up of trifles, said Loftus Egerton as he stretched out his hand to take an apple from the basket-shaped blue china dish of pippins in front of him. It was a glorious September afternoon in the days when George the Second was King by the gra^e of God and the apathy of the English Jacobites. The ...

... A HAPPY NEW YEAE. Concluded from our last.) THE old man watched her, as he twisted and untwisted his lank fingers, and a shade of something akin to remorse passed over his face; but if any such feeling glimmered in his breast he quickly extinguished the feeble spark, and could Alice Fairlie have read his thoughts they would have spoken to her in this wise-- I wronged her father years ago when ...

... . By G. A. Henty. WE were sitting over our wine after a quiet dinner in my chambers, the we being Lennox and Harris, both of the Middle Temple, my uncle Dick, an old Indian officer, and myself. The subject of conversation had been wraiths, and, looking at the numerous authenticated instances of appearances at the moment of death to relatives or friends far distant, we had concluded that the ...

... , IN this month's Theatre there is an article by Mr. Frederick Hawkins, which has been re-published in the Daily Telegraph. It is called Shylock and other Stage Jews, and it contains some very curious statements, leading up, very strangely, to some very odd conclusions. I have just read it, and have been trying hard to find by reference to Mr. Malone's works where he published his asser tion ...

... A MAD INFATUATION. A True Story of To-Day. I. MY tale begins in the Roumanian Kiosk at the Paris Exhibi tion. The Roumanian gypsy band, the Lâotari, are, on dul cimer, pan-pipes, guitar, and violins, playing one of their strange, weird, sad national airs, and as they play the rustle of dresses, the creak of men's shiny boots, and the whispered words are bushel as the wild, wailing notes hold ...

... LOVE'S VICTORY. A DRAMATIC STORY Adapted expressly for this paper. By Howard Paul. CHABTER YS.-- (Continued.) Zita had become crimson, her bosom heaved, and resentment and shame appeared on her face. A paper which was left at our house one afternoon speedily enlightened us. It was a summons. 1 was ordered to annear before a magistrate. It was a thunderbolt. Alad with anger, Mr. Peabody swore ...

... ROBERT EUDE, A STORY OF THE MIDDLE AGES IN ENGLAND. By A. H. Wall. PART TWO. COXCEENIXG THE EEffELLIOX. OF KING HENEY THE YOTTNGEK. CHAPTER Y. ...

... HEATHERTHORP. A SPORTING STORY. By Byron Webber. CHAPTER XII. (Continued). Nonsense, Kate! you frighten yourself with shadows. Sup pose your dear, aggravating papa suffers from a few twinges of the gout-- what then? But, you know he is well enough to make his appearance as a host, even if he leave the more active duties of entertaining the guests to us. And then-- the gout! You forget what a ...

... BY MRS. POWER O'DONOGHUE, Author of Ladies on Horseback &c. (Commenced January 29 ih. -No. 368.) CHAPTER IY. (Continued). Meanwhile, Turnbull is busily manipulating the fastenings of a large old wooden gate or doorway, which is indeed very in efficiently secured, and soon yields to his skilful treatment. He now finds himself in another laneway or long yard, paved, and very dirty. Over the wall ...

... UNFAIRLY WON. BY MRS. POWER O'DONOGHUE, Author of Ladies on Horseback dec. (Commenced January 29 th. No. 368.) CHAPTER XXXVIII. SIX weeks later. In the pleasant dining-room of Mrs. Clavering's house in St. James's, Etherege and Falkland were sitting over their wine. The face of the latter looked some- what blanched, and his forehead bore the mark of a serious abrasion; otherwise, he appeared ...

... LOVE'S VICTORY. A DRAMATIC STORY Adapted expressly for this paper. By Howard Paul. CHAPTER XII. PAUL had not concealed from Gabrielle that Eugene Noriac had formerly been acquainted with Zita Denman and her friends- But, in explaining his reasons for renewing these relations, M. Noriac had acted with his usual diplomacy. Otherwise, Gabrielle might have entertained suspicions when she saw him ...

... UNFAIRLY WON. BY MRS. POWER O'DONOGHDE, Author of Ladies on Horseback &c. Commenced January 29 th. No, 368.) CHAPTER XVII.-- Continued. IVY was presented in due time and form to Lord Linton and Captain L'Estrange-- tall fashionable dandies, who talked un limited nonsense until they found out that she cared for racing and for horses, and then dosed her with their opinions respect ing Goodwood ...