... saars FRIDAY LAST WEEK WAS THE COLDEST DAY recorded in London for twenty-seven years. THE KHEDIVE IS EXPECTED IN ENGLAND this summer. lie starts in May on a round of visits to the Courts of Vienna, St. Petersburg, Berlin, and St. James. LONDON STRAY CATS are as devoted frequenters of the Zoo as any child. Large numbers come to the Gardens at night from great distances to pick up the remnants ...

... Xl prillle at If Ncaditeci TIlE recent decision of the Parks Committee of the County Council to carefully open the tumulus at the top of Parliament Hill Fields, according to tradition the burial place of Queen Boadicea, has brought about an offer so generous that one can only hope that our friends of the Council may see their way speedily to fulfilling its conditions. When the investigation ...

... it, Itrmamt (nEtror at Nblt shot NEXT to the pleasure which the German Emperor finds in our yachting meetings, and next to the pride which he takes in being an Admiral of the British Navy, are the interest and the pride he mani- fests in our Army, and in the rank which he bears in it. On a previous visit to this country, the event which was almost the chief of the entertainments organised ...

... Nollit BOD5 THE BUDGET THIS year the Budget proposals of the Chancellor of the Ex- chequer are not open to the reproach of tameness which was levelled at last year's statement,.and yet they seem to have surprised all parties by their moderation, and evident desire to make great changes without undue disturbance or sensationalism. In spite of the bad times which have been going on for the last ...

... imign 'sews ANOTHEn FRESl CABINET FOR EGYPT TIrE land of the Pharaohs threatens o rival France in frequent Ministerial changes. Riaz Pasha's fall-long prophesied-has come at last, and that tried old statesman, Nubhr Pasha, once more guides the helm. Ever since the frontier difficulty with England, the Khedive has owed the Riaz Cabinet a grudge for encouraging him in independence and then ...

... 9,4f 4fturn Df ?? X?Vrfum (LDMVJjj? I BY W. MOY THOMAS OF the enthusiastic reception which awaited M\r. Irving, Eli Ellen Terry, and the LYCEUm company in general on their retNrT from their long wanderings on the American continent-of t; patient first-nighters who began to take up their positions at the i and gallery doors on Saturday almost before breakfast time, rhei, while away the long ...

... 014=11ral 7T Ots THE SEASON EVEN the present year has its apologists. Pessimism certainly is still far from having it all its own way. But for ourselves we do not con. sider that it is possible to say that 1894 has been thus far either sunny, or warm, or grateful, or comforting in any way. We believe that I893 handed over to 1894 a wonderful legacy. The heat of 1893 for I5o consecutive days ...

... 0 5fraps SHAKESPEARE BANGLES are the latest craze of poetic damsels across the Atlantic. Each bangle bears some favourite Shake- spearian quotation, and the great object is to wear as many as possible, so as to represent the whole cycle of plays. As THE GERMAN EMPEROR takes such deep interest in Norse mythology, Iceland intends to invite His Majesty to visit her shores next summer, in hopes ...

... aht 6p~taicrr Stad by.-CAPTAIN CUTTLr BY J. ASHBY-STERRY IT is to be feared that I made a great mistake in attacking that sacred institution the five o'clock tea, and if I have not already found this out, it has most assuredly been not for the want of telling. Ihave received protestations on the subject from innumerable quarters, known and unknown, and have probably cut myself off for ever ...

... lap o I 0-t at * pllar M. FREDERIC MASSON'S : the Daily Life of the Emperor at the Tuileries, translated by James E. Matthew (2 vols.: -H. Grevel and Co.), is a true feast for all whose interest in great men extends to the style in which a hero brushes his teeth and the contents of his washing bills. And who, after all, howeyer he may affect to scorn such homely details, does not at heart ...

... ODlit ?? tratioits THE HORSE SO110W TIuE May Horse Show at the Agricultural Hall, Islington, is always one of the most popular sporting events of the season. It interests both town and country, and is nearly always attended by the Prince of Wales in his character of a Nor- folk squire. Perhaps the part of the show which is most appreciated by all parties is the parade of the hunters, for all ...

... 3fr li V 5 MR. HENRY WOODs, R.A., who has been seriously ill, is now very much better and on the rapid road to recovery. COUNT TOLSTOI is trying his hand at the drama. Ile is now writing a cosmopolitan play which he intends to be his swan song. BADEN-BADEN is seeking for more hot springs. Since the bath establishments have so increased, the water supply is hardly sufficient, so borings are ...