... PBRIODICALS Fop Novwmnz. BnAcxwooD opens with another paper on the Marlborongh Despatches, conveying to the reader a clear and vivid outline of the military operations of that remarkable man and his celebrated coadjutor Prince Eugene, while ample justice is also done to the able commanders against whom they were pitted. Mahan Laets Life of the Amir Dost Mohammed Khan of Kabul, is the next ...

... Black continues to be the favourite colour, for walking dress- es in velvet, silks, or ;woollen niaterials. Damas will be fa- shionable for soirees as well as the promenade, reps broches. Plaids and stripes, particularly the carreall royal, reps biuet, taffetas d'Italie, &c. &c. rank among the principal materials for winter toilettes. 'Double and triple skirts are not so much used, but the ...

... The winter session of the School of Arts was opened on Thnrsday in the hail in Adan Square, in presence of a con- siderable number of the directors and friends of the institu- tion, and a large assemblage, chiefly composed of workmen, who filled the hall and the adjacent passages, thus affording a proof of the appreciation of the institution by that class of thre community for whom it is ...