... we 0. A reprint of Captain Cook's first voyage iB pro- to tmised us shortly by Mr. EIliot Sock. It will fe Jay be produced under the editorship of Captain mf o Wharton, of the Admiralty, and will include g91 i in oopies of the original illustrations anmi maps. A ItI pro- curious feature of this edition will be that some of a8 rfear the copies will be bound iii wood from Captain On it ib ...

... be - is In awcordane with a practice which has long e$ obtained, the dates of the concerts of the Liverpool re- Philharmonio Society's sason of l892-93 have ir already been fixed, but the committee, so far as irs, we can learn, have not yet approached the matter 'en of the selection of executants and subjects. r lks Sir John Stainer and Mr. W. G. M'Nanght B a were in Liverpool this week, ...

... THE LIVERPOOL DOG' AMD POULTRY SHOW. The LiverpOA D~og, Poultry, Pigeon, and 7aRabbit Show [lag always been a featare of the hiti It I lr~ Ityear in the city and bas, over ranked high among 01( grdull ' hbtimns. FOr twelve years it has law gaulyprogressed in public estl toi .ha l!Portance, and in quality- and ths thirteenth show, 1,1 MI'which was opened yesterday at the North Hay- h a ...

... |TKE ROYAL COURT OPERA , if HOUSE. | I i- & . in 7 h- VERDIS OTHELLO. iD- rill Verdi is one of the most interesting and, despite ed his advanced age, one of the most vigorous per- F ed sonalities in intellectual Euroane. Even now, M in his 80th year, he is engaged upon an opera jal whose libretto carries the subject of Falstaff. A be A mervly cursory review of his career as a comr- con ~he ...

... DLNCING AS AN ART. ITS HISTORICAL ASPEC7. There has rarely beeo so nulwwoS a XStb g of the momners of the Liverpool Teacho Gui-:d and their fnend as was seen at L niver-ity College on Saturday evening, ?? E A. Strong, LLD., being in the chziz-Mre. G:rzU read a paper on The Hitorical Aspuat cE Dancing. This may bave beo partailly due to the fact that the antique dces of which she bs, were to ...

... -Right's Right is a melodrama of a conven- tional type, but it p.3ints a moral and adorns a tale. Obviously ite auther has extended experi- ence of tbe stage and the purpose of the latter, and this knowledge is skilfully applied. There was a large audience at the Shakespeare Theatre ?? evening when Right's Right 'vas nerformed by a company wboze members by their talents empba- sued the ...

... - I26th Agll AloWz the Piver: a Noel By the auth¶r I&ftc ef Lady Aadley's Secret, &c. In thre ham volures. (31s. 6d London: Simnpkin, Mar- on shail, Kent, and Co.) Somereaders will con- Anot Eader the title-pages of this work to be mis- chnr leading, as the novel ends in the second Jas , ,olue, and a ?? of eight stories makes I tc .p the third. The small tales are very pleasat corp redinl ...

... IiTHE ROYAL SHOW AT CHESTELI f_ -- ALTENDANCES AND GATE RECEIPTS. e The Royal 8sbow ground at Hoole, Chester, pro. le seated a very different spec on Saturday frot d thstwhich it had borne durinz the preceding six ra days. Large numbers of live stock had been re- ty' moed on Friday night, and on Saturday nearly the whole of the live eahibits had disappeared. The machinery and implements will ...

... THE ROYAL SHOWt.- TH E CLOSING DAY. FURTHER AWARDS. The'rain, vwhiob is gladdening the hearts floi agriculturists, had a marked effect upon the at- tendance at the Rwoal Agriculturl Sbow which ended last evening at Hoole, near Cheater., Up to four o'clock on Thursday there was a fair! prospect that the show in point of attendance i would have excelled any of its predecessors, the number of ...

... THE ROYAL. LANCASHMR- AGRiCULTURAL SHOW. Yesterday afternoon-a largely-attendedtmeet- ing of the council-of the Royal Lacaahire Agri- cultual Society was held on the show ground, Scarishrhck New-road,- Southport, Mr. G. S. Hale, of Knowdey, piresding. Mr.I Birch, the-secretay4 presented fhe. follow- ing ?? arrangements for the forth- coming shoarnrein a;-fcrwartcodition. Entries for implements ...

... THE ART GALLERIES AT C ONWAY. d The Royal Cambrian Academy of Art, which I e enjoys the immnedinte-patronzige of the Prince and 'wi' B. Princess of Wales, will on Monday inaugurate Tr, le its 14th annual exhibiticn at- Plas Mawr, Coln- te w, nar. The new gallery,' which as. opened in tbe e Feorary last, and has been constructed from 5e U. the designs of Mets.ra Baker and Hughes, ?? ,des .h and ...

... I MMAQZES FOR THE MOMe _ c'onheI pio y Review- 0(Distsr sod Ca.) prominence is given to, an article on -The Futur of Home Hule, in which is ad--bnS5- the meival of Mr. John Biht's scheme of It e_ n Irish Comimitee. Mr. Deanetrmus C. BoaGe~r rMin1 te supplies an interesting but not very contvincing and Vo sccocant of Li Hung Chazzg~s pafitio 3msift Cap, it His cemmunication is certainly more ...