... - T.-EvLs AND ADVE? STURx OF AN ORCHMD HUNTElta By ALBlERT 'MrLICAN. [Cassell and Co.] 'yle cultivation of orchids in hothouses is a luxury Of the wealthy, but in BirminUIhagm we of small me ...

... BBANK HOLIDAY AMUSEMENTS IN BIUfUNGHA. The general amsernents in Birmingbhm r.ert week fo the eatertaiuzmen of visitors to the city, and the zumerow residenta who do not desire to spend thair holidays ...

... SHORTHORN SHOW AND SALE AT. BINGLEY hIALL. , The sixteenth sale of pure-bred shorthorns was con- tinued yesterday, at Bingley Hall, in connection with the Birmingham Cattle Show. The attendance wasext ...

... 'I A correspondent writes that in an out-of-the-way a corner of London, near Vnuxhall Station, is to be found t the onlr place in all London whero anyone can find a ...

... 4OLIVETTE AT THE PRINCE OF? WALIJES n THEATERE I, - ?? I The reproduction of ruc com ic epcra of Olivetee at (hc e Prince of \Wales Theatre on Mauonday eveninig by a comll.ally r organised by ir ...

... QUINTON AND DISTRICT LOWEix :1is I . Yesterday the third anneal exhibliti:on ims with the Quinton Horticultural Society wr:,s 11 Park. The exhibits were arranged ill to'o Mce being set apart for the o ...

... I STOCKLEy's ORCHESTRAL ., Ir CO NCERT. *lFt ores, of tilee excellceit ?? was in- sli tl 'e P ewn Hrall on Thursday night tinder Ei j- taneo not prDMising9 in every respect. Thle L Iy Itim electric li ...

... CHRISTMAS BOOKS, locer RcatET IUTISTII BATTLES ON L.sD AND rlock By JAMES GRANT. [London: Cassell and t, ?? 9d. This voylme, whic s is the fourth of a series fithre is complete in itself, is well enti ...

... -- - - -o ?? - .11 THE SHROPSHIRE AND WEST MIDLAND . SHOW AT KNIGHTON. - i'l- R44, ?? ,; 411. 9-esw~ -A~l ?? - j r IL . . r itzl - , . stie The fitting' up of the showya(I for the e hibitior of the be ...

... I A writer in the Asian vouches for the truth of the following stories of clophant-shooting :-A few nights ago it was on a visit to D., the manager of my tea and coffe ...

... | 0 0: There are so many different classes of dress nowadayr as compared with the time of our grandmothers, or even of our mothers, that an attempt at enumerating them may not be qu ...

... I -. The Contemporary,' Roview is a generally interestb thi ing number. Everyone-will listen with attentionto thg what Sir Henry Parkes has to. say on,' The UiAon7 fol of the' A ...