... of producing the required patterns. Indeed late- writers, who viewed the Gaelic war- riors at a distance, as BeaIgue, who described them in the time of the great civil war, said their dresses were painted! Aldhelm, Bishop of Shelborne, writing in 970, ...

... vessels. When the war in the Crimea camne ou, Fraitce had very few steamships; it was easy to see that sailing ships had passed their time, tlll ttiat it was necessary to bulilly admit tile Drieil)le that lhticefortli every man- of0-war munst ho a steamer ...

... recent letters, was with his regiment in the East Indies, anxious to ex- change into a regiment about to embark for the seat of war. The Lord Lieutenant has been pleased to appoint Lieutenant Coote Svnoe Hutchinson, ond Draroon Guard'. to be extra Aide-de-Camp ...

... Woman: As Adventure. Messrs. Longmans & Co. announce The Life of Chauney Mfaples, D.D., Bishop of tikoma, British Central Africa, by his sister, Ellen Maples ; also a book entitled Lavs of Iona acd Saint Columba,` by S. J. Stone, M.A. Meesrs. Dighbv ...

... Lucy, as a companion volume to the Glad- stone and Salisbury Parliaments. Coomassie: The Story of the Campaign in Africa, 1873-4, being the first part of Mr. Henry M. Stanley's Coomassie and Magdala, which was published in 1874. is reprinted ...

... , who offi- eially visited the King of Dahomney, with a view to aid the suppression of the slave trade in the interior of Africa, and in his book giving an aceount of the mission he thus describes the little girl:- I have only to add a few particulars ...

... divine or diabolical efficacy in the affairs O.o men. It w as also worthy of notice that among ,the savage tribes of America, Africa, and New Zaland the animal of phenomenon worship was in their mindl-s not a symbol of Divine power, but a god itselrf. Thls ...

... is advocated by the Ultramontanes and the C'arlists, who o dare that the Pretender has become uLp°PO'4 since the last civil war, chiefly on accouni of to numerous scandals connected with his trsvic Carlism inspires the present Government vih b: fear since ...

... (Civil Division)-To be ?? Mr. Henry Ha.milton Johnston, C.B., Imperial Conmuissioner and Consul-General for British Central Africa; to be G.B., M1r. Robert Anderson, LL.D., Assistant Commissioner of Metropolitan Police. Order of St. Michael and St. George-Her ...

... tures on England in South Africa., delivered at the Imperial Institute. In addition to the text of the lecture the volume will contain notes on questions of native administration, on the political recon- struction after the war, and on the question of federal ...

... IN SOUTH AFRICA. LoNDoN, FRsmAY.-The Press Association under- stands that, at the recent interview at the War Office between Mr. Stanhope and Mr. Cecil Rhodes. thle Cans Premier, the possibility of assistance from British troops in South Africa was the ...

... but add to the in- k terest of the compilration. ISO Tee LION so Tinm Nonrn, a tale of the Times of Gushavus Adolphus and the Wars of Religion, 0 ay by G. A. Heuty. London: Blackie & Son. .1 Mr. G. A. Henty, in the handsome volume be- b fore us, profusely ...