... with silver-gilt handles and rims of silver-gilt to the glasses. A new spirit-stand, which is of cut-glass and silver mounted in a frame of silver, tips up to dispense its con tents. A new shape of cut-glass scent bottle was a joy to hoth of us, square at ...

... THE THEATEES. When a play has had such splendid praise and also sharp criticism as A Bunch of Violets, of which some illustrations appear on this page, it is not unnatural to pay a second visit for the confirmation or upheaval of one's first-night opinion ...

... THE BOOK AND ITS STORY. TIIE LIFE OF NAPOLEON BONAPAliTE.* A superbly got up and illustrated Life of Napoleon Bonaparte has been written to order by Mr. Baring-Gould to take the tide of the Napoleonic revival at the flood. Mr. Baring-Gould undertook ...

... door to impossible at this moment, and the jobbers have set their faces against new issues, refusing to make a market or help in any way. If we can get well into the new year without being flooded with prospectuses, it will do much to bring steady improvement ...

... believe, by-the-way, that the new Czar has a remarkable collection of American stamps. Speaking of royal stamp-collectors, by-the-way, reminds me that the Duke of York shares the philatelic craze with his cousin, the new Czar The Duke is, I believe, the ...

... Horace Swift's prognostication as to a 7 per cent. Bank Rate by Christmas time looks like comihg off. House-men are respectfully requested not to show this to Mr. Swift, by the way. Until the New Year, there seems very little chance of better prices anywhere ...