... hurt at any injuty that might accrue to their reputation. The conclusion to be drawn from the story is that, commercially speaking, the fine arts are in a flourishing condition in the north, the demand having so far outrun the supply that the artists cannot ...

... running was simply disgraceful; there was no form about it. With regard to the general arrangements of the meeting, wev can speak only in terms of praise. Lord Jersey was referee, and MIlessrs. Bowman (of University, Oxford) and R. E. Webster (of Trinity ...

... strokes were made with equal precision, and the balls came together again with unerring regularity. In fact, it is impossible to speak too highly of his play, and the way in which, twice during the evening, he dribbled the balls about at the end of the table ...

... poor lot of horses, and the fact that Toby, by Til Whiffler out of L-ady Maud. who is a mere plater. WoII it with Sst. 121b., speaks for the quality of the horses he beat. The cup was reduced to a match between IKennin-ton and Pate, and the former won as ...

... city, This chateau, thought by many to be tolerably strong, has lately been abandoned as untenable, and a Prussian pamphlet speaking of it, declares the fort to be of but little value to an invading army. On the south of Paris are the forts of Charenton ...

... outriggers. The race is fixed for April ist, and we are sure to have a most exciting contest. Next week we shall be enabled to speak more at length of their doings, as both crews will then be in regular training. THE Pa/rie announces the sudden death in London ...

... bath' re and there occurs the inevitable blunder to mark the amateur band as it deals with the paste and scissors. Seriously speaking one must have been brought up at either Oxford or Cambridge to understand thoroughly the details of the crews' daily practice ...

... on the Union Pacific Line, but these new structures are far beyond that effort of coach-building, and almost justify us in speaking of them as palatial. Here are some particulars of a car called the Jay Gould. The woodwork is inlaid with gold ; there ...

... Edmund Hall and thus risen from the lowest station. Among the other boats several changes have taken place, which we shall speak of when we compare the Cambridge May races with those of their Oxford rivals next week. ...

... storm and shower, seems only suitable to test the suggestion put forward by a celebrated writer two or three years ago. In speaking of tight croquet, now abolished, the writer made the following remark :- T'hin shoes are an advantage fur this stroke. In ...

... pigeonus one after the other. Probably such kind of folk are not amenable to reason. If we turn to a more profitable subject and speak of the turf there is but little to record. It is true the entries for the Great Eastern and October Handicaps and the Cam- ...

... not been present at such a scene can tell what the real hard labour attending it is. You must bear in mind that, although we speak of hauling the nets, they do not move as a matter of fact; it is the boat with all its dead weight that has to be hauled along ...