... George Meredith was unavoidably absent, so that Fiction was not represented by the greatest living master of the craft. Mr. Thomas Hardy and Mr. Rider Haggard, however, were present, and, of course, Mr. Besant himself. Mr. Holman Hunt was there for Art, and ...

... Foster; The Wedding Ring. Jas. Nisbet and Co. For Percival (3 vols.): Margaret Veley; The Return of the Native (3 vols.): Thomas Hardy. Smith, Elder. and Co. On the Treatment of Some of the Most Important Affections of the Nervous System: Dr. Henry Belcher ...

... Garelochhesd and Holy Loob. The Rev.' Thomas W; Brown hasbeen appointed Moderator of the English Presbyterian Synod for the current year. The naval' pension of fl5. per annum, vacant bit the death of Commander Thomas Hardy, has been awarded to Commander John ...

... brilliant and curiously learned of living critics at poetry, Theodore Watts, one of the greatest of living tale-tellers, Thomas Hardy; that incarnation of versatility atid charm, Edmund Gosse; and no less an ornament of an allied profession than Hamno ...

... Esq., 1798-1831, we find a whole host of distinguished ?? Ralph Abercromby, Vice-Admiral Lord Collingwood, Captain Sir Thomas Hardy, the Duke of Wellington, Viscount Hill, Henry tlrou;zam, M.P., and the Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel, to pick out the most ...

... assertion, and leave out the modest one. Is this allowed to be honest criticism ? The publication of a new story by Mr. Thomas Hardy, entitled I he Pursuit of the Well-belove-i, will commence in Tillotson's Syndicate il October. The articles on London ...

... sister of the Lord Lieutenant olf Ireland, which is to be published under the title of Outlines, and dedicated to - Mr. Thomas Hardy, who, it is understood, has expressed a favourable opinion oil the work. To READERS ABSENT FROM TOWN AND COUNTRY RESIDENTS ...

... produced at the St. James's Theatre in the December of 1881, Mr THOMA&S HARDY wrote to the papers to say that, with the assistance of Mr COsrYNS CARR, he had prepared a version of his (Mr HARDY'S) novel Far from the Madding Crowd. This version was submitted ...

... his services by the pre- sentation of a testimonial. The committee consists of Mr. Holman Hunt, Mr. Edmund Gosse, Mr. Thomas Hardy, Mr. W. H. Polloccl, Mr. J. M. Barrie, Mr. A. G. Ross, and Mr. S. S. Sprigge, with Mr. Edward Clodd as secretary. It is ...

... services: Mrs. Ridley, Mademoiselle de Labrosse, Miss Shelter-, the Iioue. I-I. Trefuisis, Mr. Alan MlacKinnon, and others. Mr. Thomas Hardy is said to be giving himself a rest from fiction. IHle has been encouraged by the reception of his little sketch at Terry's ...

... remark- able rccovery of interest, there being 80 entries against 47 last year. The features in which the county of Mr. Thomas Hardy has the advantage are sheep and pigs. As compared with last year's show in Dorsetshire, the display at the Monmouthshire ...

... undermentioned enagne on the unattached lst of the Bengal army to be lieutenants -John Bray, Thoma Doyle, John M'Nally, Thomu Kinshln Tame MilrickJ Thomas Hardy, and J. P. Stevens. The nudermentioned ensigns on the unattached list of the Madras army to ...