... of the application to the stage, by unatuthorised P hbands, of the incidents of their invention. Some ryears ages Mr. Thomas Hardy, then unknown, devisedeand executed a work which brought its author much distinction. Dramnatic- in narration, 6testory ...

... L B. Walford; a first instalment of the Hisory of an Infancy, by Jean Ingelow; The Iady Penelope, a moving story by Thomas Hardy; acurious and instructive paperon 'The Origin-of Death,by Edward Clodd; and some other items worthy of a reader's attention ...

... T. Hardy, Mere, Knuteford; 2, A. Benninigton, Boiling?- ton, Altrincham; 3, Mrs. A, Ravenscroft, Thie Cape, Plulmbley, Best cant mare: 1, C. Soliwabe, Arden, A ltrinchaj; 2, Thomas Hlardy, M~ere Hall Farm, E~nutaford. B1eat cart foal: 1, 'Thomas Hardy ...

... tongue being more than atoned for by Ionty's pro- ficiency. Last Monday wvas a black one at the Record Office, where Sir Thomas Hardy has for years been regarded with an affection very different from the mere friendliness felt by civil servants to a chief ...

... in literature. It was ist on the whole, and in a double sense, a slow tl affair. Only the little piece written by Mr. S Thomas Hardy on the basis of one of his O' an well-known WNessex tales made a hit, aW er and even the hit of his piece was a lyrather ...

... programme. Among the ed writers who have already written plays for z le production in this way are Mvr. B3rrie, Mr. he Thomas Hardy, and 'Mr. Conan Doyle, and to 3 the list the name of Lady Colin is now of added. She has written some dainty and r Ofpretty ...

... were not described. The following gentlemen were sworn on the grand a jury:- Y Thomas Henry Frean, corn merchant, Great Crosby, IC foreman. Ralph Peters, farmer, Astley. Thomas Alexander., marine superintendent, Bootte-cum- b Linacre. B William Samuel Brown ...

... and Co.) aives the place of h6nour this mdnth to an attractive ppaer 'on Ailx, by IMr.' . A. Fremau,- the historian. Mr. Thomas Hardy presents some further instalmeents of his serial story The-;Woodlanders, whitch is remark- ably vell sustained, while ...

... - f:-riS of Thomas Hardy are the subject (zt ; . attractive illustration in an exhibition Ca e colours and oils and of drawings in and white, which has been opened in t. Any one visiting this charming C ii.ei wvill find that Mr. Hardy has not hiS plots ...

... forming easy- ge chair bookus of the best order. The serial rJ story eatitled The Woodlanders, fron the ] pen of Mr. Thomas Hardy, is continued through several other chapters, the interest of the reader being well sustained; swhile a paper i by Mr. ...

... had been found dead ii ia ?? behind her own house. The coron-er thiought tr tsh suffered from puerperal mania. - fa - Mr. Thomas Hardy, a young farmer. z esiding near lllneston, is lying, in a critical condition from in- t juries inflicted on him by two ...

... Den, b 'M1y Success in Literature, and some further 1 instalments of tee serial story The Wood- e landers, by Mr. Thomas Hardy. Mr. William t {;reswell will, no doubt, find many appreciative f, readers as he takes them to The wilds and i woodlands ...