... from his brethren. I am well aware that t ie in the south he is supposed, and espeeially by his great i is discoverer, Mr. Thomas Hardy, to be widely different v a a 'Man of like passions wlth hip more highly h 1, educated and more fortunatelyplaced brethren ...

... Meredith; Mr. Payne became a story ~e teller in connection with it: Mr. Stanley Weyman st wrote of Oxford life for it; Thomas Hardy wrote a Bt story for it in 1865; Dr. Conan Doyle had his first m story accepted and printed in Chrambers' in 1879-it n- ...

... Grant Allen, Mr. F. Anstey, Rev. Sir G. W. Cox, Mr. Austin Dobson, Dr.E. A. Freeman, Mr. J. A, Froude, Mr. E. W. Gosse, Mr. Thomas Hardy, Mr. W. D. Howells, bliss Jean Iugelow, Mr. R. Jefferies, Mr. Andrew Lang, Mr. J. McCarthy, Mrs. Oliphant, Pro- fessor ...

... attractive. The letterpress consists mainly of a complete tale by Ms . Thomas Hardy, and that fact, in itself, is sufficient to commend the number to the judicious purchaser. Mr. Hardy is a born racostr-ur, and his R Romantio-Adventures of aMilkmaid is ...

... contains -nine poems, and theflirst chapters of A Laociceani, anew p novel written expressly for this magazine by Mr. Thomas t, Hardy, and illustrated by Du Mannier. There is also a a pleasant paper on The English Lakes and their Genii, a in which we ...

... for the hand: 1st, lady's v IX- inlaid workbox, Mr. H. Wibberloy; 2nd, garden trowel, Miss tl in Hardy. Best table decoration: lt, flower stand, Miss Hardy; C .2dairof scissors, Miss Riley cxtra, Mr. 11. Wibberley. Rab- t ly bits tops): Isispotsman'l s ...

... extra second prize was awarded in this class.) Best drake and duck of the brown or mixed breed: I and v Ii c, Mr. J. T. Hardy; 2, Mr. Thomas Hancock, Lewcote Gate; h c, Mr. Wm. Ball, Jun.; c, Mr. S. W. Hallam. Best cock and hen of the blood breed, black breasted ...

... paid for admission. The show wa8 held in a field lent by Mr. Hardy, whe with his usual kindness placed his house and grounds at the dis- posal of the society for the day, and with Mrs. Hardy and family did everything possible to promote the comfort of ...

... Saimuel Hardy. Class 18. -Fireign birds: Ist, purse, Fred, Wallis; h;d, ?? stand inil case, It. W. 1). Chapmapn. Class 19.-Other pets (except cats aoi dogs) iiotr inchideill h the above classes: ]st, ' Yonng Iealds nl (Old Slhoulers, Thomas Winson; 2nd ...

... Alesiree; sunme,,ded, Mr. J. Hardy. Theaves., lot, Si T. Hancock; 2nd, Mr. J. Hardy. Ewe lambs, I st, Mr. W. Allestree; 2nd, Mr. J Miles;: commended, Mir. J. Hardy. SIIoar WOOs,-Eam . I st. MNr. J1. Har dy. Ewes, I1st, Mr. J. Hardy; 2nd, Mr. E. Canner. Ewe ...

... J. Gaskin. Peas, R. Gaskin, J. Gaskin, J. Hardy, Cabbage, W. Monk, J. Hardy, J. Gaskin; red, J. Barson, sen, G. Barson, Sarah Smith. Cauliflowers, J. Gaskin, S. Hardy, R. Gaskin. Lettuce. S. Hudson, J. Hardy, t. Gaskin. Leeks, W. Monk, J. Barson, sen ...

... under two years he old-1st, It l0s, Mr. Thomas Porter, Locke Park; 2nd, He., Mr. t Holingworth. r Best pair of Horses which have competed in the plough field-lst, t, kid it. 10s., W. D. Lowe, Esq.; 2nd, IL, Mr. Thomas Porter, 3rd, l0a, Mr. Canner. Best Foal ...