... HICADMZG IN61USTRIAL ERXHIBITION. I oni IETllRR~~o (ra. OUR (BW O B=) BIADING, WEDNESDAy. The formal opening of this exhibition took place to-day under circumstsnee of coniderable ceremony. From the time when the notion of holding a local exhibi- Uon here was started some months ago to the pro- i soet day it promoters hare met with continued success The patronage of her Majesty was secured at ...

... LI TERA TURE. Tire Old Licemarttii(It end thin Son. By the Editor 3 of Good Wi ords. 2 vols. London: Alex- alder Strabair anid Co. There arc mearny fundamental objections to the emplreylaeit of fiction as an instruienttof religious instluciion. They asy be summed up in one senrtence-that which is false cannot be a suitable vehicle for that vhichl is true. (ircumstances have to be iniagiried ...

... FIINANCIAL SUMMARY OF THE EXHI- BITION. I Though The International Exhibition has not yet d run its allotted c ourse, but is destinedl to drag b throu.-h a fog ?? season, for the benefit of ~I\Iesrs. -elk and Lucas, a point has ar- riveci at which ve muay fairly enlarge those weekly t financial accounlts which we have constantly placed tl before our readers, and present a more detailed ...

... I THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBT.ION. I Just seventeen days, shilling and half-croa'n, still remain for seeing the great International Exhi- bition, and as yet there are but very moderate symnp- toms of a revival in the public curiosity. The weather shows symptoms of breaking up, the days grow short and dark, and the end approaches. Nevertheless the daily attendances compare very badly with the ...

... A Lady's Visit to Manila and Japan. By AXI D'A. London: EHurst and Blackett. We have had several men's books upon Japan and the Philippine Islands. They have embraced the more material aspects of the two countries, and given the broad outlines of their government and municipal institutions. Here is a lady's book that gives colour to the masculine chiar'oscuro, aud.fills up with a thousand ...

... LITERAT URE. History of England from the Fall of WrolsY to tile Death of Elizabeth. By JAMS ANTHONY FROVtD, M.A. Reign of Elizabeth, vols. land 2. Losgnan- The first ten years of Elizabeth's rule have been accounted peculiarly fortunate in their freedom from domestic disturbance. It was not to be expected that the religious revolution with which her reign was identified could be carried out ...

... 1 (FROM oun SPECIAL coaRssPONDENTi.) ar Sweet are the results which are already promised by exhibitors at the coming of the Exhibition. In 5( my last I spoke of an American's mechanical horse 01 but here is something nore wonderful still, viz., a ha mechanical concierge! A second domestic comfort e3 iifto * given to the Parisians next year in ?? shape of a window that will shut by means of a' ...

... I MUSIC AND DAY07NOL LICENSES. l At the quarter sessions held at Kingston-on- Thaumes on Thursday, then magistrates proceeded to hear applications for renewals of licenses for music and dancing, and fresh applications for licenses of that description. The magistrates present were :-Mlajor Penhryn (chair- man), Messrs. Adams, Darmer, and Hardrntn, Captain Mackinnon, ILP., Sir W. Parker, &c. ...

... ;.R1EN . srtLITIEATR i! . : - hi . r7 ;: - - ' . : Mr . Phill I I o's T . thoughts sbcut Art '51ndCn:' -hiln and Co. 1 vol.) Ireprint, wil mvisions,.. notea, and au fin-tr- doeon, f ta work. originally issued some years . ago. 53 obieabof tfo writer (himsielf an' art) i' foag.7'hao,0rerttherperhfaps, to~ gestforthe reumt a fpronaid er tainp astraotpin- ciples of art, suih e inay help the ...

... I = ' 1 - i l-s l - l K K . . l The 4o f~abs~a~ week included per-. formanoss dlo flno Suite in D for orchestra, aud; JhbAchl I Hungaria oonoerto, both for tho first timei atthese concrts-eagoh withthe adirantop of.*_qiloei- lent band of the establishment, ooaddetad by'Mr. Manu, f endthlast natmedwork with the special feature of tho. iric0 gmerble performanoe of the composer. - A= ...

... ,POLTIOALA-W-DFAffMOWA=Awwj- o~f Waloarhonouredft tuN. 1. . and MLr.Glad- stn terorsenee'at anne~ audyeal at itb ewt.6 Henr OU ea. odrton-liusoi toea.' steded by ?? I., (lem ~ IEt~re~,Lr 41 -. As, Z~d AaM 1Ram Bebo Mr. W. Gladdlt% at' Wisiieer dsth milolh msdos Meiidalssem' 'Va 31enl the evenntcliaa sdelyay aipessly, 6meet their mse.Teepay comrised the TMrih'm o n de ~rs i* the. Rsi ...

... music. MONDAY POPULAR CONCERTS. Last week's Concert again included, as did that ,of the previous week, performanoes by Madame Sdm.- Sann, Herr Joachim, and Madame Iavrowska. To the Ist-namd lady, as a new-comer, we give the first word of omment. Her signal success on her first appearance on onday week, and again at the Crystal Palace on Ssturday, has already been recorded; and the im- oression ...