... * Pictures by the old'masters would seem to be at a discount at the present time. At a sale at Christie's recently quite a number went for less than £10 apiece. Even examples from il what were once famous collections are now i beins diposed of under the hammer §t un- 3fwfigures A picture of A Fete - Chaipee calogued as by Giorgione, fm g the Balsazz Pesaro, Venice, went for 37 gumeas; ...

... L Mz. Egerto Owtle, who is perhaps the L fist living ?? fenciIg, WMjl contri- bute to the Febray number of the mew w R ew-an.article¢a Some istorie- )Uels, , which, in accordancej with the. new custom of L the-Beview, w2 be illustred by a seies of d pen -ink setches by Mr. Dougls Conzh.; L -a young American artist, -who has recently r made-as successful ppeance in -this coaa 5 Some six ...

... TO THE EDITOBS OF THE LIVERPOOL M1ERCURY. Gentlemen,-At a meeting of the British Association in Manchester during the year 1861, Dr. Collingwood, of Liverpool, read a paper before section D On a Scheme to inducethe Mercantile Marine to assist 'in the Advancement of Science by the Intelligent Collection of Objects of Natural History from all parts of the Globe. The object of this scheme was ...

... THEIR TOUR IN AMERICA. HIOMEWARD JOURNEY OF SEVERAL MEMBERS. In previous issues we gave some particulars of the tour of the lihonclda Glee Party in America up to a certain point of their jour- ney. On the 22nd of September tle parlbty, after accepting an agieenient to sing for a weelk at Grotto for 450 dollars, returned to Chicago. Next day they visited various places of interest iii the city. ...

... 3BooKS AND PERIODICALS I BBVIEWS OF THE LATEST WOPKS stra: app; PUBLISHED. very man FEEn RENAISSANCE. guaj ,,An Introduction to the Study of tho Ronaie- near samec. BY Lilian F. Field. Losedoit: Smithl, 'girl- Elder. and Co., Waterloo-place. her The. renaissance-that great period fraught Qua, with puch far-reaching results to modern civi- is ,isatio-his been the subject of books innmm r-hae ...

... ROYAL VISITORS AT: LLANDUDNO. | WELSH ICONCERT IN THE PIE, R PAVILION. CCHMTFA NON PRESENTS AN ADDRESS. FEO [I: OUR OWRN COR1ESPONDENti- BANG OR, Wednesday ne N For t he fist time since their rtrli'al 'the Dukoand Duchess of York Were to-daty favoue-d with aw beautifully flee day, onl the Ocasion of their, visit to Lalandudiln, wh ichl town Nvnas mlost taitetoaly decorattd onour of the event ...

... (October 30. 1899). 1e At ten in the morning the 12-pounder guns lO of the Naval Brigade arrived, and were Tot into position with marvellous rapidity. With three -hots the Boer biv gun was silenced, our e men dropping the shells right into the para- pet and wreckinu the ?? Paper. There's a little man in blue (Much the saitie as me an' you), And 'e keeps a sort of gun we 'aven't got, 01 'E 'as ...

... E PROBABLE REMOVAL OF ALL DIFFICULTIES. SIR W. T. LEWIS'S REPLY RECEIVED. It may be in the recollection of our readers that., after the refusal by a public meeting of se ratepayers and others to saniction the use of ig any portion of Llandaff Fields for the holding e of the Royal Agricialtural Show in Cardiff in 1901, the Town-hall committee, into whose hailds by a singular process of ...

... LORD TREDEGAR'S SHVW-1 11- I OPENEDI CON TUESDAY-AT INEW- Chi - ~ PORT. 6 - C ,y Lord 'rredegar's Agriciiltuiral Showv, which wa~s 01' ~Lestablishied early io the century, was opined Ne I Sit ?? ~\,Npow rti Catile, Market on Tiles a~y Its C lie oexcellent weathicr for November, and, with coi te every prospect of a repetition of the success Slt: .ti Which has ianvarialy atteaded it~. The first ...

... CARDIFF 'CHRYSANTHEMUM SHOW. nil aid THE QUEEN'S EXHIBITION OF FRUIT rse On In all. respects the Cardiff Chrysanthemum N led Show (which opens to-day at the Park-hall) A .a will exocel all its predecessors. First and fore- me Jr. most anmangzt its many good features is the nor he 'fact that. her Ma-jesty the Queen has been gra- gee [lit 0 ously pleased to send down from the Windsor slit M. ...

... GRAND THEATRE, CARDIFF. The new realistic arid esational drama, Pi1 fiild of Justice (to whiclh we have already referi-d in thle'o coluniris). will be prdorl ed for the first tiuo tbis 'vhoirdayl evening at the Grand Theatre, Cardi.5, arid repitition performsmes will ne given tirnrgl- oist tire Week. Ill the cagnable hands f AMr. llarinigtoa Reyno:lds's conipany, including, na it dots, ...

... DOW~N JUAN AT THRE TfHE;AlThE R OYAL,. Cardriff faddists have triumphed, and for the nonce, to slightly vary an old quota- tion, apt illustration's artful aid is not called in to aid the eye in gaug- ing the forthcoming production at the Cardiff Thleatre Royal of that inimitable burlesque Don Juan. But though the w alls simply a~nnounce, in funereal hlack end white, Don. Juan again, ...