... LITERA TURE. jieural Essays. By A. J. DowxisoaG. Edited (with a | Memoir ot the Author), by G. IV. CUaRTIs, and a Letter I to his Friends, by FEzsucLIKa. BREMERt. 8vo. New I York. 1S33. T'e ?? Farmer, or, flamecin ithe Countryi/ By Rev. J. T. BLAK.X Syo. Aubarn, New Yorle. iS53. In these two volumes the useful and the delightful are in very pleasant combination. Mr. Downing is quite a classic ...

... : - d ; : CONCENTOfiES4.SOCIETY. This distin 6-uished;-Soc-etys 'who lave:- for many11 years contributed so, greatly tq the preservation.of the pure! Englsho school-of vocal harmonyiheld their first meeting of 'this stason last evening at Gresham College. The~imeeting was fully attended. ?? M'Muodie was in the chair; and among the. membets ?? Sir Henry Bishop, Pro fessoritdward Taylor,.ot Gres ...

... DPAMIA. DRUJ3Y-LANE , -Mr. G. V. B .rooke had his benefit last evening.. lie was, as, Is ual, desiinate d in the playbills as ' the thi great trageu . n ;` and his benefit was announced as an bring one th e CSpLetal patronage of the Right ho Hion, the Eahl Ef Gleni;all, the Rtight ,-on . Lord Leigh, ste T.S. ?? 'nbe, Rsq., MY., and a host of his ad- th miusiors a aud riends . There was an n ...

... LITERA TUBE. ChkrleZ Auchester. A Memorial. Three VoI1. London, 1883. Unless vwe are much mistaken, this novel is the work of a foreigner and a lady. We have arrived at this opinion wholly from internal evidence, no ru- mour of the authorship having as yet reached us. The work is niarked by an extreme and thoroughly temicnie enthusiasm for enthusiasm's sake, by a loe of detail in description ...

... LITERA TUBE. Margaret; or, Pref'udice at Holme, anid its Victi-s. An Autohiogiaphy. Bentley. Some years back a person of moderate income ' would no more have thought of purchasing three- s volume novels than of ordering haunches of venison to supply the ordinary wants of his family. Novels, I and Chateau Aiargaux and pine-apples were reserved i for the express use of those who were able to r ...

... DBAMzlA. OLYMPIC. This theatre opened last evening under the management of the new lessee, Mr. Alfred Wigan, who has commenced his campaign very auspiciously. He has made the house exceediingly dlean, elegant, and comfortable; and every arranigciment, both on the stage and before the curtaim, appears to be con- ducted with taste and judgment. The theatre was densely crowded; and the ...

... , FILNEB A-BTS. RE-OPENING OF THE MUSEUKJ' OF ORNA- -i MEN.T&L MANUFACTURES, MARLBOROUGH- H;OUSE.' On Saturday there was a private view of the Museum of ornamental ltlanufactures at Marlbo- rough House, previous to its re-opening, after re-ar- .ra'g~fffaeniand anugmentation duting ?? exquisite collection may be regarded as the quintes- sence of the Great Exhibition, of which it is an ...

... D.RAA.X DRURY-LANE . t. Yesterday evening Mr. Smith, the lessee of this theatre, had his benefit, and M~r. Brooke made hes last ap- a pearance. ?? performed Mlacbeths for tho first, and only b time, at this theatre. We sawv nothing of the performance, though wvishing to see what thise popular tragedian would a made of a character wvhich is one of the most arduous on a the stage;* we arrived at ...

... MUSE UM OF PRACTICAL GEOLOGY. OPENING LECTURE. 'lThe autumn session for the year 1853-4 of the 1 Metropolitan School of Science applied to arts and industry, 9 h ving commenced on Saturday, the duty of delivering the opening lecture devolved ore Professor Fox bes, president of the Geological Society, and one of the vecturers in the Museum. The audience, which was a large one, included rmany ...

... IROYAL PAYOPTICON OF SCIENCE AND ART. I a.t Yesterday the third annual general meeting of as this corporation took place at the Lecture Room of the In- id stitution, Leicester-square; Mr. NOEL HOARE in the chair. A report was read, which stated that the sanguine hopes Seapreased in the last report as to the epening of the building bad been disappointed again through want of funds. At the 8- ...

... TIHE THEA TRE OF TWAR. The Debats gives an interesting description of the probable thcatrc ofthe impending war, and the fortresses which defend the Turkish bank of the Danube. The ?? of this river from Orsova to the Black Sea has a length of more than 200 leagues. Eighteen fortified posts defend the passages of the river on the right, or Turkish bank. They are Orsova, Berza-Palanka, Forentino, ...

... LITERS TUBE. IThe Journals and Coroespaonder~ce of Generao Sir Harm Palvert, Bart., S-c. Edited by his- son;- Sir HinxLT VENar.y, Bart. London: Hurst end Blackett, 2853. Everything that can throw additional light on the history of the great European struggle between old forms and aristocratic pretensions on the one Land, and crude and often mistaken aspirations after social and political ...