... fioltiolv alt(I TarlctiO, T H E C 0 U R T. WXtNsonItto5DAY.-Tli Qtieen and Prince wailkea in thel I fme Park t fis an rnin -g. Thle Pci neess Royaltawl Prinlcesis Alice raido onl horseback. Thle younger Royal clitldr-eit took their usual exercise. Thle Earl and Countess of Jersey are entertaining aI Stleet circle ait Mol:d feloi Park, Oxon. The Marquis and Marchiloness of' Exeter still re- C ...

... £I1VB ARTS. LORD WARD'S COLLECTION. (S1COND NoTICS.) The early schroo of Giotto comprised a large num- ber of pupils, who generally remained faithful to the old traditional subjects arranged by their master. They preserved many of the characteristic features of Giotto in their forms and attitudes, an well as in their compositions, and as a natural result gave a sort of family resemblance to ...

... ART FOR THE MILLION.-No. 11. THE PHOTO-GALVANO-GRAPHIC PROCESS. There is no art which has made more rapid progress and aroused a greater interest in the public mind than Photography. There is something poetical in the very enunciatiou of the principles of the art. Ovid thought that the mere request of Phaeton to drive his father's chariot for a day was the very extremity of audacity; but what ...

... POE TRY. THE. SHADOW ON THE VALL. Sezhoolsime6C is o'cr, thenl evolcome hoImO, If lowly cot or lordlly b1ll. The schoolboy feels his timle is colme, Nor droad :T'Ihe Shldow on the Wall. 0, odlious birch ! it, cvcry sprig Doth seem with wailhiis voice to call- 'WVo bruise, not bend, the infailt twig-: Look for 'The Shadow oil the Wall. 0, youlgstcr ! do not thinik thv lot T''he suaddest that ...

... Ilf'ollitilt aud Ararictioe. T I-f r C O U R T. O;BOaRVr, M IND \.V-I ?? Q levn, the Prince C onsort a ndl their Rt nat Tl-ifmtiisTs thbe Pe ine of Wa le~s IiP Pri iieevS ito ?? a Princesq Alice, at- t'ii l )''itrservice, ait O -0borne, vesterdav. Tite R1ev. C. Pnrtheroo offiviatedl. PARne, Dr.c 1P.-Throe 1riaep RPavl of Prussia weni. to-di v, to vi; t Prinlec Jorome, and afterw'ards the P' ...

... Fitttat nit. THE LORD OF TU1E ISLES. By Sir Walter Scott, Bart. Illustrated by Birket Foster and John Gilbert. Edinburgh: A. & C. Black. TnE CoxatsE oF TIliE. A Poem by Robert Pollok, A.M. Illustrated Edition. Edinburgh and Lou.. t don: W. Blackwood & Sons. TliEsn two books are above all praise, for the rich-I ness of their paper, the beauty of their typography, the choice of their ...

... MUSIC AND THE DRAMA IN THEI United States. (FROM: A S1FECrAL CORREBPOEmT.) NEW YORK, MONDAY, NovTLnnat 17. Our anticipations are gladsomnely realized, and opera once more reigns triumphant in the balls of the Academy of Musics to the delight of all the influentials of our city. The doors of that well- known establishment were thrown open on Monday, and not a vacaut'seat could be perceived in ...

... Mr Birket Foster supplies rural scenes, Mr Absolon sketches of rustic people, Mr Harrison Weir and Mr Ansdell supply the tame fowl and the game known at our barn-doors and in our open country, Mr Frederic Tayler shows old English sportsmen racing to the music of the huntsman's horn, while Mr Dodgson, Mr Edward Duncan, Mr Walter Goodal, and Mr F. W. Hulme-some sketch- ing home country scenes, ...

... PASHIONABLE 2NTELLIGENCE. I WINDSOR, DEC. 28.-The Queen and Prince, lhe prince of Wales, and the Princess Royal attended Divine 5ervice in the private chapel this morning; tho Ron. and Very ,eu, the Dean of Windsor officiated. The Queen, we are pleased to announce, has ,osmnissioned Mr. Willamn Simpson, the artist of the Crimean ,er, to paint for ber private gallery a Picture of the Reception ...

... I . LITERA URE .. THic RoarAN CATAoom5.-Byl he Riepr.J. ?? Nore- cots, MNA. (London: C. Doans. 1 rein: G. Bekw, tuo ) There are few subjecte more interesting or more novel than that which is treated, by the masterly hand of a scholar and a Christian, in the small volume now before us. The cata- combs of Rome are perhaps the Most wonderful and the moat expresasive monument of the early history ...

... LYCEUJ THEATRE. Since Mr. Charles Dillon's debut before a west-end au- dience his efforts have been confined to melo-drama, but the success which he obtained in that class of characters rendered hies appearance as Othello last night, for his be- nefit, a subject of interest with all who have seen in him the rise of an actor of considerable promise. Many who watched Mr. Dillon's occidental ...

... LIFE OF WELLINGTON. Ilistoire du Duc de Wellingto. Par A. BalAk MONT. Tome L Charles Tanera, Quai des Au- gustins, Paris; et Guyot et Stapliaux, Brussels. It has been long a subject of comment that no life of the Dnke of Wellington, of adequate length or impartial spirit, existed in the French language. The only work we are acquainted with which a Frenchman could heretofore look to for any ...