... FINE AR7S. I ?? I~. EXHIBITION OF THE ART-U\ION' OF GL The paintings selected for the prizes rn tb Union of Glasgow will be visible to the public to da. exhibition takes place in a room of the igybt.an , cadilly, called the Victoria Crues Gallery, fromlib, stance of recently ?? the pictures by Mr. De.' illustrative of the acts of valour which > ave Won the Cross-pictures we reviewed not long ...

... FINB 4BSR7 I ?? EXHIBITION OF TUB NEW SOCIETY OF ac PAINTERS IN WATER COLOURS. ne The exhibition of this society, which opens to the _ public to-day, is of more than average attractiveness. eubjt he landscapes still greatly preponderate in number, thre, but. the figure contributions-making allowvnce for and I their greater difficulty-are equally meritorious; form and there is no great ...

... LITERA TURE. Four Months in Algeria; with a Visit to Car- thage. Bytheltev.J OSEIII WILLIAMS BLAKESLEY. V With Maps and Illustrations after Photographs. a Cambridge: Macmillan and Co. h If rumour be correct, Mr. Blakesley is no other b than the } Hertfordshire Incumbent, with whose d letters, addressed to a contemporary, the public be- t1 came familiar dnring the Crimean war. Compelled d to ...

... FINEB AI S. EXHIBITION OF FRENCH AND FLEMISH e PICTURES AT THE GALLERY, PALL-MALL, a The cosy little gallery, 120, Pall-mall, opens to-day ' to the public with an interesting exhibition, although scarcely B equal to farmer displays in this room. Art should be of so I country; yet year by year we see a nearer approximation in e the works of continental attasts to the subjects and Ireat- c ment ...

... a ; L i r a C ?? : I.-, j . RYSTALPALAUCE, The peoformn ee, on 8a6tuday, of;'endelssohn's V Aatigo-na was not only 'better intself, but more successful, ihan the production, a few weeks ago, of the companion- dramn, (Ediptcs ate Colones. The audience on both occasions was equally great; as great, indeed, as it could be; for not only was the -whole partially-enclosed place which serves as the ...

... FINE SA5S. THE NORTHWICK COLLECTION. Our readers are aware that the sale of the late Lord Northwick's pictures was compulsory, his lordship having died intestate. It is reported, however, that many of the pictures were bought in, that is to say, purchased on behalf of the present owner of Thurstoree-house. From the ClW1te0NhaEcNzuminer we learn ?? has purchased about sixty pictures, ...

... EnVIEW8 Or BOOKS. TrrAN.- Hogg, Fhlet street.- Titan is more than assually uprightly this month. It contains some very pleasant, amussing reading, albeit the opening article on sermons and sermnonising is somewhat ponderous - as becomes, We Presu3Me, such grave and important matters, ,,MIy Early Days is an exciting story, written in that peculiar style so attractive to the million of ...

... TlW-FALSXZONS. LTg iom LC Foet.] Tbe prevailing colours for visits of ceremony and dinner dress are: bright blue and silver grey; blue of a deeper shade, bright brown, violet, and green of different shades for walking dress. Three skirts are sometimes worn, even in heavy materials; but the greatest novelty is the double ekirt-one of satin, the other of velvet the same colour, but not the same ...

... ITALIAN OPERA, DRLURY-LANE. Mr. Smith has achieved, at the very first, a com- plete success with Italian opera at Drury lane. A majority of the s day's distinguished names are enlisted under his banner. Old favourites are proving their claims to renewed public confidence, and fresh voices are striving in honourable and friendly com- petition. The first to be welcomed is Miss Victoria Balfe, ...

... We expect to receive from our readers a liberal supply of thank you for nothing for our informa- tion concerning things dramatic and entertaining this week. The plain fact appears to be an absolute ri- valry amongst managers to secure the largest amount of flatness ; a state of things well calculated to pro- mote the interests of that disagreeable section of the community who are not rabid ...

... 4ITERA 7TURE. JMemories of Rome. By DENIS O' ONO, ANL dsq., author of . Hors .uveniles, 0kc. ondon: DoimLTn. There is nothing like a man with a fixed idea for writiny an energetic book. Mrs O'Donovan goes to Rome with Roman Catholic hopes, wishes, feeling* and aspirations. He finds it necessary, as he is agt Rome, to see the profane sights of the Eternal City, and as he writes a book upon ...

... I L1TERA TUURE. I . At I Sir Laneelot; a Legenal of the Middle Agqe. By FREDERIoK WILLIAM FABER, D. D. Second Edi- tion. London: Thomas Richardson and Son. Dr. Faber possesses an enthusiasm of that pecu- liar quality which may be called effervescent.. It has effervesced at different times into sentamentalism, into High Ohurchism,.into Roman Catholicism, into poetry. In all of these things ...