... OTP. 1PUi3BLIC MuI ,UUmS. TBE H SOUTH CK;NSNTN lbLiLE(IONS. tilo2ucui slioillle ltstl ?? lill Ci'lsl- lii~: ,.ti ll l ~ dei-li, Of totlialci' all't Se ttledl of 1irifiise lwilleaitv llt ixtit' litii Il' 'T lii illt~lit, lLSild0 for pubilw O' ?? itli>'ilsteriig (tlic~ Lpdikeritiis stitl Withii i i,,; ,fellcto ii'eI',. t Of t'oili'st txev Ai'Jloi top mit1 d~oiioiig sojilti this lan sotielri~i't ...

... EXHIBITION OF THE WORKS OF THOMAS FAE'. Asemall but very interesting exhibition of pictures by Thomas Faed opecs to the public to-day at the gallery of the Messrs. Agnew and Sons, the well-known fue art publisihers. in Waterloo-plaee. Soms ten or a dozen wnks have been brought together through the courtesy of their owners, the cbief contributors having been Miss Burdett Coutts and Mr. ...

... TH- CHRISTMAS A IVSEMtENTS. HdAYMARKET. At this ?? the fitherrcnmlg novelty will be entit~le' Queen Ladybir'd mid here C'/idren;, or, ilarlequin and the Kelmu on litt. Thie ocenery of' the fairy stiry fttie beaa p~iinted by Mr. Frederick Fenton, who will, it i.. ailt, pro- (duot, S01it' ?? Of tire aind water; thle mach1inery by Mr. Oliver Wialev, the tiresneti by Mr. Bnrnett Rnd Misn Chery ?? ...

... c ;a Another of those publiciationis which have gained I for the Camnden Society the reputation of being the N greatest benefactors of arebheological literature that I thle ,, lhas produced, graces our table this week. t Jt is entit'ed Narratives of the h'eformratione, chiefly frotz Jhe ,aMtcecripts of John Foxe, the Jfartyrolo- 0 ?? with two C(ontemporary Bio.7raphies of A rch- t 1,,rp ...

... LITMuTURAI ' Iur/'3o7J'7''i IeCrs, i, Ie/Jll to ?? Bishops O ?? ;/ t)/ttS ?? ti ?? I~,jt t~ion 0;te ?? Second Editioll. Londonii Thick- 1.1n ?? l o ald I Co. el Tiie jt 6o!iot_.l splitidgtle o Ile t iturgicLlI 1- for0 Controvetsy has so olimpletelybeblled nowith t we have hlulos as little hope of awawkenilng any in- U telrt it thoil eliecto(I letters of oulr valued corre- spondlent as wve ...

... ?? ml?.4 III ,I ? E, 11 ,n ?? PhAesicdt, psitclcali, (i70 Rdri- coi ?? 1. B Mi. .5[. WILiINSO'N. London: bet I ?? l ?? 5;3d\ ii~d~ wl3t ;slfthe ex3101o which i wtil __ n~ emplOY te ?? I I' ,, 5tieral ttde-i3 a rather diffilt subject too 6i 1 . s! 6er ?? eloal with. In the first place, ph3 : -be r' lella; not, tin lt t knollw of, been ever cal II'r i le t ti teil,* in e Secoitl, it hlis all ...

... LI TER A T C RE. , Li/c of Edmond Maolone. By Sir JAiES Tiorl,. London: Smith, Elder, ?? tCO. t-di LiteraC y cyloatter.i during their ?? are but ?? of ?? rloiteo. Whenl thay die te world er- 't 1)alms thenm with enldless thatiks. Valpole, Pepys, d Elosswell, and Spence are British worthies, each ni with his wallet of Ecraps of iufiliite value. Such rec men eniabla yo to see history with her ...

... * .0 ?? Bengala; or, Some Tzme Ago. By Mrs. VIDAL, a author of Tales for the Bush, &c. 2 vols. London: J. W. Parker and Son. We confess ourselves not very partial in ge- v .ueral to Australian tales, for the simnple reason that a the field has been either overworked, or that the f sympathies of persons here at home who have no 0 t relatives in that colony, or entertain no idea of emi- ( ...

... it h- Last evening, nfter the play of Biretc'icms, a new farce of ad the good old English school, from the pen of Mr. H. Craven, was produced, entitled Biel'il GOut. The plot is too extra- er vagant and complicated to bear very strict analysis; but the c- audience were faiu to overlook the improbability of the story e in consideration of the drollery of the incidonts. The seen is laid in the ...

... IJER AI4JESTY'S E TEA TTE. ?? b The reappeaarlmce of Mr. Sims Reeves last night, in his frC favourite part of lobin lHood, after several weekls' secession, sa necessitated by n severe domestic affliction, was almost as , exciting an event as tho first night of Mr. Macfarren's now ngt opera. Although Robin Hood did not entirely lose its at- du traction in conseqnence of the chief character ...

... l.l 1 R11K-J 'T THEATRE. Miss Amy Sedgwick commenced last night, at the Hay- | market Theatre, a series of readings fraoi dramatic enod other writers, which promise to be very attractive during the brief season when, by a curious regulation of the Lord Chamberlain's office, dramatic entertainuments are only tole- rated on condition of being incomplete. With Miss Sedg- I ick's remarkable ...

... LI TBRAF URE. | Greysiuore; a Story of Couantry Life. 3 vols. Lot- don: Smith, Elder, and Co. Whatever be the merits of female novelists in these times, we certainly do not envy them the labour of their productions. It may be that the male critic is unable to comprehend the fineness of discrimination by which an authoress can extract character out of interminable walks through meadows, along ...