... i. - 4 -- , ' .esearches into the Early Wistory, of Mankind and a the Development of WvUSam. By EDWARDt BunBT TAYLoL London: John lurray. wha This isl not so much an invesffgatiion of what men said and did in the earlier ages of the world as it is an examination of the psychological pro- 1 perties from which certain forms of speech and I action will always arise at given s ages of culture. ...

... I 21e Chassettr dVAfrique, and other Tales. By HUGE MUxLarNUX WALmsnEY, Colonel Imperial Ottoman Army. London: Chapman and Hall. Already known as the author of the Journal of a Bashi-Bazouk and of some Sketches of Algeria during the Kabyle War, Colonel Walrus- ley here comes forward as a writer of fiction, but of fiction based on fact, and having reference to the profession to which he ...

... LITZRA TUR. I 27 Huing Groanb of Ow Old Wor By H a A. L ,iTheOld Shekery. London: LOng- manS he When abook reaches atbird edition it is £ pretty fair proof that its merits are gnuine, and at the a sane time a strong enoouragcnit to an anonymous I author to shake off his disguise and to avow him- al self. The Old hekay ing his th, mask, and although we eou1d give a shrewd tW an to hi ...

... 0~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ I A History of the ?? of Rome, is Strwitife and C monumenits, fkrm its Foundation to the End of the i ASiddle Age By TnoxA H. DYED, TIsD. ondon: loongmans t This work must not be mistaken for a Roman history : it is au account of Rome as an aggregation a of human dwellings, with the temples, monuments, i Tblio edifices, and palaces belonging to the city. Re political ...

... OPENING OF MSE BRISTOL WORKING ?? 'S INDUSTRAL ZXHIBITrOLY. Yesterday the Working Men's Industrial Exhibi- tiont, ih has been openod in the Great Drzll-l.ha1 f, the lit Gloucestershire (Bristol) volunteer corps in oeeac. at hon with Bridtol, Bath, the west of England counties, and d4 South Walke, was opened with much ceremony by the civic lu authorities, the biabop, deam, and clergy, and ...

... Dramta. I ST. JAMES'S. A three act play of serious interest, by Mr. Dion Bouoicault, called Hunted Down; or, the Two Lives of ta w Mfary Leigh, the sixth drama written by this prolific fe author within a twelvemeonth, and not only written, but pi acted, was produced at this house last night with perfect sc success.- Those who go to the theatre expecting to see a L drama full of sensational ...

... THE EXHIEBITION OF 1867. | (FROM OUR SrECIAL. COBESPONDMY) Occasionally it would seem exhibition news fi travels as slowly as Kitty Vance, the old woman who walked from Penzance and back to see the ol Exhibition of 1851, and has just repeated the feat m of fifteen years ago to see her daughter. The old ti lady may die of a fall from a cherry tree yet, albeit A she has seen eighty-eight years. ...

... THE PBOSPECTS AND DUTIES OF TEE LIBERAL PARTY. A special meeting of the National Reform Union was held on Monday evening in the Council Chamber, Gladstone Buildings, Mlanchester, to bear an address from Professor J. B. Thorold Rogers, on The prospects an d dutiesof ?? party inreference to the question of re- form in the event of a ohangeof government. The chairwas taken by Mr. GxoicoSu ...

... (fnox OUR SPECIAZ CORESPONDEN.) Now that the Exhibition space has been handed over to the foreign delegates, and that the French are in possession of their part of the great building, the exhibitors, both foreign and native, may push forward their work of installation at their own speed. In the French part of the building the car- penters are already busily engaged throwing up the woodwork of ...

... Aittr-aturt. yT} 3lajnavit1cs. By the Author of John Hali- fax, (ientlenanli &c. Two vols. London: Hurst and Blackett. A Larae prolportion of current fiction is written 1w wvomllen1, and it may perhaps be added that it i chiefly written for women. Hence a certain saliiless in the general features, and in the style of the ordinary circulating library novel. Women feel very acutely and see ...

... :t, f ; ? I THE ROYAL ACADEMY There is no picture in the Exhibitiodnwhich im- proves more upon acquaintance than Mr. 1' rith'a lK ing Charles the Secord's last Sunday. At first sight it might be estimated too lightly as one of the painter's largest and most ambitious costume pictures, but it is really a work of importance, both historically and as a' chief picture of the English school, of ...

... FINS.BURY PAK. A deputation, consisting of Mr. Torrens, M.P., Lord Enfield, M.P., the Rev. D. Wilson, vicar of Islihg- ton; Mr. Savage, the representative of the same parish at the Metropolitan Board of Works; and a large number of the inhabitants of lslington, Hormsey, Hack- ney, Holloway, and adjoining districts, waited yesterday upon Mr. Layard, the Chief Commissioner of Works, to present a ...