... THE COURT. LONDON, FRIDAY.-Her Majesty the Queen held a levee in St. James's Palace yesterday afternoon. Her ?? and Lth P'ince Consort,atteiided by the ladsies and gentlemen in waiting, arrived from Buck- inghamn Palace at two o'clock escocted by a detneh- ment of Life Guards, and were received by tile great officers of State. The Duke of Ccubri'16e was pre- sent at the levee. The Queen and ...

... THE COURT. WINDSOR CASTLE, JAN. 31.-The Prince of Orange, accompanied by the Prince Consort and Prine Edward of Saxe Weimar, attended by their gentlemen in waiting, wvent to Eton College yesterday afternoon. The Royal party was met at the college entrance by the Provost, who conducted them through tihe chapel, the library, and schools; after which they retained to the Castle. The Duke of ...

... I Torm Taylor and his 1 High Priestess in America, . ?? the following from the Afobile 3farcury of December. It shows in what estimation oar talented dramatist is hel by our American Cousins. Our readers will at once recognise the High Priestess as the fascinating young comedienne whose histrionic talents created such afecrore in Australia some year and a half ago. MISS JOEY GOUGENHEIM-A ...

... LITERATIURE. ScOTLAND IN THE MinDui AGE. Srnns OF EARLY b: ScoTrc HISxoRY srNDSOCcA PROGnSS. By CosToo Imnes, Professor of History in the University of Edinburgh. o: Edinburgh: Edmonston &Douglas. 1869. a Si Tus delight and deep interest with which Mr. Chambers's v Domestic Annalsof Scotland werereceivedby the public, t might have been taken as a hint that any further explore. t tions in a ...

... oIMrTUAR. I 7hs Story of Neow Zeaand, Past and Prseut, SSavage and Q Ci;sed. By ARTIMI-S. THOMSON, M.D., Su eon Major 68th Regiment. In two volumes. Murray. Dr. Thomson is well qualified for the task of describing that picturesque and promising regions the New LZealand group of islands, which ip Interest- ing not only to the friends of the colonist, but to the student of physiology and to ...

... , The latest brochure on Italian subjects is contri- buted by M. Hippolyte Castille, under the title of Le Pape et ?? As our readers have heard Bo much already in the shape of argument about the pope's temporal authority, we shall take the li- berty of passing at once so an account of two succes- sive interviews with Cardinal Antonelli and his holil ness, very strikingly narrated by the ...

... or THE debate in the. House of Lords, on Friday t, evening, was of sufficient importance to demand more mn than a mere passing notice. The problem of how to at reach the lowest classes of society-or even classes at considerably above the lowest-with any means of re- of ligious instruction has long been a question of deep at interest, and of great difficulty to a large class of persons. Year ...

... ?? 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 ...

... -4-- Buachan; a Descriptive, Historical, and Antiquarian Ac- cl couint of the District. By the Rev. J. B. PRATT, M.A. C In Monthly Parts. Aberdeen: L. &. 5 Smith. WE noticed at some length this admirable account of Buchan, on its first appearance, and again the publica- tiosl of a second edition. We gave a high opinion of the sl work for its history its descriptions, and its facts, which a ...

... I11 ? . I .1- ; --.t y:n - -In ? 'It i i 4 i , ittra ?? ' .0 its. j -4 Tig RELIQUES OP FA THEP PROtUT, late P.P. of Watergrass Hill, -in the county of Cork, Iret land. Collected a-nd Arranged by OSxYERa YORKE, Esq. (Rev. Prancis Mahony). Illaus- trated by ALFRED CROQUIS, Esq. (D. Mae- lise, ?? New Edition, Revised atd largely Augmented. London: H. G. Bohn. It would be difficult to conceive ...

... Dr Major's Elemnentary Praxis of Greek C(omnpositiol (1) is especially designed as a companion to Bishop Wordsworth's excellent Greek Grammar, but may of course be used in association with whatever other grammar teachers may prefer. The little book is a graduated series of questions and exercises, testing and practising most thoroughly the knowledge of the learner, and insuring, as far as an ...

... I I On Tuesday a Special General Meeting of the life governors, annual subscribers, and ordinary subscribers of this excellent institu- tion incorporated by Royal Oharter, for providing an asylum for aged and infirm actors and actresses, and the maintenance and education of children of the members of the dramatic profession, was held on the stage of ,the New Adelphi Theatre. The principal ...