... LI TER AT UR E.* A HOLIDAY TOUR IN SCANDINAVIA., The advanced age of civilization in which we live has gienu such facilities for continental interciourse and oein travel, as our forefathers in their wildest dreams of future pro-gress and advancement could scarcely have imagined. Taking a holiday trip of ai few thousand miles on the continent is a matter little thought about inow-a-days, for ...

... I I TIllr Buxtiric STATun.-Whoever erects a noble statue In a public plaeo dcea mnoh to educato the public t6ote.-SEalrrd9Y Jkecfea0 The Archbishop of New York visited on yes. terdey Mir E. 1 Selemon well-known Optical Estabilallment, 19, Nassau;strcet, and selected somen of tile spectaclos and sclentitlic Instrunellts, oer tile unrivalled conotruetlon of wiich Air, Solorneels has bjeal b0 ...

... THE SCOTCH PRIZE WINNERS AT THE T C EXHIBITION. I The following is a list compiled from authentic sources of those from Scotland who have gained I prizes at the International Exhibition :- a oto MINING, QUARRYING, METALLURGY, AND MINERAL no, PRODUCTS. shi Medals. K .aowvans, Rockville, Edinburgh-For successful GCh application of bis borer, and of galvanic blasting to pli quarries worked on a ...

... ?? - _ - 11-IC (From the Press.) tc The country gentlemen and farmers have mustered II strong this week in Battersea-park. The Royal Agricul- tI tural Society have probably surpassed all their previous ai shows. To even 'our unscientific eyes the animals ex- f e- bited seemed marvelously fiue:- and we wondered how tc Mr. Jonas Webb could manage to breed such a beautiful tl creature as bis ...

... [theXfolZowing appeared in our TowEnI ;nxTom of la8st week.] I At the Crystal Palace. The Third Fancy Fair held in the grounds of the Crystal Palace, in aid of the funds of the Royal Dramatic College, took place on Saturday. Notwithstanding the threatening aspect of the morning, the weather proved throughout the day most auspicious, but had the rain de- scended even like the famous waterfall ...

... For travelling, there is nothing better than plain foul- ards or alpacas. In the latter material a drab shade is very much liked; and certainly is a very convenient colour for tourists, who always suffer more or less from clouds of dust. Alpaca dresses are generally made in the redingote style, and closed down the front with a row of steel buttons. Foulards have, above the hem, a trim- ming ...

... LITNOWAY MISOULLAA. o7s ?? art of fattening cnr oysters in ardfcldal beds ws first taught by the Bomnm Feeding nis being first Invented about ninety years B.C., they were first onstruoted. upon the hore of Balse; and even as oarly as the reign of Vespastan, the British oyster was deemed famous among the Bomans, aid thought worthy to be carried nt Italy , Omcers PnOVIaMM-Pollowlng virtue to ...

... An Italian Scientific Congress will open at Sienna on the 14th of September next, and terminate on the 27th of the same month. A memorial window in commemoration of Vincent Novello is about to be placed in the north transept of Westminster Abbey. An equestrian statue, by way of memorial to the Prince Consort, is to be erected at Y-alifax, to be wrought in bronze by Mir. Thorneycroft. ...

... Doubtful Grumbs. Painted by Sir Edwin landseer. Engraved by Thomas Landseer. Fores and Co. Buy a Dog, Ma'am? Painted by E. Ansdell, A.A. Engraved by ?? Staepoole. Fores and Co. Although a too speculative cheesemonger has just gone to the dogs by way of the Bankruptcy Court, for the money it cost to bring a dog-slhow into fashion, that is no discredit to the faith of men in dogs. Since men hame ...

... TutR HOMnF AND Fooaxoiz REIviow (Wihimrsm easel Worpale, Lonsdoyi).-The Rmnibler, which originally up- peared as a monthly, changed to a bi monthly, and now comes forth as a quarterly, with neew title. In oant- ward form it resembles John Murray's, while in matter it ie quite on a par with the ablest of the quar- terlies. We have heard persons object to comt- muniques in high class ...

... In the July number of the Cornhiil Magazine, the first instalment of Romola, the new story from the pen of the author of 4 Adam Bede, displaces Mr. Thackersy's Adven- tures of Philip from its accustomed :pride of place as the, first in the list of contents. It is over, early yet to attempt to speak of the character of the tale, but we may mention that the scene is laid in Florencei ina ...

... PRESCOT FLORAL & POULTRY ISHO0W. I Yesterday afternoon, the annual floral, horti- cultural, and poultry exhibition was held Il a field ab Parkaide, Presoot. The weather being highly favourable, there was a large attendance, the com. J pany Including vslitors from Prescot and neighIour. DOOd, ?? -uaJ *! .erpUue D . . created, as usual, coneiderable interest In the town of Preseot. In the ...