... MROM SOME RECENT BOOKS. WASsIJNOTON IRVING AND THE GHOST.- HIall,I said Mr. Irving, was rather sceptical, and prone to speculate dubiously about the reality of a future life and the possibility of spectral visitation. In one of these moods, during a talk about ghosts, he turned suddenly towards me, and asked me somewhat abruptly, whether I would be willing to receive a visit from him after ...

... TIIEATR R-OYAL. oj, itt at D~rury Lane, the Carnival ball at the a 1 DunidrearY crush at the Hayinarket, are frgi *.1,arclles we canl find for the size amd turbulence of ci , 1 5taseiibledl in the Now Street Theatre last iI' 3 thlese qimnilcs are aill of more or less reniota 7l n etl forceod to the conclusion that, so far as ir 10it ecucer it'll, snch an opening night 11hsnot 5itace~Sd ...

... 1IAI1piRIVORTH AND LOZELLS FLOWER SHOWV, YESTERDAY. tTI Ij n exhibition of flowers, fruit, anld vegetables with41 his society wvas held yesterday in the %Neihl itld of Castle Dromwieh Hall, theo seat of the lvi ~ Braford IIa thle weatliOS proved as fine ats it teendc~~~ te pst three weeks the fdto would have ~s 5tcidedwit a elsure of success almost unparalleled 0 5t~1 eretheanticipations of ...

... GAWPIBALDLID t of goesl do al ays ?? wrong, lre gr i,, fervid toreiut of their zeal ,Ao l' , h y little ?? toys of power, ell' dleti'll,lm of State. Such lot is thine, t~F ulX it est. braves4t best. lt:'lliS d1 Caytij in tue lminl he loved, I l fmilt ?? sword ,idI, Oi't (for eer. Drcary wreck tiaS 'l5 t rwelied in LiOerty's own air, (I, ijeltlil o Nil. 1trd lje ?? of xvii. Yet, quenccierq one, ...

... Garibaldi has been defeated, wounded, and captured. (Telegrami from Paris to Ttris.) So you think he is defeated, 0 ye comfortably seated And that victory is meted in your loaded huckster's scales I 0 you fools ! though justice tarry, yet by heaven broad and. starry, Right, howe'er it may miscarry, ere the end arrive prevails. And you think a wounded hero may hereafter count as zero, And that ...

... THE AGRICULTURAL EXHIBITION AT ASTON PARMK The ground which is being made feady for this show already presents an appearance which would have uladdened the eyes of an exhausted trooper who mnight have come upon it. after the recent little affair at Manassas Junction. There is already erected canvas. and shedding enough to accommodate the wing of an army. All along the fencing which turns down ...

... CON YO HELP US A BITV A very deep commisseration has been felt in the Aus- tralian colonies for the sufferers by the cotton famine. From Victoria a first instalment of £5,00(). has already been remitted home, and a large amount more is ex- pected. The fellowing verses, by Mar. Stitt Jenkins, taken from a Bendigo paper, addressed to the working men of Victoria, have been widely circulated in ...

... IE othOCWLTURA L EXHIBITION ~ THE A1- ASTON PAR. Thle prop aratloln for tls' ?? di play of cattle, imple. met, n fwes ar - making rapid progress to- c mts and floweIrs, ars y e to the Park may easily wards copein,'-romisse of a brilliant satisfy himself, and there is evelY Up litwe filled upll and successful meeting. The ente A ild pwl for most of the classes, some of our MDG t eminent stock ...

... TONIC SOL FA ASSOCIATIONT. A performance of a somewhat novel Character i the competitive element played a fr more part than is customary in entertainmenti Of thjp tially harmonious charncter, was the mean3 of I merits of Dr. Curwen's systelm, of notation it a , c., t tive light before the large and de eonstr yl, assembled in the Town Hall last . ight C usage at Tonic Sol-fa concerts, tile ...