... I Life with the Esquimacx. The Narrative of Captain Charles Franciz Ball. Two vols. London SAmpson Low and Co. The idea of an examination of the lands and islands adjacent to those terrible straits called the North-west Passage was suggested to Captain Hall by the accounts he had read of the various Franklin expeditions, and their fruitlessness. That the 105 men whom Captain M 'Clintock ...

... LITEERATURE. BOOKS RECEIVED DURING JANUARY. 'fle Art Journal. Virtue London Society. 9, St. Bride's- Bhckwood's Magazine. Black- avenue, Fleet-street wood and Sons Leisure Hour. The Religious Ntwrillan's Magazine. Mac- Tract Society, milin and Co. Sunday at Homo. Ibid CoriblllMagazine. Smith, Elder The Cottager. Ibid and Co. Dalziels' Illustrated Arabian Circhman's Magazine tlogg ...

... THE DISASTER AT THE TRE&TME mi RO:iY A L. ;/. -f, . ,~ l.. ..i; . /The P&li0&iof; 0,6rg 'SweoUtity, Thonas 'H 'Leeko, 0an~d*dn Clark^,tbree it the mejp who wero kgied a~the Iat~elaei ient, ,vefe yester'day conveyed'to theirblast resting.plnce, Afol!ow'edby a large concourse of relatives nd frieeds The funelral of Mr Taylor aid Dean of Gildj 'Lorimer takes placeto-day. lt is.gratifying to: ...

... The east wall is all that now remains iof the Theatre-Royal, audsthiAis'rt is prettyisecure it is thoaght that the men engaged in the work al of demolition will bhve no difficulty in taking It down in the ordinary way, Large crowds con. Ye tinuo to gaze with strange curiosity on the ruins. By the removal of the north wall an unimpeded at view is now obtained of the cloister where the hi ...

... PUBLIC A31USEMENP LYCEUM THEATRE The Roadside Inn, produced on Satubimay lat by Mr. Feohter, is not unwisely described 'as a new dasna, although it is in most essential points simply a reptodtsdtion of Robert Afacairde We say, Robert Macaire, because the original drama is one of those pieces which become called by the name of the prin- cipal character. Had Paul Psi been called The Ina- ...

... THE GAHEKEEPER, i (From'i Chambers's lournaitj Firs that are the squirrels' ladders Dog-wood berries bunching red; Large-leafed haszel' llsson switches Golden moss, the violets' bed- Past them all, and o'er the fern-tufSg, Came the keeper, twisting snares Gay were the trout files la his hat, And at his bask there swung two hares. He leaped quick over the old notohed stile, Singing a ditty of ...

... THEATRE ROYAL.-THE PANTOMIME. The house was crowded from floor to ceiling on Wednesday night on the occasion of the patronage accorded by W. H. C. Nation, Esq. The Pantomime entitled a Old Mother Hubbard, went off exceedingly well. The several members of the Vokes family acquitted themselves in the most admirable manner, and gained much applause. Miss Jessis Vokes makes a charming columbine. ...

... LIT ERA T U RE. The M1.ss'olofoicetll Newc Testamnent. According to the Authorised Version. Newly divided into Paragraphs w, and Sections, with the dates and places of Tronssetliots ; Li concise Introductions to the Several Books ; a running P'i Analysis of tho Epistles, andi Notes, critical and illustra. T. tive. Second Edition, revised and enalarged. London Af Siempkin, Marsheall, & Co. G ...

... MUSWC. SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY. The perfonnace at. Ex~eter-hail haxt evenn con. sed of Spojz' ortrio, The Lt J'wfgsrn and 1Esa. dslshn'. I dgc--ck, ah of whc a dcf d vrc of th. two gre st m ed cmpoer of the Peent cOt. Both of them are cusomnpuzar abort; and takse togeher their length is that dg 05 of the ordiny Exeter-hall performance The announcee t of two such works drew a vast aembesp. The ...

... 7 - Wf ROYAiL XXGLM9BlMRA. CVNG Ei' Last night «ti *.automine--which continugMA be as attractive' and praleti,, as rw by an opers ill one Act, called Constance the mueni by M3r. Frederic Clay, the libratto by Mr. T. W. oberton It i an agreeable little piece, end deserved its favourable recep- tion by a full houe. The drama is made up- of mateerial whiai have. aerved for numberlesa theatrical ...

... .A 1-7 Into . - The glad lark springs from his low-built nest, With a glorious burst of matin song; The voice of herds uprisen from rest, Is borne the yellow lens along The flowers that fleck the meadow sod From their light leaves the night-dew shake; But they who sleep beneath the clod- Thevdo not wake I The city wakes! With new-breathed life - Its struggling thousands wend their way -To wage ...

... THE THEATRES, &Co MaOSeY's-.-The recent change of programme at this tre, the substitution of M. Gounod's universally popular Paust Thefa r evey a nchdinello, with the grand Christmas Pantomime, for Mr. L the npw and incomparable optical effect called the visible iec,,Billeg has been attended with the happiest results. Miss Louisa lI e's Gretchen is justly regarded as one of that ...