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LITERATURE

... 1,IT EIALTTRE. YIWH;ARU 1ia. Sw ul:Nd.. ~By Willsa -White. s&,oadon: Si .Dpkis, Marshall & Co. Iss a. fior msnerrtice wve fosi~owed Swsedenlbo rg's hlistory as far as thu remarkable cs-iis which took plae in his oth year. His life, so faa, haslbeenthattof asis- pit-minded siekcr after truth. Given to theological sp;:culationin his somewhat precocious childhood, he bad in early outh been ...

THEATRE-ROYAL

... T HEA T P p- A REVIVAL OF -Rop~AL :- REVIVAL OF ROB p Pocock's dramatised version of R7 the rare fortune and capacity of renewin of its Popularity after ])uIt short inte y j e quiescence. Probably there is no Shakespearian drama thlat is more of the gowv Playoers, and certainly there is ne tha commands more general att'n when 11 n ptha duced with even partial s..c I It iS pr'. medium ...

DUMBARTONSHIRE CATTLE SHOW

... DtU.M13A1.TONSHIRE CATTLE SHOW. The annual show of the Dumbartonshire Agricul- tural Suciety took place yesterday, at Dalreoch, Dunnbartn. OUtf Ayrslxire stock there was not a large number of tirst-ciass animals shown, and of sheep there was a great scarcity. Of horses there was a ery fine display, and the lots of butter shown were of very superior quality. The prizes offered for poultry were ...

THE STORY OF TANTALUS

... T}3Th STORY OF TANTALUS. X Isrr:thommses:) THlE S±1vr5.m- {ysontliODime; The old story of Tantalus was repeated in a pora- graph of Our CityAwicleonEnda). Itannonced that a ?? company had been established in thatfaa I or the purpose of boiling down into tallow te a sheep fo week. If we reflect alttle on what this means, there is something ,bnost incredible in the statement. Here in London we ...

BEFORE VICKSBURG

... BEFOR1, VICKSBURG. G. H. B0eeR. IQuoted from ?? Renidin's i1 Prose an1d Verse' Relheted hy J E Carpeuter, acd Published by Frederick Warne & Co., Losedoa.l When Shermian stool beneath the hottest fire That frono the ?? of Vicksburg gleamed, And boubt sheik tucebled in their smoky gyre. And grape-ehot hissed, axed ease shot screrODed; Back fromu the front thre cam'e, Weeping and sorely lame, ...

GLASGOW FAIR

... GLASGOW FATh?. , ?? vO LILDXiY 'E XO-TrEBiOS}01 g. -As usual at thi~s-holday season, the- steamboat .and rsilwiy~ compnies h~avemade arrangements foir enticing tnlpsat very cheap rates, sand thiere is little -doubt that the facilitee otered to; excursionistswill be largely taken advsantage ofL ?? : .Pleasure seekers who inteud to: 08pnd thieir spare tune- at thie Casit -hafve many fa~voadrte ...

LITERATURE

... LITE2 iRA-TUIZE. Vice'1* orF ?? MexltCuesam' It ?? 6 b'.A'0',WEV containing Historical Nticesof its Originl Coa-ll stitUtiton, and Plope-rty, and of the Charitalble Foundationls wvhich it adlminlisters. l're-sented to the House by Alchibald Orr ERing, E-1. of Bal- likinrain, Lord Dean of Guill. 186G. Ulasgow: Printed by Bell & Bain. THE history of this interesting publicltion has already been ...

LITERATURE

... ?? TgE8DJUCT'S1O? THE GEEsaS AND LATINS, with ?? on the force of Ms. ByGavin Hamil- ton, of the ElginAcademy. Edinbargh: Oliver , Boyd. 1867. (Pp.137.)4 - Drssts~SFEDi with the vague and contradictory theories introduced into this country by German philologists, the authoriof the Funcfions'of Si and Qui has brought forward a view of the Subjunctive Mood differing considerably from those ...

AGRICULTURAL SHOWS

... AGRICULTURAL SEiOWz. CAM BUTSLAMS . On Ture.,day 'at, the 21st in,t., tbei Caaab l&;ang. Blantyre, and Rutherglent Agricultural Sodci- theld their annual show of cattle, &c.. 'in a Sald adjoining the Canmsnu:ang 'Toll-Bar. The Judge., for cattle ?? Alexander Allan, Carbarns, Camnbus- nethan; Robert Wilson, Forehlouse, ?? and Thomnas Morton, Craigabon, StrathbLane. For ?? James Miller, 47 Glax ...

NEW MUSIC

... JT'Ei Soxs OF Tor- LA.TE DP PAne. Leeds: Archibald llamsden, Park Row. London: Hutch. ings & Romer, Conduit Street, Regent Street. WIHEN, two years ago, the Rev. Dr Park, of St Andrews, was called to his rest, it was felt that the Church had lost one of her most accomplished sons, but it was then known to only a comparatively small number.that in his departure Music had been de- prived of one ...

INVERARAY CATTLE SHOW

... UVMRARAY CATTLE SHOW. This cattle show was held on Friday, and was well attenlded. Thfollowing is the list of pries:- -WEST HxornnD CATTL.E FIRST CLASS.' Aged bull-let, Chales Turner, Maam; .2d, Dunank Macarthur. Achnadunan; 3d, John mac. artlur, Acurach.-- Twoyear-old bulel-t, Duncan Macarthur; 2d, Charles Turner. Beat pair of -three-year-old heifera--lst, Duncan Macartr; 2d, Chas. Turner; ...

A WORN-OUT EXHIBITION

... A Paris letter says there is somiething dismal about the Great Exhibitionibuildingaud its surround- ing garden, at least those who remember it accoin- panied by sunshine, bustle, and gay toilettes. NpD matter what section of the world's fair you enter, bu'sinesseems to have nearly ceased, and the princiL pal showmen are awaV. Many of the stalls are left to the guardi=uship of persons who 'are ...