... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... A GATHEPJNG OF LITERARY MEN. *The London correspondent of the New York Trib4ne thus describes a dinner given by the pro- prietor of The Pall Malt Gazeats to the contributors to that paper: ?? Wednesday evening, July 10, MrGeoageSmith (of SmithElder& Go.),the proprie- - tor of the very successful Pall Mall, Gzette, gave a magnificent dinner to the friends and contributors of that journal, The ...

... IITEIZA TIJR1E. ^ S.0xTr.L 'Li r-l'Z nr1 'EN'IEEII-. Third Stale', I'Y. ?? Fabaxi, ?? C.E., I.D., Y.TS.S, ae. l Lei x: Lunbgman, Green, & Co., . ?? cl'e wi7l ha'! with leight tis liil inlt:iliit' ' t ' f une' L: ifo.rniation. Like its predteSoi-. 41~ N-Alzuac is acollct1on of lectures Lx0ld l (0: ?? \I's vl 'f Sliject', delivered at tainillS ?? S 'np-h in the transactions of ?? S i. Th' y ...

... (From the Saturday Renvew.) The old doctrine of astral influences, like somesorts of prophecy, often vindicated itself. When a man was possessed with a firm confidence that he was a favoured child of destiny, he had already more than half conquered success. The French Emperor, like Wallenstein, might say of Fortune:- To me she has proved faithful, with fond love, Took me from out the common ...

... ~LTRAT-URE -~ .L AXD OTHR FoLs. By Robert ?? London: Bennett. 1867. tbook is not without special inte. trt tS ders. The author is the son of a dir ngaisbed In~ rmissionary and well-known writer bn philology, thetSev. Dr Caldwell, and was himself a student at Glasgow LUnivertity, where, in 1863, he gained the Poetry Prize, by the unanimous award of the judges. The verses of university prizemen ...

... KILMARTIN CATTLE SHOW, This show took place on Wednesday last, and was in every way as successful as formerly. Upwards of 90 lots of sheep were penned, and the day being very fine they showedtoadvantage, Thecattle also were quite up to the mark both in number and uality, the two-year-old stots belonging to Mr Jas. ampbell, Ormaig, being very much admired. We also noticcd on the ground the ...

... I THdE !_1iBT E OF WALES' OurreadeMs _ilU h2ave observed 4,t, . ?? Our readera v. h1 -nave ohservzti tlutt Li new theatre is to be olited to the ublic t under the managemelat of Mr Ared DaU ' months ago we gave some account of the bons. b. it may not be out of place now to offer a somewh, more detailed description. The building lies along the line of Stewart Stree towards which it presents a ...

... To the EdAitor of th Glasgow Herdi. SuB,-In common with many others, I attended the City Hall Concert on Saturday evening, as there was an, unusually attractive programme. I little anticipated the.c ush at the doors after the assr- ance given by the directors last season. A parM of us, ladies and gentlemen, had gone early expecting to get good seats; but seeing the crush at the door we watteld ...

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