... I I I iTH ae PARIS CR~IITIC. T. ' rom' orn Sf.Osr Con SmPOND1T.)' In no departments of the Exhibition' has there been more scandali;misrepresentation, and provo- cation of bad blood than in those in which the cloths of the' several exhibiting and really compet- ing nations are spread. To begin with, let us observe what M. Georges Bell, the authority of the Patrie, has to say on the whole ...

... I (FROM OUR SPSCIAL Co0BESPONDT.) l The Exhibition is to be closed, and not to be closed. On the 31st inst. the Emperor shuts it, and b Mr. Commissioner Leplay opens it again. The fnmc-F tions of the arimy of officials close with the month, and this is the meaning of the government note. This punctuality in the cessation of the Exhibition's pa official life has been brought about by the urgent ...

... TIUSIOAL PUBLICATIONS. I The house of Messrs. Novello, Ewer, and Co. (a recent incorporation of two of the most eminent London music publishing firms) has just issued some works of special interest and importance; first amongst which Nve must specify Mendelssohn's d Trumpet Overture, arranged both as a solo and , as a duet for the pianoforte by Julius Rietz, of v Dresden, by whom several of ...

... ?? Bfa. : .1 II *1 After- being lcloed or some mosaths on ?? sudden withdrawsai of lie Antipodea, this thea ;e-opened on Saturday night witham new drsmain-three acts, by Mr. T. W. Robertson, called For Love, which can hardly be considered one of the author's most ipto- miping and well-considered productions. Led away by a very praiseworthy admiration for the heroism displayed at the wreck of ...

... xittrturt. I Calendar of Letters, Deqpatelhes, and State Papers ordi relatbing to the ?? between England anid p ,Spain preserved in the Archives of Srnancas and thaw ?? wher.e. Vol. IL. Henry Vill,, 1509-1525. turri Bidited. by G. A. BMMoNRorH. Longmaus. Ita [Rolls Serics.] .Gre At the beginning of the period covered by the doe present volume King Ferdinand of Spain was one stat of the most ...

... T--- l#>L: ?? - X l 'traomo OtnR b 8 cojO~ ?? !1 It'is undbniable that we'are not where'we'might,, f: could, and should have been in this Exhibition; -1 ' 'f took leavemontha sago to set forth the rbasons why fo we had failed, and- 'at the same time'to point' out' h the' importance of ',imurnediately 'disem iatinjg tho:; fi rough art an4.techsical education among our wage E classes. Thefault ...

... ittrature. 0- - I Old EnqoowZd; its Scnr-Atat People. BY ra 3JAMES Mi. HorrIN, Professor in Yale College. London: Samupson Low, Son, and Marston. L We are alway s glad to read accounts of our coun- try and ourselves written by Americans. The people of the United States Occupy towards us a position peculiarly favourable to thie formation of afair and yet a generous judgment. They are ,qnd are ...

... pralra. THE NEW QUEEN'S THEATRE, LONG-ACRE. th The new and elegant theatre in ILong-acre, sh built on the site of St. MIartin's-hall, and called the el, Queen's, of which we gave a detailed official description a ucr few days ago, was opened last night, under the losseeship in of Mr. Alfied Wigan, in the presence of a large and in brilliant audience. Mr. Wigan has been so long and so en ...

... titeraturt Three Lectures Delivered at the Royal Institwtion, on the Ancica Regime as it existed on the Continent tl beforc the Freuch Revolution. By C. KINGSLEY, A M.A., Professor of Modern History in the a University of Cambridge. London: Macmillan M and Co. f Professor Kingsley has prefaced his volume of lectures on the Ancien Regime with a long E statement of his views concerning reform ...

... i7ramula. I A new broad ?? a burlesque Of a burlesque-from the practised and successful pen of Mr. b' F. C. Burnaud, and founded upon the opera of ?? was ?? at this house on Satuda ngtaanfter, al piece; Mr. T. Robertson's drama, For' Love, slightly al altered, still retaining its first place in the bills. The new a! burlesque is called Macp 2'urner, or tf'ie 'Vieiosss Willin i and wictolrious ...