... Itterzature. l Louhl Crrib its Shor~es and slahnds, with NlotC6S WI of Coug Vash By Sir WILLIA -%ValDE . LoD. ViePresidenlt of the Royal Irish inc Academy, &ec. Illustrated with inumerouls wood ta engravingls. Dtiblin :MeGlashanl and Gill. rit Lodn Longmans land Co. bei Few portions of the BritishIse ar corntes atic beautiful or interesting than the westerncute r of Ireland. The beauty is ...

... ?? So many readers are prepared to find pleasure in books like Captain J. T. Newall's Hog-hunting in the East, and other Sports (Tinsley Brothers), t that the author of that work can afford to be told o there are some others to whom the perusal of his 3 volume will afford none but painful emotions. It is the easy and self-satisfied commonplace of the ad- a mirers of what is called sport to ...

... 4RiUotc. ill~itlI I - COVENT.GARDEN CONCERTS. These concerts, whiob have *wll suetained4 their character and interest for the past twb months, are still attracting good audiences, and will doubtless continue to do Bo until their close, as announced for the 26th inst. Classical nights have been given on the Thursdays, with the first portion of the programme devoted exclu- sively to the works ...

... ILittraturt. ?? of vephy.3ieal, Sta- dl Dictionaryof Geography, DescriptiPica tistieal, and Historical By A. KEITH JOIHNSTON;,T LL.D, ?? ?? F.G.S. ,Geographer h at Edinblirg in Ordinary to her Majesty. New z edition. London: Longmans. t The name of Dr. Keith Johnston is a certificate of the excellence of every geographical work which p bears it. This volume is beyond comparison the 51 most ...

... T'w ; - ?? me Tt, , '0114-11 ?i ? , ?? IIIN V?? I Thisd4060,! h lan ig ti!the first of a series of c eulof ItOW , with which Mr. Mapleson intendj i,1 up the few weeks previous to Christmas. The company comprises most of the principal artists of the regular seasonand new appearances are an- nounced, of Mdlle. Clara Doria (a daughter of Mr. John Barnett, the composer), and Mdlle. Kellogg, a ...

... xiter'Iturt. NEW BOOKS. Mlr. Murray has added to the admi'able series of Choice Travels, which he is publishing in volumes of convenient size, Mr. Layard's abridg- ments of his Nineveh and its Remains and Ni~nev.eh and? Babylon. The first of these volumes contains the narrative of the author's expedition to Assyria, during the years 1845, 1846, and 1847; the second records the results of his ...

... We have before us Part I., Vol. II., of Bishop Percy's Folio Manscit : Ballads and Romances (published by Trubner and Co., for the Early English Text Society). We noticed the first in- stalment of this work a few months ago, and must now repeat the commendations we then expressed on the care and ability shown by the editors, Messrs. John W. Hales, Fellow and late Assistant Tutor of Christ's ...

... ?? V A-FTE ?? ?? ?? ?? . K\: I ' ST ; l l;The~ sppel tu be .considIrable vitality in Mr. 5Ailinfg;olpes'~ couedy of;. A bodyis Fiiend, which as first produced at ' the Hay arket in the early part of 1859, with Mr. Charles Mathews, , r. Compton, Mr. Bucketone, Mrs. Charles Mathews,_ Mvs, Wilkinst, and Miss- Reynolds in the principal charactere. Tliii'vitality 'has perhaps been shown more ...

... THE PARIS EXHITION. I ?? I . 7T ? ; I II (PROM OUR SPICLat COBURSPONDENT.) The Exhibition is seeing gloomy days at its close. All is wintry and cheerless, as I observed in my last letter. And yet there is a sound of revelry- a faint tame sound as yet, but which may grow and brighten. There has been feasting enough all the summer in the restaurants, and they have not generally realised fortunes ...

... mteratum The Romance of Chaitiy. By JOHN nI LISrDE. London: Strahan. In this prettily illustrated volume Mr. do Liefde has included the substance of the larger work issued by him about two years ago under the title of Six Months among the Charities of Europe. He describes in its pages certain religious and charitable institutions, on the Continent, but chiefly in Germany and Holland, and by ...

... . ( rnoop OUB SpiAl oowssorEM )EiN The return of the court and the visit of the Emperor of Austria have brought gay days once more to the Exhibition; albeit it can never wear again the beauties of its summer time. The park is saddened under the yellow leaf; the reserved garden has seen its best days. It has lived the life the roses live, and has little left to show to N~apoleon's last imperial ...

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