... 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 ...

... 1AUMITON. .AMATEUR T0Eh2210A13. The habitu of our concerts and other public en- tertainments in the Town Hall might, last night, almost have failed to recognise their wonted place of meeting under the startling metamorphosis it had undergone. As formerly intimated, an amateur theatrical company, under the patronage of Major and Lady Emily Hanmlton of DaIliel, had obtained from the Council the ...

... ,ANI ADDITION AL THEATRE'- FOR GLASGOW. At a special meeting of Justices di the Peacefor, the Lower Ward of Lauarkshire,,heId in the Justices' Hal, Glasgow, yesterday ?? Thomas Thomson presiding-three applicationsfor theatrical ' licenses, under the Act 6 and? 7Vict cap. 68, were .presented. The first of these was the application of :M'&Jame Stevenson Bawylisproprietor of the Scotia Music Hall ...

... JU.BRATUJRE. ¶r5OTAS Or ABYSSIUL, £&10 TE| %IT£ Slp T.aR OF xIII1 ARA~sS By el ;v Baker, ILA., ?? author cir pae tN'Y5DzS Great Basin of the Nile, . don: Macmillan & Co. 1867. (Pp. f.o '9g K.xs inbisgreatandnolwwell-known yzatells us that he spent cr' t>4ear after leaiving England in exploring the t nie3 of Aby;sara; but, being extensive, ,;Te tribcto L;olated from the great White Nile Lj ?? ...

... =TEPLATUJ :: TH3 GEESIS OF THE ArGELS, Aim THB STOny or T11= EARLY HlomE (Pp. 233.) - Edinburgh: Nimmfo 18d8. fI TAb title is tboroughly misleading. The book is a a pseudo-scientific religious treatise on the wearisome o, Eix days of creation; and the angels only come in for , lessthanaquarterofthespace. Oftheearlierpart la little reed be said. The tone is intensely learnet.L Placoids, Ganoids ...

... ALITERA2TURE A flicrbt Or rHE LAW OF SCOTLND RELATING TO ,wa Poos. By J. Guthrie Smith, Esq., Advo- cate. MVsers T. & v. Clark, Edinburgh. (Second' Edition.) 1Y this book-niakrng age it is strange that no one has yet attempted a history of the law. Such a work would be integesting and useful, even more to the general public than to lawyers. Oar older statutes, which, for their brevity and ...

... -IATERATUR ?XQJSws KPAMs IN' ALGEEsLa AiD Tumss. By the'ni -:Levis Wiutnield. L~ondon: Hurst & Blackett. TEE author of this book makes his first appeal to the reading public. He does so in a spirit of! greater: modesty. than is sometimes exhibited by literary aspirants, titled'or untitled, ind.:we thinik, is not likely to be disappointed in 6te'e-lief thi6t 9ni'' simpleinarrative,-well ...

... EVERAPD'S EXHIBITION OF FOREIGN : 0 PICTURES. For some days past there has been on view at the Queen's Rooms a collection of foreign pictures ex- hibited by Mr P. L. Everard, of Brussels. -As on the occasion of, his former visit in the spring, Mr Iverard now submits a number of really admirable paintings, including several gleaned from the recent Inteinaticnal Exhibition..- The principal ...

... - A I R a, r HmnIDBOpOw.1f. elIMTOW 0o PnmOSOPr. By 3DrAlbert Schwgler.- Translated and Annotated' '.byJariCeSutchi Stig, 3lD., ,Authorl of The Secretof Hegel, & Ediaburgh- EdBr. ?? -Ws do nobtthink that Dr .Schwe .'i~work is' everi likely to be~so popular in tis ,scountr as -1r Loe?'1 History dPhiloaophyj but we are cti tht it wimd -more favour from earneststudent. We should harfdlycall 0 ...

... To :'o Edior; of Zs Olssgo Hgig. Glsgow Abstalners' Union, Office, 18 RenfieldSt, Glasgow, 6th November, 1867. Sx,-.rWould you allow me an opportunity to advert briefly to the alleged grievance of crushing at the City la doors on -occasion of the Saturday Evening Concerts? The directors at once admit that there may be some cause for complaint, but how to remove it is'a matter of great ...

... IERATURE. ?? t% BAB-lsra fly TI. Guizot, Trauslatod by tabs initoof o,'4ohnIHalifax,Gentleman. Lon- 2ii'aSt&~~srendered Engliah readers a good ser- A'b in~pse ±de g this charming little work. As the acoorn lauthores and translator says her- selfa in preace-- Its lifelike portrai 6i a true and great man, painted unconsciously by himself in his letters and biography, and retouched and ...

... IJTERATTYRE- Jn WnnVLCAIM W11TED,- fleing a as. Glance at Mfan in his Natural-Hitatry Rtelations. A ~y. David rageC m.LD.,FRE, F.Ga-S Edinburgh:- Edmonstolie & Douglas.' (PP. ?? MciPionrisone-of the moat advancealof the diciples re of Darwin, and-does not shrink from carrying ou ti the principles of tedevelopment theory to tehis- -cli tory Of man. it is in th light of this theory that VA) he ...