... IR HENRY BULWER'S LIFE OF LORD FALMERSTON.* 'A very imperfect biography may be a very fi 'delightful book. Of this obvious truism Sir v MenryBulwer's Life of Lord Palmerston-the n tret two volumes of whioh everybody is finding ti time to read, qven In the nidstiof the abeorbmg bU agitatipns of the present day-furnishes a singu- s larly complete illustration. - For of a biography,lh this work ...

... STRANRAEI AND REINS OF GALLOWAY-' CATTLE SHOW. . The thirty-seventh annual show of the Stranraer and RhinH of Galloway Ngricultural'Sdiclbt# wai beld on Friday last, in a field adjoining the burgh of Strauraer. The show of stock was considered fully equal to former years in point of quslity, although the animals were not so numerous in some of the classes. The weather was unusually fine, and ...

... 1I1[OTICULTURiAL EXIIsTION. ;C first ehijbition of the Amalgamated Royal ,! I Srociety and Amateur Hortu.s Club. It was, I , g good and suecessful show. WC have seen wbere larger pliuts were shownw, but we hve e :. to where there was greater unitf tility among .. 11 iln mcpect to growth anld gelneral 1llltbthiness. ub e anid Stove Plants wen leoticad particularI . li Ioruiitiun Tenax ...

... I TflEA'VRE41OY?L. I . -- Last night, the first of the winter seasOn, thl e Theatre-IROyal wvas well filled in every part to hear Mr TE. J. Byron's new dramna, entitled Uncele Dick's Darling. It has avowedly been written for Mr Toole, wvhichl is equivalent to saying that all are mlinor characters to that of ]iicknrd Dolla,ndl (Mr Tonic), around whom and whose acting centre the attraction and ...

... THE MAAGAZINEI4. Blaekwood this month throws no such bomub- co shell into the raunks of its political frioels as sig- V nalised its lastnhllelication. Its liglitlillg3 are b more properly reserved for opponents, and in an a article entitled 'The Lords and the Irish band o Bill they Iare made abundantly visible. hlere is P tI the selimittion of the wvriter's vieows f We regard it (thn Laud ...

... SIR TENNYSONAS NEWV VOLUME, (Fiom. the Eis.') I The new work by the Poet-Laureaote, which s be published on the 15th irit,, coulybtsd of tj ,songs, in various metres, a1nid is entitled ,A, were written fou y crsego!a the renoI~ Arthur at the ?? of U musicr heuhadvan, osaki f librettofo 4 8 muic e ha inContemplotieu, 51 In general htyle, in s c-pe, and variety of nelre; t as well as from it, ...

... I ' (Froam the New.York TIn) The Grand Opera House. was crowded last night (Hogmanay), and the scesie of something different fr rdinary professional exhibition of feeling. During the evening it was evident that Mr Lizard was in very lowv spirits, as his songs in character lacked their usual heartiness, and his playing ill Phlto bore evidehni of much nervousness. Mr Alice Dunning Lizigard ...

... Llllt,,'II A TURB. Asl RIVIERA: . ?? Sketches from| Cannes to Genoa. By the Dean of Canter- | trury, With twelve chromo-lithograpliio ilustrations and numerous woodcuts, from i drawings by tho author. London: Bell & 1Daldy, York Street, Covent GardenI and Alexander Strahan & Co. Ludgate Hill, 1870. Ws: are indebted to a six weeks' holiday in-the early spring of 1819 for the chrmbing book with ...

... M TiI'iURE. Tim LivE Fs 'Il '-iru C!.ANCELT'ons AND KsIEPES OF I'ill. 0!\v 1;AF:. or IINELAND, t FlW1: THE EAFF,.i F; ' ?? TO TiHE 1hi3GN % OP QUEEN Vlu-rol I 1 By J. ?? l O'Flanagan, Al. I I ., Barrister- at-Law, f. author of flllit tiusis of the Irish Bar, ii The Bar Lifo of (lUonnell, &o, In two , volumes. Loudon lUnigutnso, Green & Co r 1870. Mua O'FLANAC(AN ?? dio his best to render ...

... LIT E R AT U RE. The Colonial Qiucstion, in Tlireo Letters. yaCLOIT 1870. i THESE ]ottere; appearcdit f ewe weeks aigo irs tho Timeit news- paper, and haive been re-printed, in Pamphlet form by deliro f Of gentlemsen interested in tihe Colonies, who believe that ait this great crisis wheni tim hintgrity of the Esupiro boo been brought into qiertiori, the views here so clearly and tersely sot ...

... s(Fromi Le Follet.) THrnE is a greater approach to simplicity in tho make of the toilettos in vogue this wvinter than Was seen last year. The voluminous tournure, the oxaggelatel bow at the waist, have disatppeared, or are much modified. Wo nosw even find the tight- tting tunic worn without any sash, and the bodies of dresses made merely wNith basquces or pointed. We by so moaus wish our ...

... THEATRE?ROYAL-ITALIAN OPEflA. In our hulrried notice on Saturday of the pro- duction. of Zauberfiote, we wore unable to do full justice to the great impressioli Mdllo. Titiens made as Paminae. Suffice it to say, in one word, that we fully appreciated the merits of the per- formance, sand have no hesitation in saying that it was one of the finest we have over seen in opera. On Saturday ...