... 86OCIAuISm IThD PA~tRIOTISM.,~ s snlvY age as Riehl days, shan its own' r 'ghost.l The terrorof our age is Sociiaism, with its sister the Red Republic. Shortly before the ncommencoment of the war the stream of Social- * ist principles was in full flood. The Emperor of- France, in order that he might unite the proletariac of Paris the more closely to his stan- . dardihad calledtogether an ( ...

... ORCHESTRAL CONCERTS niilA Tn AM-Ti m s It would be difficult ton the musical public of this con t - debt of gratitude as to Signor Mnarie, adc indeed delightful to be present lastev e the Queen's Rooms, and Witness tho est 3 f reception awarded him on his farewdll r4 t inGiasgow. Whothathasseenthis great tr FauSt, as RaouZ, and as the reprsen tativetk e elsa other rolec, can ever forget ...

... LITERIATJRB, SCSl'ZfGEAVD.4Br ITEMS. (Wrom the 4ftAclem,1 A. STATUE of Sir James Outram i- t, be 1eIcj on the Thames Embankment, north. A Museum of Art and Science is Lia of erection at Barnard Castle, Darham, tt at of Mr and Mrs Bowes. r; ?? RAMON VILANOVA, a woll knovsD ?? n- of sacred music in Spaien, has just lied. at par- . 8: lona, in his seventieth year. are. e- Tas Rev. George ...

... [ THE BIRMINGIAM MUSICAL FESTIVAL. I - .- ?? - .- . ?? - - - - _ - ' , . I 'fLrom our Special earrespondentj Birmingham, 31st Aug., 1870. TIM town is gay in its holiday attire, and' is fast fillingwith strangers. . The festival promises to be highly successful, both in a musical and pecuniary respect. For. this morning's perform- ance, Elijah, tickets are all sold, at Xlils each, while, for ...

... It is scarcely necessary to remark that on Saturday evening the City Hall was crowded in every part, and that numbers unable to get ad- mission had to be turned away, a circumstance 'which always occurs when Mr Sims Reeves' name I is announced. The immense and increasing popu- larity our first (we had almost said only) tenor enjoys is nothing more than'what is due to his great talents, It is ...

... LITE RATURE. ASClENT CLASSICS FOR ENGLISn READErS. 'Vol. I,, the Iliad. By the Rev. AV. Lucas Collins, MA: Edinburgh: Blackwood & Sons. Tills is the first of a series of excellent little volumes which promise to supply a really felt want. We have numerous translations in English of the Greek and Roman classics; but though each may possess some special feature of excel- lence, all of them ...

... STRATIIHBOGIE FAT CATTLE SHOW. ON Thurzday, the annual spriog show of fat stock, and grainl, in conection with the Strathbogic Farmer was held in Ihulntle. Tibe cattle, as usual, wer ex i* on the Squiare, aod the seeds in the back-yard of the( Arns Hotel. TD. show of cattle this year waas sun!-:-. . regards quality, to that of last year, and grain wi i i'': good, both in respect to quality, ...

... I. I T E R A T U It E. A Ifamoooo'bs to (ho Boarod of T'radoe ldoaosiootiont of Akaso-to v and XMotms BY J. R0. JOmES, F.10,A.S., Head-Mooster, Board of 'Irado Xavigationi School, Aberdeen, and Agent p1 ait Aberdeeni for thre Meteorological Ohflice. Second edi- a tion. Aberdeen John Adams, 1870. Tttt is a 05seCond edition of ani excellent Handbooki, which c has Obtained very considerable ...

... EDINBURGHl SCHOOL OF ART. APDRESS'l By SIR WILLIAL ESTXRLTNGOIAXWfLL. The diitributin of- prizes to tls'students of 'the School of Alt unddrbhargeof the Hon. the Boarlof Maunufactureb for the past year, took pice in 'National' Gallery on Thursday. there wasa large at-! tendance. SirWiffiar tklg-Ma±weU ocoupiedthe chair, and was accompanied to the 'platform by Lord Colonsay, the Lord Justice ...

... I . LiTEBRATJB. ENnLANnl) TO DELII: -A Narrative of Indian * Travel. By John Mvatheson, Glasgow. Ldo- don: Longinano, Green & Co. (Pp. 539.) Tiues bulky volume is the work of a business ;man, and its appearance at sa tiple when the question of infusing more of the commercial ole- ment into the Government of our Indian empire is receiving so large a share of public attention is peculiarly ...

... THEATREROYAL ' MISS HELENF AUmue p lt in on no ordinary occasion that we permit ourselves, in oar own name and in that of our readers, to welcome one of the most distinguished of living British artists to Glasgow. For some time it has been feared that, in Scotland at least, where Miss Helen Faucit's merits as en aotress 6have met with the warmest and most cordial lacknowledgment, the stage ...

... LITBBATURB. TBQATBRLY RQvinTn No.ZV 25 o. 208i ti (SE(COND NOTICE,) WE Ix, I referring again to the Quarterly, we intend rec simply to notice the articles which do not relaete by to the great question of the day The first is a to] review, with long extracts, of Sir Henry Bulwer's mi Life of Lord Palmerston Sice the Quarterly is appeared the book has been published, and has NV already been ...