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LITERATURE

... the great writers of fa antiquity were, and what they wrote; to give, wherever 0' possible, some connected outline of the story which they tell, hi or the facts which they record, checked by the results of sC modern investigation; to present some of theirmost ...

LITERATURE

... highly- wrought story of'lan and WVife, a story which was suggested, ats he says in a note this month, by the Parlia- mentary Blue Book on the Marriage Laws of the Three Kingdoms. and which is supposed to embody in its outlines at least the story of Miijor ...

NEWS OF THE WEEK

... more remarkable than the utter indifference with which the followers of Lopez faced death ; and when the supply of men ran short the women armed themselves, and made good the vacancies. A strange rumour was afloat few weeks ago about the intended marriage ...

LITERATURE

... freesh to note in the way of fiction in a the July Mnagazines. Mr. Anthony Trollope hes got on to d the rails with his new story of' Sir Harry Hotspur of Bram- e blethwaito in .Afactoillani's, and Mr. Sutherland Edwards ii opens his first study in fiction ...

LITERATURE

... Drord. When he closed the third numberi, it was with a strong impression that he was on the threshold of the crisis of the story, and that the next monthly section would discloss the nature of the mystery which the r early chapters kept so shrouded that ...

LITERATURE

... another of s, his letters from the tropics, Mr. Smiles a few more notes on 0 his visit to the Vaudois, Mr. Arthur Helps 1 more short Is essays, and Dr. Vautghan another of his thoughtful and eloquent Half Hours in the Temple Church. We have n given two ...

THE IDIOT ASYLUM FETE

... Dick, Mra. and Miss 0 Hayter Hames, Mrs. Cartwright, and Misses Cartwright (3), Mrs. Harding, Mrs. Willis, Miss Sanders, Miss Short (Exmouth) Misses Huassey, Mrs. Studd, Mrs. Bathurst, n1 Mr. W.Chnter, Miss Allen, Miss Ho osr, &c. f G31NTLEiiEN.-Ear1 Fortescue ...

LITERATURE

... morning. I There is nothing very striking in St. Paul's. Outsidethe Forte des Capucins is a very pretty French story, and At a Concert is short and rather touching. Mr. Dis, celi and the Dukes is balderdash, and not particularly original balderdash either ...

NEW PUBLICATIONS

... position consist of rambles ashore, and on board ths old plan of telling stories all The result narrative of sundry shooting and fishing exploits, half-a-doeen stirring stories of adventures sen aud laud, the whole forming a fund pleasant entertainment ...

THE WILD DIPLOMATIST

... THE WILD DIPLOMATIST. A STORY OF THE PERIOD. BELLA ST. Ioux.-It is the Easter recess, and a large gay party is assembled at Sir Richard Selwyn's place in Shropshire. The weather is unusually fne, so out-of-door amusements are in great request, and ...

LITERATURE

... alternative is a victorious French revolution, and we know what that insane--it means a scourge for the human race. The capital story of 1Earl's Done is cona- ?? Csorthil contains a very interesting paper entitled 1Some recollections of a Reader, in which ...

THE WAR

... failure. With his usual dexterity, Count Bismark not only kept up the hopes of M. Thiers for six days, but succeeded for a short time in making the world believe that the responsibility of thwarting the truce rested on the shoulders of the French. The ...