... IITERATURE. CIARLEsKEMBLE'S SHAKEsrEARE RrnDisar S: Being a Selection of the Plays of Shakespeare, as read by I him in Publio. Edited by R. J. Lane, A.E,1t.A. London: Bell & Daldy. Wuo can tell the number of times that Shakespeare has been murdered and mutilated by actors, editors, critics, and commentators? He has been denied the authorship of hiq own works, famous forgeries have been ...

... I A correspondent of the Daily Ncws relates briefly the surprising story of Chicago:- In 1830 the po. pulation of Chicago was about 100 personS, of whom a small proportion was white, the majority being black men and balf breeds. It was; ncorporated as a city in 1837, when the census was taken, and the number of inhrbitants found to be 4170. Ten years later the number was doubled; twenty ...

... ANNLUAL yXPIIIBITION OF POULTRY, &ch, IN m DRILL HALL, PAISLEY. ,t Paisley was amongst the first places in Scotland, h f not the first, which instituted an open annual show f of poultry, pigeons, and small birds, and its exhibi- tions at each succeeding New, Year are still unsur- ! passed, notwithstanding the efforts which have been a made in other places in the same direction. As for r a ...

... 1. , ? I ? k' I 'EITERIAITUP.E. -I I - A ~rEiON: A B R' STUDY. By ?? Wilson, ]iLD,, Professor of History and Euallsh it I Pniveity College, Toronto. Loiidon: MaotinllAu. &,o. (Pp. 328.) Tsr laini hatterton's life have been often toud; but firy'possess a tragio interest which repetition cannot weary. His career, from the cradle to the grave, comprised barely eighteen years, and ended in ...

... cIclUMSTANTIAL EiVIDENCE: A STORY OF THE LAST CENTURY. I (From Duin University Magazine.) A gentleman travelling to Hull was stopped late in the evening about seven miles short of that town by a Single highwayman, with a mask on, who robbed'him of a purse containing twenty guineas. The highwayman rode off by a different road, full speed, and the gentleman pursued his journey. 'It, however, ...

... IATERATUIE. uxN R *us : A-Tragedy in Five Acts. AWCIANDER: A Drama in .live Acts. Printed for Private Cireulation. t TATLEYRAqD, or ?? other equally notable per- ] ton, is reported as having said, on hearing of an individual who could not play whist, Then Heaven help his old age. Such a pious invoca-'. tion is unneeded for him who fof' personal plea.- sire, and perhaps the gratification of ...

... IART UAIO.N 01 G*L8GOW. * We have had the pleasae oL iupspetiugih the Galleries of Messrs M'elure & ,Sonsj Buchanan Street, a beri 0of 'four w'ater-colour' ?? ?? Bough, illustrative of Scottish lodli sden'ery, form- mig thelirat four of the Art Union, prizes to be balloted'for in March next; The pictiures repre-. sent nature in ?? distriet iiid'er'two aspects .-tbhe smiling and the' sombre. ...

... sLI~T ZTE. ift. leuary. Virtue & Co., ;.t26 Ivy La#eLondon. T N nupiker'of this organ of the fine a'roPtsw* t &otae admirable ilustrations, amongst which 'We Wiay notice The Maid of Orleans, by Mrs B. M. Ward; Plriirose' Gatherers, by 'Bi&AktX Fostr;- and.4 TfieiAngel of Light, drawn by'f. R offo.' There are some fine woodcut illustrations, amnongst which one re- presenting 'The Burial: ...

... A VISIT TO TVf: TEMPERANCE EXHI, T;N L ,BY A SXGlr-SEER elf ,. .Having heard. much: regwding this exh'bitfi I andhaazrv, I paid a visit to it on Monday, adi I .I were to give- mny impression of it as a whole, u 6 few. words .I would~ say it] was really grand, s ; strnuctive, and amising. These elements ii jiarmonised inoe onaerful degree, but I can Iia :enter upon a mnute description wihout ...

... MRS STOWE'S DEFENCE OF T ST TRUE 'STOiY The following is a vidimuo of the new work , just published by Mrs Stowe in America. It was transmitted to ?? Mall Gabas per Atlantic Cable, and appears in that journal of yestorday's date:- *Mrs Stowe's Lady Byron Vindicate'd is pub- lished to day. It is disappointing, in so far as it contains no documuentary ovidence and few new statements of ...

... LITEIATTIJ:E. Tin BanDs or AyaELi-Ie AND WxoToWsNntz,, ; Robert Gray, Secretary to ?? History Socie~tyef Glasgow; ?? Anderson. Plans- gow: Thomas Murray& Son. 8vo, ?? Tan distncts of Kyle, 'Carek;'aid Gziltowr are' i' rich in the feathered trib'es, and' fcrunate in'hvng their ornithological treasures described.bca isatutlist& ' so well fitted for the task, by eprie . vation, as Mr Gray and his ...

... 4U i`A EE, rtr By H. R. Fox co & Son. (Pp. 410.) fic wvolume, wich is dedi- P the Colonial Seoretary, is very opportane 1wil present time, when the wholo of our colonial policy .is being disulssed and overhauled, and whoa moverineits are being sat on- foot for promoting emigration froci 'the mother country.. . Mr Fox' Bourne floes 'hot pre- 'bi tend, to give a complete history of the British - ...