... TEE MA GA ZZNES. -Blackneood thus delivers its judgment on the Army Reform scheme- t Now let us examine the figures with which c the Commons were so easily delighted. The provisionis for 497,000 men-enough, one thinks, t Nor all purposes of defence. But we are not allowed for an instant to enjoy the illusion that *we have such a protection, for immediately we find that in this number are ...

... GLSGOWIN8TITUTE ?OF THE FINE - I' I ARS. - AWES, xOUnRiT iOTIOL tew As a rule, figure subjects pleaseu the 'gleneral artists pbimoethan landscape. Place ever Iso fine Mlr Ptlandscap before a dozen pieople, and, if it lookin happens to -be out of the common rain, the ever, chances are that pot half of them would under- alubje( stand the m'eaniiig or'dritt of-it; but ?? figure Weir, pichowever ...

... CA TTLJ SHO tS, * KILSYTH 'CATTLE SHOW. The annual show of cattle, &c., in connection. with the Kilsyth ?? Society took place yesterday on the usual field adjoining the Dun- treath Arms' Inn. The' weather was exceedingly fine, and there was an ?? large, turn-out of ¶ ipectitor' ' Amongst those present were Rear- e Admniral 'Sir' Wiliam Edmonstone, Fatron of the I society; Mr Thomas Frew of ...

... 1, 1?1-1 7 O, OIE-p- iIiT,J LF.T.Siai 0 . - -, - M , I , , ?, ? , ?- emor SM Wmoo ByToRZ , GI,.asls Writer to the 8ge~ ~n ~ & Charle Black' 9 IMn4 reminiences of. Sir-Walter Soott I( 3 c4 T ppege., The, ?? about ,p sa ithor wbul&'hve c certain Intest at *Z tlie', bhtI in view of the appro g en- p Uneixa ticn, t Ah h then6 p hld g ?? I&Gibcon,'aM he bxie informs u, i iow ; ...

... L [TERA TUR, S'C'IENCE, d, ART ITEMS. MUNIFICENT ENDOWMENT BY MR RUSKIN.- The Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University an- nounced, at the annual meeting of the Science and Art School in thatoity, that MrJohn Ruskin had bestowed the sum of £5000 as an endowment for the Master of an Art School at Oxford. MEMORIALS OF SAVOY CHAPEL. -The chaplain of the House of Commons, the Rev. Henry 1 White, ...

... .I T ER A T IItE. a 0 ? a;bb of mieefncisk, is flee Parish of Pyk'cfit fire; a with Glimpsca of the P?s1sla Politics about A.D. 1843. 0 AberdCCO ilobert Walker; James Murray. Edinburgh & Co. u Tills 15 a native Production in every sense. It Is the work d of ? townsman ; it is devotod to the description of rural life in tue central portion of Aberdeenshire; it contains douses. 0 tions of ...

... STRATHlBOGIE FARMER CLUB SHOW. THB Spring Show of Fat Stock, Seeds, and Roots, under the ~sg auspices of this Society, was held at H~untly on Thursday. ADI Ties entries were rather under those of last year, hut the ploi quality of cattle and grain was superior to that of former gre years, tho medal oats from Collitbie being greatly admired, last The Judges were :-For Catttle-Mlessrs Milne, ...

... L I TERAT U RE. Bric: a May-day Serenade. Arranged by WALTER HATELY. Words by WT. Cow GRIGOr. Edinburgh: Paterson & Sons. Aberdeen: John Marr & Co. Two Songs. By GOETHE-with English version by W. GoW GRFluoR. Set to Music by VALTER HATELY. King Winter. Words by W. S. DOUGLAS. Music by WALTER HATELY. London: Cramer & Co. Aberdeen: John Marr & Co. W'z have special pleasure in directing attention ...

... IL I T E BA T U RE. The Canadian Dominion. BY CHARLES MARSHALL. I London: Longmnans, Green, & Co. THn writer of this book gives evidence that he baas gone about his task in a thoroughly conscient~ious spirit. Thered can be no doubt that much of the light which has been C disseminated regarding our Canadian dominion has comens through the medium, more or less coloured, of those inte- r rested ...

... m U s I C. lIse Peoplc's Hymsnsal Tune Book. Edited by RicHAPD Of RzDHEAD. Londlon: Masters& Sons, and Mvetzler &Co. the TtiEm is the first part of an English collection of tunles par which promises, from the sample here given, to be one of are mae excellence and variety. We cannot remember havin kin seeni the Hymn Blooke to which the present publication is t eornpanion, hut from the stated ...

... LITEBR AuTLB. iR~tHARSALS: 1A Book of Verses. By John Leicester Warren, author of PPhiloctctes. ! London: Strahan & Co. 1870. Mu WAtiEN writes like a scholar. His know- ledge and mastery alike of English and of verse ire very considerable. There are isolated pas. wages in which he seems to have caught the true )Poetic fervour ; but the verdict with which thia book will be received 'is that ...

... LITER TBURE. MY EXPERTENCES OV THE Wen ?? FRA=.ME AlND GrRNIANY. By Archibald Forbes, one' of the Special Correspondents of ?? News. In Two Volumes. London: Hurst& Blackett, 13 Great Marlborough Street. URTIN-G the months which witnessed'the -out- break, proress ] German war, and more atel* of. the Fiench, civilwar, 'tihe special warloorrespopdent',' made himself very- familiar nto' iwspap'er' ...