... f|BeIs'svea. (London: Warwick House, Pa- f eternoster Row3.-The March number of this' Tpdpnlar~sontihy conbains,; in addition to.furr mther insbtalmenets of tho i!nterestiisg' serial tales, To the Bitter End and 6Three to One,-a , t : variety of* other contributions, incluaing .'My Gkatdfather's Ghost 8tory, an artioleo entot'led -Enthusiasm versus Impedimen' asid an able paper on ...

... :4EWBU'RN-. The annual show of the Mi~nor of Newburn Floral and Cottage Garden01 Society was held Oen Saturday in tihe society's uoarqclse, which wits erected inl a field to the west of the village of Nowburn. There waso anl unusually fine display of flowers, fruits, and v'~ge- tables, Aniioigst cut flowoers the dahlias stood 1icI st, the two stands of line each being all remnarkably' ?? feet ...

... COURT A~ND FASiift A Cabinet Council was held ca d tlay in Ing Street, n.--dtrni) The Imperial Prince of Germay has arried Bomne inepogitio. a a ri, The Spe trsays, it appears to be unde5o that LdMaoWill be crested a peeressinf Iright, the late Viceroy not having a aeat in therot of Lords.b Unerllo The Premier and Mrs Gladstone entetdanel United States Mintister and Nfiss Sch~enck the i ionnes ...

... The Sunday M1agaazine.-(Loncon: Strahn and Co., 56, Ludgaic Hill.)-In the Decembi number of this magazine Dr. Blaikic again di cusses the Future of the Workin, Classcs whether it is to be devoted to God or Mammo | Edard Garrett's Crooked Places is co, tinued, and Professor Blackie pours his though I upon prayer into rhyme. Two or three e: cellent sermons, a fresh instalment of, Agnin the ...

... Little Folks. (London C G'assell, Petter and Galpin.) -What. with curious stories, perplexing puzzles, useful information and charming pic- tures, Little Folks is by a long way the best thing of the kind published ; and certainly de- serves to be in every home where there are little folks. /lackwvood's Edsinburgh Alagaginc. (Edin- burgh : Wim. Blackwoocl and 6lons, 45, George St.)-The ...

... The Queen ard suite left Windsor on Tuesday mornipg for Osborne, where they arrived in the after- noon. John BuUl announces that a marriage is arranged between Mr Charles Tyrrell Cavendish, second son of the Hon. Richard Cavendish, Thornton Hall, Bucks. and Miss Dickinson. eldest daughter of Mr Robert Dickinson. hhotley House, county of Durham. MARRIAGE IN HTGU LiFz.-On Wednesday morn- ing, ...

... I A School Histnrv of England. (London: Loegmans. Green, Reader & Dyer.)-This is an abridgement, executed by the author himself, from Gleig's Family History of England. It contains a copious chronology, tables, contempo- rary sovereigns, questions for examination, and is brought down to 1871. Written in a vigorous, pleasing style, admirably arranged, high-toned and reliable, we know of no ...

... COURT A-ND PAS'HION . . . ?? Lady Charles Ker is steadily improving, The Earl of Caryefort is lying at Rome in a most critical condition. I .~ . I..;1 I The health of the Emperor William is far from Im- preving. ,- . It is understood that Earl Dufferin will leave Ire- land for Canada on June lath:,' . The Prince and Princeis Christian arrived ?? on Monday from-tbe continent. MARBLAQE OF' MTSS ...

... I 'f'STIC AND LlTERARY. ,Inr:ma!k k.y at, oig troupe of comedians is assen late editor of Londot. Scias :iiv. f.,i .NA ?? Yrk lon the Jtil hist. O iC ?? t1i late Dir ?? Miontgoimeory', !tsC~d a n ollt II:IS realised 77. s ng hi *':iididlte for literarylonours isaboul ibuii il frst nlvel, having the siege of London i f . ?? )o en of action. !, ra:, I :rs I ialy writtul by Prince Gcorge of a , ...

... LITER&A-RY NOTICES. now we are Governed: The Crown, thje Senate, and the Bench By Albany de Fonblan- gue.-(London: Warne & Co., Bedford Street, Coveni Garden.)-In recording the issue of ,pbe twelfth edition of this handy book of the constituition of Great Britain, -it is hardly necessary to make any comment. Two new I chapters, one upon the colonies and the other i upon our eepresentatives ...

... [FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT.) The most interesting of the foreign picture galleries, and the one which surpasses in the number and ex- cellence of its subjects any of its neighbours is Room XVI., which contains the art products of Bel- gium and Russia. I will endeavour to review on this occasion its more striking examples, necessarily omitting not a few works of merit in such a cursory ...

... Die Gentleman's Mafgazine. (London: W.. H. Allen & Co., 13, Waterloo Plaee.)-Tlse car- rent number ot this substantiai monthly cannot fail to impart both instruction and delight to thereader. A nesti nterestingpaper is one, from which we give the following short extract, en- titled. THE LIGHTNING liEFOtiE DEATeH. It is not our purpose here to eater upon so wide a topic as a study of death, but ...