... - ?? SaTIIS Bj~orp aae,..d, ,,19Is works have at least-one ~5tie 7 are always eminently readable. lesihbthe story, ormeaiore the miaterial, 'ldei r, t,arcley ?? ether, I .evrjal tointerest. -Much of tthwrtr large Stock of animal .dae to the writ gers . o vbc e1 0 the splendid geniality for Which I is. ed, and vhich seldom fails to attract ;1sdmnrg' ?? eisytears or laughter. 0wl EoViog to this ...

... LITERATURE, SCrJENVE, AND ART. (From the Athernaum.) AMit NmnIvy announces a new novel entitled The Gladstones, in three volanes, from the pen of Mr Frank Trollope. SoME valuable data for the history of printings and short studies on other subjects, are being issued at Cambridge by the learned librarian of the University. HE1RR ANTON BALM, a leading pianoforte teacher and musician in Vienna, ...

... !!IIER~ATUBEI. - t oF SCoTS ASND v:ER LATEST tir QCliry ~ A a Narrative'~ of the Unl P e IEvenrtsr n the Life of Mary Strsrt, s ,,.Cnts in the Life ~ ~ ot f8o l Rem arso r Froude's Histon e Remaen .ry of ' ~Isnd. y JamesF. Al eline. New York: *of lraillougttoll Ml i~ j est jolt in the life of the luckless Queen ce 1ieterals to suffer no abatement, after the ha Ofaell.three centuries. The ...

... It will be noticed from advertisement that our a Choral Union intend to produce Bach's greatest t work foi the girit time in Scqtland to-morrow b n tight. We had intended th inorning to a Lgve a 4etailed account of its many beauties C &b id musical characteristics. Thanks, however, I 3 the Directors of the society, this is rendered unnecessary. They have pablished an admir. bio programme, ...

... PAISkEY MUSIOAL AS,4OOATION. JOSHUA. The members of the Paisley Musical Assooia- tion, the stability of which is evidenced by the fact that it was established so long ago as 1846, gave a performance last night, in the Abbey, of I Handel's oratorio, Joshua, in presence of a large audience. The soloists on the occasion ?? Rudersdorf (soprano), Miss Alice E Fairman (qgntrsJto), Ur Arthur ...

... At i,?, e -edit t, -b 6S. S I P~. . .1 `11 ma 1 a e fr T .- r .. ,; low 6'i &.9d Wbaa z t resadtr -'of :ar.i.t's that he has two new works of a different char- ac ertin .preparation. There. is likely to be a change in tha editorshipof theAthienhuem, ?? .H~pwrorthtixai, it is said,will'bereinatatedintih. foxteibposition.' MriPeterBayne's diama, 'The Days of Jezehel,al~ready ananounced, is ...

... TRANSLATiONS FROM BERANGER. No. XXIII. THIE ALCHEMIST. And it is thine thou sayest, thine who art so poor and olk, The secret of transmuting baser metals into gold; And thine no less that.mighty boon for which far more I yearn, Thine the elixir that can bid my vanish'd youth return. My purse I open to thine art which can such won- ders breed, For credulous my spirit Is, and bath of wonders ...

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... LOOCIERBZ SPFRING SHOW AND SHEEP FAIR. - Ottbin r XILIZA1 . This show was held yesterday, and proved an excellent one. 3The weather was cold, and the Annandale hills were covered with 8now. The Judges ?? shorthorns, fat stock, and ?? Fraser, Overton, and Mr Copland, Mainshead. Galloways-Mesers Shaunan, Balig, and Clark, Culinain. Ayrsbires-Messrs HyBlop, Tower, and Mackie. Sarkshields. The ...

... -gJ BTUB- - .. erg Eliot. Book 0E. I tie fC ?? Bleaokwood j~b~~5dLondon. rd peekb ofb George Eliot'a new the the plot progress05 in the unhasting 4%? 10~0nor o te novelist, There is ans nthe character paint- r0 e lustrous polish in the style. renaeding these chaipters, hpic11easure is over Ile feels as if he .3ith still great be enoymen smed ti MI 1gedn slod idiomatic bit of Eng- ^ 5t3s nuof ...

... THEA.TRE.UOYAL-MACBETH. Poorly acted, poorly set, and poorly sung. Macbeth, as presented in the Theatre-Royal on Saturday evening partook more of the char- acter burlesque than of tragedy. Scene- shifters, actors, supernumeraries, and chorus, all seemed to have joined in a conspiracy to make the play ridiculous, and even the perturbed spirit of the murdered Duncai felt himself com- pulled to ...

... THE BRIGHTON VOLLINTE-L1 RFNIEW. ! l _ I The Obsperivr of yesterday says -If the Easter 1 Monday Volunteer field-dlay of 1872 be not a suc- c1 cess, the shortcoming will be mainly attributable r to the weather. Under any circumstances, it is Y obvious that it must be shorn of its fair propor- ly tions, at least so far as the artillery arm of the service is concerned, for it is held as an indis ...