... - CHRISTMAS BOOKS. No. II. Mr. Hernry M. Stanley, whose book with the title of How I found Livingstone, was last ypar one of the sensation I works of the season, has, through Messrs. Samlpson tow and Co., made a vajuable contribution to our Christmas literature. To prevent mistakes, it may be as well to 'explain for whom MY AXLuvn: PAiNCE, KING, AND SLAvE, has been written. This book, says ...

... M1R. RAMShEN'S CONCE1RS. TH'1E MESSIAH., Among the eurest and most seasonable t Acetas of Christmas we have again to welcome Handel's imperishable masterpiece. So wide and well sustained is its popuilarity that the enjoyments which appropriately attend the farewell holiday of the old year would scarcely seem com- plete in the towns and leading villages of the land without a performance of ...

... FAT COAN'1 iWE SHI(YWV IN LOINT)ON- t (I-eC2i OD-. * SVN COuRES rOXCnMTs'.) The itgi c 4tlicl flall, Islingtou, is once maoro the busy scene O' 1it an mll c-xibition of fat stock held under the :uspicc i 1he 'iitlfifIold Club. rue vast buildingat the north and of Ionadc.1 whllich at other periods of the year is put to nttes fe-c from 'being profoundly agrionltural; reverts during the present ...

... _. _I_ - 1 . ?? . I . Wtrt ?? :, I THE PRVYStOLOGY go is a beoldra swho ?? iito tii phjisologlc arena ?? ?? snied ana! oppoite ajayzofcritie We-find that in almost O.V!ry, 'palidlme h ribk'frhir subjects3 iti .WCh* regos.-teet!'eb ned; They feet on th. e' rhone hile1ra'llingplbn$ delicate ground, fdo1' by:aw4Eie.btet'.ddeiph- cent or tributeed trs eot tb 6iibai edtbio bedY of: reliiodsta , ...

... i I FAIRY TALES.* At any time, but more espeeially whetl Christmas comes round, fairy lore has anl irresistible charm for the juvenile mind;-and j~l~t nO the z Wirket is giutted tnth those onrioasl1y woven stories which, while pleasing the infantile tancy, are also enjoyed by those who are not too vwise to relish 'a little naonsense now and then, In the cbarming volrin0 before us the author ...

... ala ILECA.T SHwOWS. 10 Bcnsrneren, Satlurday. i Id The judining .in the gorat fat stock, poultry, dog, andi cat ! he showvs, bel in Birnliughama acoordaug to annual custom, adi tootl place to-day. The cattle and cat showvs wore open to the public whilej thea judging went on, bat the dog show will not be opxen till Monlday. T~he present is the twventy.- bS fifth anaiverea~ry of the cattle show, ...

... 'THEE D~ECEMBER MAGAZJNES. s,'M ONLY L^OVE., *e My' only love is always near,- g Incoimt or in' town ]. .I see her twinkling feet, I lhear *e ' The whisper of her gown. i - She foote it evrer fair and young, i~r Her locks are tied in hasqte, i. } And one is o'er her shoulder flung, 5, An« hangs below her waist. g She ra~n before me in the sneads; g - And down this world-worn track l- ~She ...

... (Prom the Mfilliner and Dressmaler.) We are now going to point out to our readers what toilets are indispensable at this season, and what should be provided for the wardrobe of a woman of fashion. First of all, a white, red, or blue flannel dressing-gown, with slippers to match; this dressing-gown should be made shorter than such garments usually are, and should be of the shape of a long ...

... L UK E. (x anM COLORAnO PARK, 1873.) BY BBET HAmTB. Wet's that you're readin' ?-a novel? A novelAI darn my skin; You a man grown and bearded, and histin' such stuff cz that in- Stuff about gals and their sweethearts! ' NoWOfr .you're thin as a knife.- wne Iook at me !-clar two hundred-and never read one in my life. That's My opinion o' novels, And c2' to their lyin' round here, They belonged ...

... LJI TER A T Pt XE. WHAT WE OWE TO CEIRISTMAS. Years ago, let us say a score at least, the present writer remembers reading a little essay entitled `What Christ- mas is as we grow older. He was not very old at that time, and across the dreary interval of twe .ty years there steals just now, as he recalls the essay in question, a vague idea-which he is sure has no foundation in fact-that its ...

... .1?* L s . ) S~ ARK' 0 ,#O8T. -D r a StOW ¢oaisk~i$ Wall, I slio~ad think R. :: ,A~raiet. ?? ~n~sas'~t e otg X e: *ya^h*e thj beatuti- , a Wtjp lvja~e ?? > ; % SAO; S., ONg %ti this old Just feet Uer mqutl- dd glo'hpihft ad tha AheO ?? tOZO, -s - aUI' ¶Vo;e~b b tj tPs~n';I But'n *iollr hot - the h e mwy, yei ee, wi ori th - - ging fie ?? i iD frighten-you andthe hossIa8 1DX sf I tried .. ...

... (SCrA= TELEGRAM.) BrnsToc, Tuesday Evening-At the Police-court, to- day, Thomas B. Campston and Ann Martha Campston, of virginia-road, Loads, two young persons, who were fashionably attired, and evidently of a superior position in life, were brought up in eustody, before lie siti-g magistrates, the Mayor, Alderman.arnes, and Messrs. (. Wills and C. Glodwinl, charged with being disorderly at ...