... LOVE \AND__DECEPTION. A CURIOUS STORY. At the Borough Costrt, Bradford, the other day, a well. dressed young man, twenty-one years old; 4vith a large amount of assurance, ?? gave the name of Frederick Ya~dUaco or Jackson, and said lie was a clerk was charged with being on the prarmisis of Mlr. Longield Brawn, , Carlton Place, Great I6orton\Road, for an unlawful pur- pose. Mr. Brown is a ...

... OUR CHRISTMAS STORIES, ,;Jt of rbater at - BEFORE THE CURTAIN. IT Was a Decenmbor evening. Thle cathedral clock was trjking six, anid the chimes sounded soft and clear tjrougli the still, frosty air. Ladies vero hurrying through tlo streets, cloaked and hoodled, some in parties, some in ptirs, some even alone. All were wending towards the same point, for it was a grand night at the Hof-Theater ...

... A GALLIMY OF LIIFIS If, as thio sage deldares, the proper study of inanlilid is msen, thtre shouid be no more fitting or instinotive subject of meditation tbaz a gcod portrait gallery, more especially when, as in the present case, the portraits are supplementedbybiograpbialanditical nokesupontheper- sonageasreprosented. The artvalue of such acollection, bow- ever, isen6 thing, and its ...

... * Sir Arthur Helps has been so long known as an essayist, as a writer of those pleasant sketches of social peculiarities and individual character which macke our most readable booksj that it is remarkable he has never tried his hand at an orthodox novel before. In acute observation, in suggestive reflection, in perception of character, in advance of thought, his Friends have been the ...

... There is no lack of amusements this Christmas, and visitors and pleasure-seekers will find no difficulty in making a selection from the following ample list of enter- tainments which will be given to-day:- THEATRE ROYAL. As was stated in our review of the dialogue on Monday last, the patomnime, which will be presented to the public at the Theatre Royal for the first time this aftesnroou, is ...

... A' REMINISCENCE OF- PARISIAN . LIFE. - THE dRAND'OPERA AND ITS CLACQUEURS. [From a Correspondent.] The recent destruction of the Opera House, or Academie de Musique, Rue Lepelletier, Paris, recalls a singular experience the writer had in November, 1871. A month or two after the Commune Govern- ment was subdued by M. Thiers, and Paris, still smouldering, and reeking with the burnings and ...

... 'Tht Tolafri a -$1,11pta. Po, - PARtT I/ THE MA1ADEN'1V: TRAINING CTArPTYt I. UV}rln I! Can it be? Yes--no-yes, it is. I declare, that saucy little bagnage, Susan Jerlis. Give me a kiss this instant, for 'Aueld Lang Syne,' you little rogue. FPie ! Captain. What would my young lady say? We are not at Ciulqport now. Oh, tfle token is legal tender anywhere between old friends, especially when ...

... LITERATURE, ARTT MUSIC, AND SCIENC9. ?? Uie Athenaumj] The admirers of Balustion's Adventure will be glad to hoar that Mr. Prowmning is going to give them another Greek play in i moderh drcss. Mr. Hepworth Dix on is preparing for the press the third and fourth volumes of his work on Queen Catherine and Anne Boleyn, calleI the H History of Two Queens. Tlre editors of Dr. Whewell's tife ...

... | TIE MI~tNGIT~ VANTOMIMES. I . i . .i: ' , , witi -ri : ?? 1-Ili The ssihjeeb!of t ~on hirieths nteira at thdi ?? anaig- ansl isu7leoroii 'iveibion '0f she famniliar' story of 'sBeloty an d~th ea -o.ts. --The il ialo08ne: has b~een wr itti'beb r. Olin rue ui'allward, to whose pna wo vere inilebted for' The Fairy Fawji, produced 12 usonthla ago; and thtough-thglere are one or two respects in ...

... = , lAND NEW LONDON. A Narrative of its History, its People, anditsPlaces. B WAMTER T11olsBU~y- Illustrated with numerous En- ,'ravings. [London: Cassell, Petter, and ~',Ipill] LondO, to which all civilised nations look 'with roodeC and desire to see, has rarely ever had any- ililike literary justice done to its name and famne. NTearly tllirty years ago Charles Knigt .011i11ile(l hlis ...

... AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF DR GUTERIE. AiVTOBIOGRAP;HY, F Tnol'? s GurTMsRA, )D. D., -AwD MwIdomR. By his Sons, Rev. D. K.m GUTRFJE and C. J. u M A. I twcavolutue. Ist- volume. [Isbister and Co., Ludgate Hill, 1874. There is no more charming fore of literature than Autobiography-if onlythe writer has the courage to be moderately faithful in self-pourtrayal. We do not say, by any means, that everybody ...