... DARLINGTON SCHOOL OF ARMT. ?? -. - .. . -1 ?? - _ J ML tidAUL. The amnual mneeting and exhibition of the Dar- . lington Government School of Art wvas hold in the Mechanics' Hall lat evening. There was a large collection of the works executed by the students during the ycar exhibited, and there was also a D collection of works of art from the South Ren- s sington Museum shown. Among the works ...

... Years ago I loved a maiden With a boy's love pure and true; We as ohildren played together, Grief and joy in common knew; And my love was bright and winsome, Dearer than all else to me, Merry face with sunshine smiling, Roguish eyes poor me beguiling- Laughter-loving Rosalie ! Years fled by, and one dark winter Cast a shadow o'er-our joy, For it brdught a day of parting, When I was no more a ...

... ',THE GIRL HE LEFT BEHIND HIM, t This is the title of a new work by R. Mountteney Jepbson, author of ' Toem Bullkiey of Liesington, &e. The book is wel-planned and pleasantly-written, the characters are sharply and smartly defined, without being exag- gerated, aud tbe reader's interest in the story is sustained throughout, though the author hasnot had recourse to the won- derful r ...

... . TORBAY ROYAL, REGATTA. III The annual Regatta of the RoyalTorquay Yacht Cl uab B. which extends over four days,'domme aed on Mpdady nder the most fivourable auspices. The bay was foll of yachts, b such a fleet as has never before been seen off this most n picturesque au&d fashionable of watering places,; and the town overflowing with visitors, thousauds of emoursiosaists e, being, brought in ...

... DANCING AS AX AMUSEMENT. M~an was ever a onoinus creature t From time imerorbl he has deered somethinr differing from tbe ordinaty routine of hie daily tol1, eitber to infuse fresh vigour into his lirbe oito whiME the happy isure bonre awy and this somethi-ng I either exerciee or amusement, eittiege both. Nature hersel requires it in some ,hape or form0 an men i eeaqu550tly 515? 00 tbe took ...

... DEVON sAND- EXETER BOTANIOCL AD, I HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. I at The one hundred and' fortieth .ekbfflbtion, in connection ie with-tli 'above. society was held aset Friday on Northern- F of bay.. 'The'isweath irisa gloriously fine, a circubiallanico fira :D h- whiob the Society were singularly fortunate, as 'thunder-E or storms were very ¶reaetitesrOWdngitioand an a wet flower-show day here-had ...

... HRISTMAS READINGS. THE MONTHS. THE MONTHS. January brings the anow, Makes our feet and fingers glow; February brings the rain, Thaws the fronzen lake again March brings breezes loud and shrill, Stirs the dancing daffodil; April brings the primrose sweet, Scatter daisesat our feet; May brings flocks of pretty lambs, Skipping by their fleecy dams; June brings tulips, lilies, roses, Fills the ...

... E -amk 'rTHE PRINCE OF WALES'S Theatre reopened for the season on Saturday evening, after a short vacation, which has been well employed in redecorating the house and enlarging the proscenium. In the place of the rather bewildering display of gilt and blue satin which has hitherto characterised the interior of this popular theatre the visitor now finds a singularly rich and harmonious style of ...

... TaIERF have been larger collections of masterpieces by the Old Masters since the Academy undertook this class of exhibition, but none of more interest, or less marred by any intermixture of dooil)tful or second rate examples. As to quantity, the present iurler of 2S5 pictures is even more than sufficient to furnish delighft and instruction. Half the number would he more than enough to occupy ...

... ?? .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . UNDER TIlE NORTHERN LIGmnrs, OR, TI'lE, CRtIsE OF TIHE ' PANDORA' (S. Lowv), by J. A. MacGahan, the ?? Khivan correspondent of the ATew Ylork Lie-ald, is a vivacious account of the shortest an I most recent of Arctic voyages of die- covery. The 'andzora, all the world lknoos, was the ...

... (CONCLUDING ARTICLE) (964).- THE Month of March (J. L. Pickering). One of the truest landscapes of the year, though of little interest in subject, and less charm of season or effect. A rough upland farm, on the high further bank of a stream crossed by a plank bridge, and with water in the ruts of the road leading to it. A wood of bare saplings between the stream and the farm-buildings. Mr. ...

... .. . . . . . IN the mid May season, when the turn-out of the Coaching Club or the Four-in-Hand brings half fashionable London to the Park, and the short-stage coaches on every road wait but for west winds and sunshine to bear their loads of passengers between Kent and Surrey herige-rows, a book like Captain Malet's Annals of the Road (Longmans and Co.), can hardly fail to meet ...