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... YAbBION AND VABIETIES. THE COURT. Marlborough House, Saturday. Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales, accom- panied by the Royal children, left Marlborough House i todday for Sandriugham. In attendance were Mies Knollys, General the Right Non Sir W Knollys, Ur Hoisan, and Mr Dalton. Sandringham, Saturday. HerRoyal Highnesn the Princess of Wales, with Princes AlbortVictor and George and the ...

... FORSYTH'S SLA VONIC PROVINCES. THE mass of people know so little of the lands of which Mr. Forsyth hasp undertaken to sketch the history that anything which can lead them to, know a little more is so far a gain. The telegrams, and even the letters, from newspaper correspondents in some respects make things worse. They assume a degree of knowledge, especially of geography, which hardly any- ...

... The Law relating to Public Health and Local Government, as contained in the Public Health Act, i875, and other statutes; with an Introduction, Notes, and Appendices. By Gerald A. R. Fitzgerald, M.A. (Stevens and Sons.) New legislation of any magnitude is nowadays hardly considered complete till its results are published in a separate and annotated form by some member of the legal profession, ...

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... AtUsIa - - - I BOYAL ITALIAN OPE1RL The opening of this estrablisbment writh Rossifli'i Gu~iltilse MIl, on T'uesday last, has already been noticed by Us. -The seonod performance, of the now season took ?? on Thursday, when Verdi' a Un alloil iin Magillsra wao given, with a cant almost identical with that of pre- vious occnaslous, Madame Pezzotta, appeared no Amelia end' gavo signs of progress, ...

... - ?? HANDEL'S HERCULES. in i The directors of these concerts deserve great Th praise for their spirited enterprise in being the om first to revive one of Handel's great works, It Th . is .amost incredible that ltho sacred drama or an( oratorio H ercules (the composer himself gave cat it both names), which contains innumerable tor beauties; should have remained a sealed book in bei .Great ...

... t2,000 have been subscribed to the Byron Memorial. Mr Forster had not completed the life of Swift before lie died. A bust of Charles KIingsleyis to be erected in Chester Cethedral. Miss Braddon thinks of taking a reading tour in the United States. The Society of Friends have issued an appeal on behalf of uncivilized nations. John Arthur'lloebuck's portrait was given away with the Pictorial ...

... a4bint 4i .. i*iB I THE~ PRINC* *OF WALES. His Royal 14h s the Prince of Waeq WMU arnie at Malta O'D Thurs ay next, and ?? ogain on the following Worning. THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH, . . . - :. \ . l .a, )2ondna Tho Duke of a dnbrgb wgo arrirca here : by the d n- mail trom Paris t in Jotrey to A ad, t 1.%e -thtootternoon. ' ' 4w . THE 3BpHE$S QF 5TZWRIA. ! ETh ers f Austrfi left Diver at 1.30 ...

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... THE OERA LINDA BOOK * Is it more difficult to believe, asks Mr. Sandbach with some triumph;. that a clever woman became a lawgiver at Athens than that a goddess. sprang, full grown and armed, from the head of Jupiter? One is a little astounded by such a question as this. It would seem: to imply that Mr. Sandbach has been in the habit of meeting. people who believe in Jupiter, and who ...

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