... I - VARI E' I ES. w; It AnvicC To AsPIRANTS.-If von go in for a Spelling Bee, T and are brought down at the first shot, mind not to be e' ?? s d le Nrw Foitm OF FoOT-AND-MIOUTHr DIsEAsE.-Skating d Rinks and Spelling Bees.-Jandy. r. Sr. PATREIC's D.,Y.-Cardinal Manning addressed a letter to his dock with reference to keeping the festival of d St. Patrick's Day, which stated that an indulgence ...

... a, The annual stallion show in connection with n I the Durham County Agricnltural Society wvasts A heal yesterday, in the Oveanl Staud Euclosure of tb e the Durham Race Course. There was a numerous by attendance. The sum of £25 was offered by the ag d Society for the best thorough-bred and cart th e stallion. There were thoet entries for the thorough-breds, and nine for the cart stallions. E ...

... . MUSICAL DICTIONARY. * DR. STAINER and Mr. Barrett, in a well-considered preface, point out some of the difficulties which must of necessity attend the compilation of a musical dictionary. There is a danger on the one hand of incom- pleteness; on the other, if everything relating to music be included in the volume, of positive unwieldiness. Everything is connected with every- thing else; and ...

... THE performances at the Royal Italian Opera follow without resembling one another. So extensive is the repertory, so numerous the company, that each night for the first ten or twelve weeks of the season might have its own particular representation allotted to it without the same work being given more than once. Doubtless the forty-six or forty-eight operas, more or less ready for presentation, ...

... LITTLE EMILY AT THE, THEA.TRE ROY AL. Lovers of Charles Dickens's beautiful story of Le David Copperfield (and who would not be included W-as such?) have at present the opportunity of a most enjoyable treat at Mr. Parry's cosy theatre. In the e writing of this story the great author confessed that he i had had more pleasure than in any other of his pro- 7e ductions, and those who wish for ...

... ANNADEL's RIVATL, by Dora Rnssell, author of The Vicar's Governess, &c, (3 vols,. Tinslev).-With regard to merit, Annabel's Rival stands, we think, about midway between The Vicar's Governess, Miss Russell's first and best work, and the less satisfactory novel published last summer, the title of which has escaped our memory. It is a perfectly natural and probable story, undisfigured ...

... I JOAN OF MaR AT THE F RENCH OPERM A special telegram from Paris announces thali M. Mermets Jeanne ?? was produced last nighti at the Grand Opera. One of onr Paris Come-ai spondents sends us the following account of tha- work: It has been often said that musio is the only artb in which we have unquestionably cxcelled our forefathers. Possibly; but the statement ?? ba1 fenced about with as many ...

... ELS A AND HtPz VYULThE.' Loeigmqasi.-This is really a capital story of'the Tyrolean Alps,' translated by Lady Wallace from the German. I It is full of interest, and admirably told. The ! heroine is a noble character, full of woman's. tenderness towards the weak and suffering, of great courage-a lovely creature, endowed w With . masculine tr.ngtbh, courageous as a lion, coy as a wild cat. ,Such ...

... THROUGH the mad March weather Violets mock the snow, Birds of every feather Make Love's music flow: April, dim newcomer, Smiling seems to say- Lo i imperial Summer Glows upon the way. Yet a tremour thrills us, Remembering wintry hours, Lest the Fools of April Come without the Flowers. Long ago, ere Lady Maud was wrapt in silk, She was sent through shady Groves for pigeons' milk Long ago this ...

... With the opening of the ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN, which took place on Tuesday evening, the London season has fairly commenced. Dramatic entertainments, have been but slightly varied during the week. DRuRY-LANE was opened on Wednesday night for Mr Guiver's complimentary benefit, when The School for Scandal was represented with a strong cast. Romeo and Juliet and As You Like It have been ...

... ?? FE'IBALE FASHIONS FOR APRIL. Le Fli'et- says -The fashions of this seasns will be much adlinired by all whose artistic taste and ?? appre- eiation of the qualities constituting real leigance render their Mninion of value. There is no longer any ?? tion oi etyle or cut adopted hbyeitherthegrandesmodistes or their cusatomers; etrilkiug colours rnjuxtaposjtion, and carlc~atures df shape and ...

... POUSHKIN'S DRAMA TIC SKETCHES. LYvRic poets would be scarcely human if, instead of confining themselves - to the exercise of their own special faculty, they did not from time to time write plays. Accordingly Byron in England, Alfred de Musset in Fiance, and Poushkin in Russia, all published dramas of which the fate, as. connected with the stage, was different in each country. Our managers ...