... ittcratur e. London: a Pilgrimage. By GUSTAVE DouE and BLANCHARD JERROLD. Part XIII. London: GRANT and Co., Turnmill- street. This is not one of the artist's most successful issues. Neither the Parrot Walk at the Zoological Gardens, nor Tattonliam Corner during the Doerby fire favourable samples of Dord's genius. We cannot, however, expect every part of this great work to be equally ...

... ',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 ...

... 'THE above GRASS PARKS, on the Home Public Roup, There are eleven Fields of from 5 to 24 acres each, one of which is First Year s Grass, and three are for Cattle or Sheep Offerers to meet at the Old Manse Park, at half-past two o’clock Strichen Mains, 14tb April, 1876. ...

... ?? PARLEY MAGNA, by Edward Whitaker, author of Lucy Fitzadam (2 Vols.: Smith and Elder).-In construction 'Parley Magna shows a decided advance upon Lucy Fitzadam, though, perhaps, it hardly ...

... 1r.JUE TO THE LAST. Br TnIE AUTUom OF 0 AriEr WAIrTNG, &C. I nl be I Tho following story has been in our hands for some time, yO bat a pre of othernaters has precluded its insertion PI) until this week. The author now writes, With perhaps 50 a she pgon of the jealousy peculiar to the geans iwritabile thm diem, I would offer these remenrks to myreaders, ero they pernse the following story. ...

... ?? -- -? HER MAJESTY'S Ot'ERA.--Mr. Mapleson has at length issued his programme for the season, which begins on Satur- day, the 29th inst.-with what entertainment is left to con- jecture. For reasons ...

... fASCIION AND VABIETIES. THE COURT. Duke of Edinburghb's Palace, Coburg, April II. Their Royal Highnesse8 thoe .uko ?? Saxe.Coburg, the Crown Priecess of Germany(Prince$i R.yal of Great Britain and Ireland), and Count Mens ?? dined with the Queen. To-day is the annivereary of the birthdmy of E.R.R Princess Beatrice. The Queen and Princess have taken drives to the Rosenan and Kaileonburg, and ...

... I SASIO.N AND FARIZTIBS. 1. The Duke Mf Edinburgh left Clarence 6ru, stgdr A ?? anid nouse, t. nam es', ?? Whence lue Prncess Christin a I returns to-dey. The* Vuchess of Butherlanid, with Lord Ronald and Lady Alexandra LevesouGOVOT, areei the reces at E hinD dnatig the ?? the uuke ar Duprobtn with ?? Marquis of Staffold, Lord Tarbat, and Laly Florence Laessoont00Wer. The Marquis and ...

... I Tho Catalogue of the British section of the Philadelphia Exhibition, publisbed by the Queen's printers by autho- rity of the Lord Presiduant of the Privy Council, was issued yesterday. It is prefaced by an interesting t e$it1c of the origin and progress of exhibitions, beginning with the exhibition held in 1798 (the year VI. of the French Republic), held in the Alaison d'Orsay, No. 667, Rue ...

... PERSTAN ART. The colisotion of Persian objects of fine art recently purohased for the South K~ensingpton Mluseucs. consists, accordingto the handbook prepared by Major Musrdoch Smith, ci l1859 specimens. These are supplemented by a few Persian objects already bought b v the Museum. All are not brought together, classified i u sections-such as pottery, metal work, textile fabrics, and painting ...

... EXHIBITION OF THE WORKS OF WILLIAM BLAKE AT THE BURLINGTON FINE ARTS CL UB. Ti-is is certainly one of the most interesting of the series of exhibitions by which the Burlington Club has sought to illustrate the less familiar phases of English art history. In the collection of Girtin's drawings recently exposed for view in the gallery of the club we had before us the work of a master who ...

... OF the large number of works annually collected in Suffolk-street only a very small proportion call for criticism. The great mass of paintings arid drawings which the society admits are either wholly unremarkable or entirely bad, and considering the size of the exhibition it may fairly claim to be the most uninteresting in London. The product of the present year can scarcely be said to form ...