... Where to go is the firest question asked by thousands on Easter Monday, and the response of their friends was in a, great many cases the Crystal Palace for in addition to the I adwtages of a popular resort where wet or dry a host of 'Visitors may find accommodation. It is worth while to compare the results of different years to show how it hag gradually dawned upon the popular mind that ...

... ROSCO'NZON FAIR. I Te (From our (lorresponwent.) hdwt Th ai old on Monday was lairgesupledW horned. cattle. Irincipally of second~isim quality, but sheep wordvoty Weeltd hin numbers. there wasa g~ol attendanceof buyersand abrisk demand. Prices,% hw- ever, ware much under those of recent fairs and simlors bhowed greaktorluctance it submitting to any reducltic s0 that business was very slack, ...

... . Social Science and National Economy. By Robert Ellis Thompson, : M.A., Professor of Social Science in the University of Pennsylvania. (Sampson Low and Co.) Professor Thompson says that he has in the publication of the present work a twofold object in view. He desires, first, to furnish a readable * discussion of the subject of which it treats for the use of those who wish to get some ...

... ROTAL HOTICTELMRLMSOCIETrS . ?? . I SP GSHOW. -The Royal HEortiultural* eiety will hold its in. pural thow for the eaon of 1878 at the Exhibi- tion PaU on., Thuuday nextS, 2i inst. This show ialways looked forward to by the general public with epoial 1ntkrest, ?? as it doea 7che ~eniiemf ~eiii~ b! tht maty plietut out dooc ot* ut whicb the, veidonte of the metropolis so ?? an44also tot the ...

... ]YERDI'S OPERA ' AID* _~ ~ I The f iht performance in Paris of yerc's gr(nd A perailida tnolo place on Saturday night at- te ille Veutadotur. One of our Paris Correspoen- I fiuts thus 'writes respeocting the ?? a Piusio is al exotic on the banks of 'the s0aRO b uid it requires to be splendidly housed-or it i will not flourish ; sc that it shoulq surprise o nobody to hbar that M. Lion ...

... * ?? ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.-Auber's always fresh and radiant Era Diavolo, which seems to grow younger and younger as it advances in years-especially since the composer himself remodelled and enlarged it, for the Italian version at Covent Garden, with accompanied recitative in lieu of dialogue-is never unwelcome. There is not a single number in this opera that wvears the impress of time. It might ...

... r - TArt , ?? hprioe, bathn~td~ bop~ R ~ thegs ~ vr ;AU44q p 4 quA n. Dlikop )If et~1q ~a tII ~v ?? WwwwtAl1igne the iv~e~iihd~ iboaqnts66iiie Oiy ?? Mlarcbionabs of m~y, lady UXWUarJMiibqe0a40 *I- Poamu~k Oclonel. the Rom~ ?? B 1M*4$ fWAlik, The: Hon Emily C bfr~? Riend ale uwisd at th .Qvfi a vp tmjlqp ?? The Iba ?? M*W!lff~4. and Cohmeins.pJ06b lumabo ~ Xu~rd Grooim and EgerawmaUsti ~THE ...

... (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) SAN FRANCISCO, FEBRUARY 28, 1876.-At the CALI- FORNIA THEATRE this evening Mrs Seott-Siddons will make her appearance as Rosalind, in As You Like It. BALDWIN'S ACADEMY OF Music on Market-street is rapidly approaching completion, and March 6th is advertised as the opening night. In previous letters I have called attention to tale magnificent Theatre, erected in the ...

... DR. WA. SMITH'S SCHOOL MANUAL OF MODERN GEOGRAPHY. % A MANUAL of geography, drawn up for the use of military academies,, students in training colleges, assistant teachers, and competitors in Civil Service examinations, ought at least to be accurate and trust- worthy. It is claimed for the Manual now before us that, if it is care- fully read, the pupil will gain an extensive and intelligent ...

... r---11- TIIEAT~E ALTHOUGH Easter Monday has, like Boxing Night, lost some- thing of its importance in the theatrical calendar, Easter is still a time of exceptional effort among managers, and it happens that this Easter has been more than usually productive of new pieces. The great dramatic event of the last few days is, of course, the first performance of Mr. Tennyson's Queen Afamy, which ...

... t TEH3 FLOWR SHOW.. The Spring Show of the Royal Horticultural Society was held yesterday in the Exhibition Pa. iaco. The attendance wee very large, and quite an' enthusiasm seemed to reign concernlng thu6 Celebration of the first home gathering of the ex. piring season. The Palace is the most convenient place in the city for festivities which are indepen. dent of what are calledcreature ...

... RECElNT PORTUGUESE HISTORY. ' AN eminent Pole, Prince Roomuald Giedroyc, has collected in a handy volume some interesting facts in the recent history of Portugal, chiefly with the object of showing the great advance made by the country since the marriage of Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg with Queen Maria da Gloria. Her father's wish was that she should become the wife of Don Miguel, his ...