... . . IVThW.CUILV-CA.LE SHOW. IThe annual cattle show in connection with Ith 4,1 Wt. liehedoemauoflws hld yetedayfll afield betee-d .of the t4gat-edfor the occasion by .r Robert Ga thlef 'oomiaidlmw From early morning tie naita ?? and ?? from being prert leist about 9o~doet oeatmacenbere cleared a liitue and ?? tu-id ou; idi -atfLmnfls. The best anbt rn ha chnbnt faw ?? pebJ a Mrelie, SeJelhe al ...

... 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 ...

... -5- RETROGRADE EVOLUTION. Contemporary Evolution. An Essay on Some Recent Social Changes. By St. George Xivart. London: King and Co. Mr. Mivart's title-page implies an assulption which we cannot allow to pass unquestioned. It depends on the loose employment of the term evolution, which, having once become thoroughly popularised, seems in danger of parting with its original restricted ...

... IN the absence of tenors of the very first magnitude the appearance of so distinguished a baritone as M. Faure becomes, at whatever theatre he may be engaged, an event of some importance. The decline and fall of the tenor is one of the unmistakable facts of recent operatic history. If there are no great tenors in England, we may be sure that there are none anywhere. Italy is dragged yearly for ...

... I CURRENT LITERATURE' 1 ?? !ober't Dune Osborn'b TIsmn under the Ambs Qiongmans, Green, oand Co.), although eo plate ital f is the first of threevolumesintended t~ enbre as eomplete history of the Muham- iaddn faith. In the 'first instalment of a work on which M~ajor Osborn has beenh employed for the last Seven years. the ris~e and jro'gress of! Islamx is traced from the Prophet himself to ...

... I W.T~iST kbxcA2,*II ?? Crowd H~~~i £.. X1 l I ?? 11 EI ?? TIY isiiil ifow 0* this OdvO io ~Bhfw~ he iitlke1 4,i~hea wi bl Amtgsmont thq61le hore i ?? dust The i~dlgesli*ere se foilovsh:- e Nkk*;1 ~ 4tfillvltub 13* yl 11a trwn, bi Ranity; -DyOlt, OiLDA5)MY isV a Oabla liboso Srna y pea IN Mai Darker a A1 Wonid ! a 'couhity Johns~o~ B!0it~~ ansiO7 Vmdy,4.;'i~on ~l oei4 xi iew cn;. tA CousR ...

... - The Ltighamn Magarines, without in any degreesbabm lidoning its original aim, jibecosning more populainr isp tone.e Professor Huxley among the Propbets -isthO titis ofacuti article on the educatioueoti'oes M.wh is of a c .anseco vrjcV. S peceal hinterest now that. Lorb ado' is before Pe m~ent, When Professor Huxley was as member of the a London School Boardl, he propherslied that the ...

... - .- T=U~ R -O - AL THEA3T:RE ROY'AL. ~Idilje. 13eatrice's comlpanly produced, last nilght, ai ?? (Irirrae5, under the abovel title, to a, ?? hence5, anil it sars received switl loiri and generall fir ...

... 5. I ? ?? afa; F H., i i i i i III III III i i III I tit I I E 'Rr.AP ?? ?? NOVEL if not adventurous is the route, and strange, we fancy, to the oldest tourists, though almost at our very doors, are m ...

... TBE LIIHCMLON. Efcl'tc At the termination of the judges' labours they and a CARI] party of about thirty friends -were entertained at luncheon dey mo by the committee at the Royal Oak, where, in the Schooli absence of the President (Dr. W. Case), the chair was E. Bou occupied by Mr. J. Taylor, and the vice-chair by Mr. C. Rev. -V Smith. The meal (which was well served by Mrs. Reath) lying a ...

... I SCRAPS FE= TSE COrIC JOURNALS- [Faem PussclJ THIE CITY CHIMtES. (For Bad Times.) The-Turks haven't a ?? Said the Gate Bell of Billing. And then Russia wants all l Said a Bell near Miliwall. And poor France has no power l Said a Bell of the Tower. And Egypt's a sweep ! Cried the Bell of Eastcheap. 'And there's Spain-a great seUll Said St. Lawrence's Bell. Oh, we've had a ae Wride r ...

... ROYAL ACADEMY. [Fifth Notice.] If we except landscape and portrait, the great mass of pictures in the exhibition might be classed under the head of paintings of manners. Towards this kind of art English painters since the days of HIogarth have always been disposed, and it must be confessed that its practice in more modern times has not tended to the elevation or distinction of the English ...