... ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ITALY FROM THE ALPS TO MOUNT ETNA (Chapman and Hall), translated by F. E. and edited by T. A. Trollope, is a volume to place side by side with works like Durd's Spain. It is a book of Italy, not for the road nor for the study, but for the drawing-room table-not a painstaking but dry itinerary a la Baedeker, nor learned handbook of descriptive research, after the style of ...

... Offenhach's Behe Ifoldide, the finit arnd greatest of his sliccesses in his own particular line of opfr (otuvj wits producedl hers last night, in presence ot ojie of the largest rnd ?? demionstrative, audiences which have fallen to the lot of dMr. Soitli's comiipany. Adl it is therirc~t lioipoilr no it is ?? itiert exacting (if (fildlbaichl'3 works:, dltmllldin, o 'p lt i lo ie idiot ...

... IUTERATUBE, SCIENCE, AND ART. - r . - . -. A . . Ad- - ---L -. -X 9 . .p We learn that Mr Hain Friswell, the author of The f Gentle Life,1 and many other popular works, is lyig I d angerusyil'from congestion of tho brain. Hias 'Inumerous friends will regret to hear that he is totally ir incilpacitated at present from. all literary woric.,, pr'e so MsLinn Linton is writing another novel.- ts ...

... 1-musia - ? i. PiWAL PAT4; , Ai sfi t d Sa attrday aonicert gf the newseries, t Do~bU qoddqrd ?? anA si~tUwtII au,- G e s repepti4 on her entry; and a af*r hMr, i tlmant performance. of Mondelasohm's rt pigiofatte is concerto (ii mi$pri, whigh she pi pjeh tlto poa1 8 powers so othe before diomeanted oii in rference to hbr r, p ItiCO 65 tie same work at these concerts, at thee. n ?? pa s pci a ...

... Ur Arthur Tooth's winter exhibition at his Gallery, No. 5, Htymarket, is well worthy of a visit, if only for the very fine collection of works by Mr Froderizk Goodall, R.A. There are no less than fifty-eight pictures, skretches, and studies by this celebrated artist, anal most of them are very fine indeed, being a collection of subjects drawis from life during his travels in the East. The ...

... BOUDOIR BA:LLADS. Mr Ashby-Sterry has won quite a reputation for the light, elegant drawing-room verse which is now so much in vogue. There are many, we are convinced, who wvould rather peruse the dainty lyrics he has collected under the above title than Wordsworth's or Tennyson's graver strains. The reason is not far to seek. Mr Ashby-Sterry, in graceful, fluent verse, easy to read and easy ...

... PROVINCIAL TH EA TRI0ALS. (FlRO OTI. OWN OORRESPONDENTS.) ABERDEEN. HER MAJESTY'S OPERA HousE.-Lessee, Mr Wm. Goinersal.-MisS Marriott opened a short engagement on Monday in Elizabeth, Queen of England, to a ivali-filled house. On Tuesday and Wednesday she played the title role in Jeannie Deans. The Pretty Horsebreake, with Mr Gomersall as Upton spout, and The Lorm of a Lover, were the ...

... IRIS EXHIBITORM.A.TTHE CENTENNIAL I EXHBITION. 5 TuaE2Pkiadelphia Pubffc Chedgd, of the 20th of | -Octobser, gives assi interesting account of the exhibits fjrli ?? Kingdomh, al thie exhibition. We extract the following notices of a few of the Irish riexhibits WATCHES, JEWLEP.S, lO a The British jewellers are well represented by s several first-class firms. The Irish and Scotch jewellers have ...

... THE CAMBRIDGE. III Mr Nugent we recognise certainly one of the most liberal and enterprising of our Music Hall Managers. His sole study appears to be to promote the comfort and convenience of his patrons, and to provide them with a really first-class entertain sent. His Hall is replete with ease and elegance. it has recently undergone redecoration, and we venture, without fear of contradiction ...

... COi CMMON PLEAS DIVISION, NovE.MBER 14. (Sittings in Middlesex, before Mr Justice GRovE and a Special Jury.) NAYLOR AND WIrE V. FRANCIS AND Co.-Tbe female plaintiff is a professional singer, and she claimed damages for an alleged libel concerning her in the Weekly Dispatch. Mr Sergeant Parry and Mr, Willis appeared for the plaintiffs; and Mr Day, Q.C., and Mr Crispe for the defendants. From ...

... TR g ARCTI C FX PEDIT ON. PRQPO3ED ENTERTAINMENTS TO THlE OFFICERS AND MIEN.. Incompliflfclee ith a requisition, the Mayor of Ports.. month (WV Pink, Esq-), convened a. meeting of the inhabi- tant at the Gujid~hall on Monday evening, to consider a tatznthat the ?? and Dfscovev-y should Pe Or:trtaiinei at a dianer, in celebration of their return.I lis Werorhiv presided, and there was a3 very ...

... -iE .d 0NV=T-, ,-K PD - ! Zfohror )Cel' 'wrtes to, the. Sl-cMhda to 4&hly the S9fl p an extraordinary c ts published in that journal last week] The writer says :- Having had the honour of thb Mother.-Geasrals acquain- ta0ce au$ tha ' of r- say ox her wunuo who are representatives gf several of'- the best families of rance, Xngdana' and Irdlortd, the story seemed to me notoly,,,A&iati,,.4 ...