... I7ie TFaverley Novels. By Sir Walter Scott, Bsrt. With illustrations. London: Uarous WNard and Co. The copyright ef the Weverlea Novele hiving expired, several publishers have entered the field in competition with Messrs. A. and a. Black, cf Edinburgh, and produced editions more or lets pexfect of the illustrious aad immortal romance,. Among these editions, a high place must be given to the ...

... ' I T1E br ONAL, MUSIC OF WALES. I IL 11- Tale- I L -- - I I .. I ?? Mr. John Thomas ('encerdd Gwalia) lectured E on the above subject a, few evenings since at the C Royal Academy of Music, in connection with the N Honourable Society of Cymmirodorion. Mr. IV, i Cornwallis West, Lord.Lieutenant of Denbigh- t chire, presided. The lecture was illustrated E by a band of harps, the Welsh Choral ...

... 1J7?A -fiM CGAIEITY. !frb new bwk1'q oll e' Xrlr'a'.r'so'r of Ti .0eonja7m b'0 v 17J: ir..,I 2. . :!.s ?? 7iciR Vi':S JXI\'Q1 7tlitiis ! 'n jiln~tr,!orif:oi3' t on ~..s i.:Ellrd~r. ni~ro tl11 mto (:l h ?? :wa'rilo iie l: 77 ! ci r1( 771'ill ...

... A CILU1B CONTR(OVERS8Y SumLwv: ?? TuxM IU DI.AIIATRJ AIWT. (Scene-The Adelphi Club.) { ?? FLac'rac MATT1Ea RER (a young Drcccsefi Pecspsct man with views). Dratnatis Personce Mr M BERTvIsia (an old mate with expe- rience). Mr F. S.-Well, then, this is my opinion, my firm and deliberate opinion. The ruin of our Stage is due to the unwholesome and demoralising influence of French art. Our ...

... SAT=AY EVEmNNG CONaCrMTm AorRS LADr or m I On Saturday evening the directors of tbre Abstainers' Union gave their first concert in the XNew Halls, when Professor Maciarren's Cantata The Lady of the Lake was produeed before an audience which would have comfortably filled the City Hall, but which left somse empty seats in the larger area of the new concert-roon Musically speak1ing, the ...

... or ?? LOA N EX.IBITIO2N. We da igof somO o' the picturen which r for ?? foto~c.)rnil:g Fine,-Art >~ ?? [t edr ifwihare to hO Ur0 .,ore1. aC . -.~j - oL 4 0. or1'n1o. A ?? ?? ?? .5.3 . .t . .\P. . . . . .. r .s. .r.. L~~ ?? ~ . ?? ?? ?? ~ 51~ .. ?? .. ?? 1. ?? es Viz' ?? 11 ?? ?? 4,0 50'. ?? .. T ,e, Foz i x -rs r 5 ~e ' ?? ?? . ..Ar.oo.tab. ?? . ia o s I F..t- . .. ?? Ch ry ?? ?? 't ' Fo. ...

... se ?? Angels and Men, a Poem (London: James 16 h Nisbet & Co.), is dedicated to the Poet Laureate, n for whomn the author, XWJellen Smith, appears is to have a boundless admiration, and whto~ he ( ro calls- -t IC ?? tuneful Tennyson It it Thou dwellest in the inountains, next the stars; c *d Tuou swayest in the shout of worshippers- Singilng upon the topmost bougl of ifeC a Higher than ...

... T H E A R T C R I T I C. LFROM A COk-RrSPONDENT. I once lived in the subirbs. A fine open viewoil the sea and within easy distance of town. Thus ran the advertisement which beguiled me into making in quiries. My first impression of the place was no; favourable. It was a sumi-detached house, andvn perfectly new. There was a certain dreariness even i its newness. The masons had not yet removed ...

... YOBRKSHIlRE FINE ART :AND INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION. as The negotiations in connection with the eirection of a ~o permanent Ffme Art and Iniduistrial Exhibition 'building xi re at York' have at lengtn been brought, to &_atiapfactorV d Le completion, ?? th foundation, or corner atone ]laying V to cereamony will take place on Monday next. At various ti )e times since 'the great exhibition at York in ...

... BTR CHAkRLES RiADE has become so dnamoured of the siister hancd that he has apparently used it in his latest dra- satic swork. JealousY, at the Olympic, if it has not met with elneral condemnatiot, has received some very rough- ?? rough-treatment from the critics, and among the psusters Sardeous comedy, in its English dress; will henceforth be kuelown as Left Andrea. AN impertast alteration ...

... | CUTTINGS FltOMS THE CO(MIO JOURNALS, IV-oa P-17 Ih (Ir rucO rcoc.J. RE-CHRrSTENED.-Ireland, under its nev Chief Secre- tary - Lowtber Arcadia. B OURn OWN MISOGYNIST. O-ne profession the ladies are not likely to invade-the Church. They prefer giving, to takilg, orders. THE EgSExR(N) QUESTION.-Who'll win the boat-race? PROVERB FOR TilE COUNCIL OF TtE ROYAL ACADEMY. -Hanging goes by favour. ...

... LIU- --ur- . s :! ~ - t 'r 0 - AT t E. ,,NEW BOOKS AND NEW ED1TIONS. The April number of the 'Bnxsn QviTBpLy Psvr'w (I) opens with a short but vary interesting sketch of .The First Ten Years of the Canadian Dominion, which is. followed by an able and somewhat severe review of Dr. 'Schliemauu's Mycenie., The writer says- The weak point, as it seems tonus, in Dr. Sohliemann's book, is the ...