... I_ LITERARY 4OTICES. l Th~raCon eqcst,'illzestratedby the Bayes=aeTpetry: By EUEL'Burtonb (Edbiiirgh Pubishlin Companty) ~:-This is a, descriptive account of 6l~'liei ei enshrined at Baycux, whichsoo ?? tellsthe story of the Norman Conquest. The origin', domjparhtive antiquity, and histori- Cal bn'ur ndins -of the wonifl - boil r se ort n amples.n and picture-roilae setforh i aplesan'am ...

... VOYAGE OF THill Pl'APER CANOE. PLUVORNMANCES like that of Mr. Bishop are more wonderful than wise; while the profit of them is as questionable as the pleasure. which is saying a great deal. His avowed purpose was geographical explora- tion, although we are inclined to believe that sheer love of hazardous excitement must have been at the bottom of his bold enterprise. He launched a light ...

... .- - , - s Never take a bull bi the bores, young mamn counsels a Josh Billing, 1 but take him by the tale, then you kau let go t whent you want to. A Sunday-school boy, upon being asked what made tlhe tower of Pisa lean, replied, ]3sncauso of the famuine in the land. Old Deacon Dobson always boasted that heo was pro- pared for tbne worst and his neighbours thought he got it wben he ...

... I E pARI.S EXHIBITION. z I ~~BPxIS2 MIAC]32'-XRT.-p - | lO¶RO A SLT'AL GORRESrPOcNDS-'T Ti IN- these days of free intercourse and wide r publicity any invention of real value belongs en i rather to the whole world than to any parti- ge cular nation. The inventor may be American, th ' English, French, or German; but if his inven- ,i etion ia of consequence to the industrial pursuits th of any ...

... Frsaqnwatarly Phil~antrop'. Appeals. BySttmiuel Hill. London: T. I ickers Wood. Mr. Hill has here collected a variety of letters and other communications which have already appeared in local and London journals in behalf of different schemes of philanthropy, and he now publishes them in their present form in aid of the ci asn of the orphan, sick, and suffering children of his native town, ...

... TEE FROYA HMOTIft . OCIET OP ENir. I E XHIBITIOT N A'T p le Ior n any years it vwas Oitic-s or the Poeya ' it Eglan' to be hed o' - ; of the Rovx~ Agiu:2 j t teon. It vras teund, r ' shrus counterectid eachr e re cne cr the c- ' the Ii'- Hcrtiana.ml s, :g ?? arc iated CD an ,d- p 't '- Series of DrechI Li hos s i't .xwere not held rca r ?? er and i_ such ILias ?? - oesiraix'e.> For b-ce tt . ...

... I NusRa, . _ . . 5 HEI MAJESTY'S TREATR. B Bslfe's posthumous opera IR TdItsmano was pro- duced ot Saturday for the first time at ibis theatre. The work was otiginally brought oat in 1874, during Mr. 4 Mapleson's season of Italian opera at Drury-lane Theatre, i Madame Christine Nilsson having sustained the claraoter I of Edith Plantdgenet, Madame Marie Roze that of Boren- garis7, and Signor ...

... What charming bits of social comedy may be played with the aid of a fan. How easy for a capricious beauty to encourage or snub an admirer by skilful manipulation of her fan. Is he too forward, then out goes the fan to its fullest extent, and the adorer is silenced by beauty's total eclipse. Anon, perhaps, she relents, and a pair of bright eyes peep over the edge of the fanciful screen like ...

... OPENING OFi AN INDUSTRIAAL AND ART EXHIBITiON AS TARROW. Jac-row, the vitilisin~g lcatre of Tyuesidc inl- ib dustry, and the cradle of iron shipbuilding Ia the t-b North, has jnst added to her matny local triuluphs hi a niew ?? Of aI somewhat amlbitionls chara3,- of ter. Under distiaignishetd patronage-incuiunisg te that of the Lord.Lieuteiirmt~ of the Counity, the qL Earl of ldsvu-neworth, ...

... , n tuoucH its title is To the Arctic Regions and Back in Six Weeks Captain Kennedy's entertaining book gives no impression of excessive lurry. That is partly because he and his wife did not undertake more than they could comfortably manage, although bound to be severely economical of their time, and chiefly because he knew the country well and eked out his flying observations by the help of ...

... THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SHIOW AT BR16TOL. - The frfnnrl ?? baigrf ten. _ntr wo ;r.) ZJ12flu TV a . awu. - ID ra The general Annual meeting of the society was Ps D a held oii Thursday afternoon under tbc council ON lhe tent an the shlow yard Durdhasm Down, Colonel ru try Kingacote, M.P., in tle chair. Vote. of - thanks de all were passed to the mzayor and corporatbon of fo to. Bristol and to the ...

... i (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) ZUELAND AT THE EX ITIlO N-T D UCIESS OF MARL. EOBOUOG'S STALL-IRISl INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS- ST. JOHN'S SCHOOL OFPARSONSTOWN-ST. FRANCIS IS SCHOOLS OF CASHEL-THE REDEMPTORIST VUNS AND THEIR GOOD WORKS-UNIQUE ?? OF EMBROIDERY FROM TIPPSRARY COUNTY-INAUGU- RATIONS-THsE LAST -PAVILION OF THE PRESS AT THlE PORTES RAPP-EXHIBITORS MAKING NEWS- I PAPER CORRESPONENTS ...