... THE 8M[THFIELD OLUB QATTLE SHOW. The fat cattle exhibition of ths, Smithfield Club Th opened yesterday afternoon in weather which wfas trn really a Sine foretasie of Chiristmias. The snow which Br fell in many parts of the Continent in the later days of Hi last vveekr, and of whichl we had a rathar plentiful fall of in Iplwich on Friday night, did not reach London. ?? little below Stratford, ...

... .liT3 AY NOTIOES. TA pot 1880. London: t GEoarge, HBatto GArden -Thii is the 39th year of one of the most popular annuals in print. The preface one of tb a°B good~una~ul hh be like a good salad, tells Un that a rticlar inuredient too prominent ihl J n ohe editor co(ieases that he begin at one time ~t the eleuent of military adventure was some. to f pronounced in the present number. He con. ...

... . LITER&RY NzOrlO.ols )r Twta MaaI~xvoe Bououi, edited lii lM. E. Bred. a, don. London: J. and R. Meaxwell.-Thjeis jEanotherI h Cirrietmnas bookl, comne to marks the flight of time anid 1, the approachl of thes great English festival. -In this n Intter maetter we mxight be inelined to grumble that the b Christtnas annuals are now issued so enrly thart they Ii are, or m~ay be. react and re ...

... OTLEY HOUSE SCHOOL ANNUAL ENTERTAINMENT,. The annual entertainment, given by the masters and pupils of the above School, took place on Friday, November 2m8th. There waa a large attendaneo, nm.w hering about 200, many drivin¢ from 10 to 20 miles. Judging from the happy sxpresaion beaming on the faces of the eodiencc, who were chiefly parents and friends of tbe pupils, we maay oonclude that the ...

... 5VD?URY JAT cATTIiE CLUE SEOW. ho offatnee;i catlfe tettjtrextnd i So, nhendn pg at ess Cardi was formed,:and subseqleotly subscriptiois wvere col- lected from't te'residenits in the town, and 'many of teb farmers.. AComntittewee wsformed, and several maeet- ingt's lield, at whieh it wras arranged to hlold, juet before Choristmias' sh' 'thv;of it~tlO, sheep, and' swine;-and 5isto'. Oroganise: ...

... BIRMIYNGHAM CA.TTLE SHOW. The 31st annual exhilsition of thre Birminghamr Agri- cultural Society opened in the Bingley Hell on Saturday morning under the meost fevourshlc auspices. Th e weather, though cold, was fine. One fact that con. tributes to the success of the Ipreseut Show is that the prohibition that cattle exhibited here should be cx. eluded from the Islingtonl Show has now been ...

... 'ITHE 'SUFPOLK, AT PCATTLE ~SHOW 1 = . . . _ . . \ . . ?? This Show was iery largely attended on the. second' day (Tuesday'). the majority of those present during the morning andeafternoon at leaet being visitors from the country distriets. The attendance, however, seemed ecarcely so large as in previous years, except in the evening, when both the inner and outer quadrangles were so erowded ...

... * ? LPEBRARY ?OT?1CEB. itO 1110; Strand, London.-Tha Graphic has this-year .out--I be done' itself, and the preseni-nuinber is as far above ved' those of p?evicus years as they have been above the tter common run of Christmas literature, We have plenty lay of the brilliant crimson colour, so warm and enlivening 'es- at this dull season, and-illustrations of such artistic excellence and in snob ...