... MR. OSMOND THARLBn 0 commences an engagement at the Thestr6 Royal tonight. Noticlng his perform. anoe of Hamlet, with which the bill opens this evening, the Manchester Courier says:- Mr. Oomond Tearle, a gentleman by no means unfavourably known in dramatic circles in this city, appeared at the Qaeen's Theatre last night In the charaoter of Hamlet. It would be difficult, perhaps, to introduce ...

... ' BOOKS OF THIE SEASON. It is mot often that %R examtination of the children's buoks of tbo holiday season brings to li'rht so original and fascinating a volume as the Ine Mr. Charles Marshails Careless Kyts and OtburStories kCassellletter, andGalpin). Here wL have thirty-six tales-not exactly of fairyland, but doaling rith a world which the writer's quaint treatinent and ?? imagination ...

... e Messrs Triibner and Co. announce a new wvork on Madagascar by the Iiev. James Sibree. Mr Edward Jenkius, N.P., purposes appearing s on the platform as a reader of his own works. t The French Senate, by 161 to 58, has passed the i Colportage Bill, which aboli hes the censorship. I 0 The price of the Farmn JOurnal has been reduced E i, to one penny. There has been no reduction in I d r Shaw ...

... ?? I E Till'Arl'IES. Our re w . .Sra with ?? Jvr;iptln' : IasS glsustined an over- A hcw,.u'. he los of hs ?? and cnlv 'or, -ster.!ayafter an illness1 of oriv a ?? a ?? residence at Bays- eisa ur~~sn, ?? ervetY was; perfornled W%4iri' inv!fl-l succe-Qsful; '13-t 14!L: ?? * ..55 85 is~tilt Of anortifi- cation s(: In i't Absas! inely neeeszsarr to ansa': :.a; ?? operation Air. Tools .s s. sa ...

... Honor Bright; or, the Four-leaved Shamrock. By the Authors of Two Blackbirds, Robin and Linnet, &c. (William Wells Gardner.) A very pretty story, full of fun and of good wholesome teaching. The Brights are merry, mischievous Irish children; and the description of their school. room and the pets stowed away in odd corners starts the book in a most happy manner. The characters of Brian and ...

... I MIAD)AMIE CASTELLI'i CONCERT. l I,. . aDM T. ?? ralmse Caste'lli's concert on Saturday night, at Is Eshibition Pa-lace, was a decided success, both ?? the performance and the attendauce. - .reat hit ot the evening and the piece de re- .arce of the programme was Siznor Caracciolo's ?? ental trio. This beau:iful composition v.. never before performed in public, and it was a given iinder the ...

... I ---TaE THRATRE ROYA b evening a new piece, entitled Valjean' WM ba produced et the Royal. The drama is an tion of Les Miserables, the most power- t3 the fullest of human interest of all the ?? nuvela of Victor Hugo. There is no Ftbt that in the striking situations and the c di3 ogue of the novel there are g elements of a splendid play, and there can ' tie doubt that the adantation hs ...

... I - ?? UB CATTLE shown1 1..,lection of the disastrous invasion of tbe 1 ,,hCb .rounbht the Oattle Show to an abrupt f io 5 few years itgo. was revived at Isling. SCfl45rjly tmorning about eleven o'elock;, when . vapour 1enetrated into the Agricultural s s't irreostible force, that many of tlhe 9 5. 1 id h -ot safely through the ordeal .y joir- fv in the cold, bcean to III-- - ?? o tirots ...

... LITLRA{RY NOTICES. Tie' CGII}EoanenI/orifr Schoo/s: ?? MaI/Zlea ri~hli St. Aloark. By E. H. Pltmptre. D.D. Lonluo: , Cassell, 1'.tter,. and Galpin. These two volumes belong to what is knowni as '`Bishop Ellicott's Commentary. the three- cquarto volumes of whichwe h-lve noticed inthese columns as thoy successively appeared. As *ve have also noticed already several reprints havre been published ...

... FASHJON AND VARIETIBS. e I THE COURT. Windsor Castle, Sunday. Tie Queen rand the Duchess of Consaught drove out yesterday afternoon. The Queen, the Duke and Duchess of Connaught, Princess Beatrice, and Prince Lecpaid attended Divine service this morning in thre private chapel. The Rev James Fleumig, B D, itesidertiary Canon of York, Vicar of St Michael', Chlester-square, and Hono- rary ...

... MlUSIC BACED HARMONIC SOCIETY, This inatitution opened its forty-eighth season On Friday evening at Exeter Hal, being the beginning of thelatseriesof performances to be givenobythesociety in that buildin , which is wson to be dissociated from musical purpose. T bhe. Saed Harmon i Socie ty's con. certs - vith a few exceptioa of their trasforace to tho a Royal Albert Hall-have been given in ...

... DEPRESSION of trade and the anxiety of these evil times have left no trace on the Christmas books, which appear as numerous and as gorgeous as in any former season we can call to mind. Among the volumes before us, that on The Early Teutonic, Italian, and French Masters, issued by Messrs. Chatto and Windus, is distinguished both for its illustrations and its letterpress. The latter has been ...