... I)Oetatg (origilmla ab 5-.etlede. 1 S]&MPER FIDELIS. To the dark hawthorn dell, where the old wishing-well Is hidden by broad-hanging boughs, et us wander to-night, in the mystic moonlight, As 'we did when we plighted our vows. * y its side, where the woodbine anal primroses grow, And the modest forget-me-not clings, We will sit hand-in hand, as we (lid long ago, And listen while ?hilomel ...

... I1 m At TIIE NOVELETTE.-(R. S. Cartwright, Johnson's Court, Fleet-street.)-The Christmas supplement of this enjoyable publication contains a new complete st'ry by the author of Olive Varcoe, entitled Under False Colours ; On their Wedding Day, by the author of Only an Actress, &c.; A Woman's Glove, Christmas evenings in Ger- many, acting charades, &c. A cheaper twopenny- worth could ...

... CHRISTMAS BOOXS. - Of the long list of works intended for the instruction or ia -anniscrincut, or both, of the young, tho publications of C, Alessirs. Goo. Routledge and Soncs, B~roadwav. Ludgate-bill, London, form a very important part. They arc in great a, variety of size, nature, and price, are attractively bound, at and -often profuscly illustrated with very fine woodcuts and other ...

... r Dresses are inoresipile and eleaant, colours aro rieher, tho brocades are a conibination of the Iudiau nd Persian ilstyles there aro no strona contrasts, all is in hannony aud of tho quiotest taste. Yho brocades are seblomi used o except for trimuning, but for the carriage weo have seen S sOIIIO very clegant paletots nmade of it; sono dinner dresses s have also beeu madle of this material, ...

... zarnnv~~'In-StwtT 1 1.: ?? _1 ?? .I _ 1_ _ a__- BAISTON-ON-llEuxs:n.-This arnual show took place in Ithe Sheep lurliet I'addock yesterday. There Was II tolerably large outry of cattle, sheep, aud pigs. Thie day ?? fine and the attendance lar-g, including Sir Johnt D. Astlcy, Bart., ?? w1ho WUas a lmost successful exhibitor, ?? filst l1oioulru With his magnificent wvhite stel, brea by -Mr. ...

... ' HULL AND EAST RIDING. The fourth annual exhibition of cattle, sheep, pigs, pigeons, and poultry, &c., in connection with the Hull and East Riding Fat Stock Society, opened at the Artillery Barracks on Tuesday. Although the show was not equal to the one last year, it was an excellent exhi- bition, and the committee must once more be congratn. lated on the success that has attended their ...

... Arrangements are in progress for publishing in London II a satilical illustrated daily paper, resembling the famous ill L Cbarirari. IL C It is announced that Herr Edouard Lassen has bcen 1c appointed successor to Dr. Hans von BfUlow as Conductor N at the Opera in Hanover. 'a Donizetti's posthumous opera, Rita; ou, lo Manri i .Battu, first produced in 18CO, has bocn revived at the Optira ...

... I I ?? E ?? b.'T - lAS NEIW BOOKS AND NEW E DITIONS. UNCLE TOM'S CABIN. fl A now edition of this immortal work hns just appeared, ha0. with the drate of 1860. It is published by Messrs. G. ohi Iloutledge and Co., and has certnin eliaracteristics which w willmak it encforth the standard edition. Amiong these are a very large asimber of effective illustrations by t Goo. H1. 'Tlioias, and a ...

... DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZES. | l On Wednesday evening the annual distribution of prizes to the students of the School of Art took place at 1 the Royal Institution. The works of the students were on view in the Museum. The Mayor (Alderman King) I presided at the distribution. The report of the coinm l mittee, which was read by Dr. J. H. Gibson, the pre- sident, stated that the school haid been in ...

... SHIAKSPERE'S TOUCHSTONE. One always thinks of Touchstone as a middle- aged man, with serious face and solemn mauner his cynicism and irony hide tr.aces of a kindly nature, and his affection for his mistress redeems him from any charge of hardness or want of feel- ing, material fool though he be. Hell go along o'er the -wide world with me, says Celia and he consents to do so, though he ...

... BMITHFIELD CLUB FAT STOCK I SHOW. ISLINTONro, Monday N'ight. The Agricultural Hall this morning is much more com- fortable than could have been expected at this inclement eason. The atmosphere of the Hall is actually clear and IhIighlt. The animals arc all in eseellent health, and a genial heat-not an over-heating-nakes a parade of the exhibition a much more pleasant exercise than it has been ...