... I THE i S.)ITHFIELT) CLUB CATTLE SHOW. With the atuiosphere as clear as one can expect I it to be in London at this time of the year, and with every indication of a thaw, those whnom busi- n!css or inclination toook to the Agricultural wall vesterday irorxibg arrived there in better spirits 1 than they woull have done twenty-four or forty- J eight hours previously; and there is every reason to ...

... ' 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 ...

... CfSTMNS BOOKS. F. Andrew Lasng's Oxford, with the aenom- Ftclaitexrs a'-1 Vigrite'. Lv 31. Brunet- b str. kven 'thflo'. al csni . Tousgainut s~t&ey Jn6^rcn. n x;. i;A~i;:htY, is one of theb moat ag .nb>' cfit'.^ tosniy art book.is whieh have as 8 ?? :.o lattfl. to.: in tihe:r literary 1 sal artistic ier.!: .ii o- iha o5ts of our eon- tmiorar. ro ?? .-Mr. 'lAn disclaims So his s.'rrs of rh.' ...

... TML SMI1THFIELD CLUB CA~TTLE SHOW. To the combined adverse influences of the weather and the evil times must be attributed the decrease in the number of visitors to the Agri- cultural Hall this year, and though there was a visible improvement in the attendance yesterday, as compared with Tuesday (when the receilpts were nearly a0oL less than on the corespondina day last year), it is not ...

... ?? 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 ...

... We cannot help thinzing that if corne of the b, ladies who write novels so profusely now-a-days, tc ald who persistently malign their fellow-women w could realise the extremely Intplesaing effeet pro- is daced on their readers by so-doing it would have l the elfeet of ?? noditfyinz their system. tc Iu her last booL-, T12he hoot of all i'vil (3 vols r S. ''in3loy aud Co.) Miss Florence ...

... SMIl'1 1 CLUCAT 8110W S~llIlIFIILl) CLUBl CATTLE1 SHOW. After the turm71oil of MYondcay there was a rela- N'l Ouiuet (fav at tbe Agriculltural Hfall yester-j , ?? I bovclild tl'(e !od~ting of a few proi'.-sts,! LIAIL, oj -hic i(breirekl to anyd Of the ?? i nConers, there wras no business of anyI ;..erthlCO iranacted. 'The businoss done in the - ot sales was not very brisk in the early part at ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... CIitiENIT LITERlATURE. TI ita;itiC8 of ipu kli'-n biograpblesof the eohnxrve with not unwiixed ss'isfac- I ton i;lereasil-rn compliance, it may be pre- s with Ii e polat,'r detuand for such fuel c o1 la s iable ouriosity of the crowd. We are C ?? those wlo zeioiunce this n)rac;ice na t aC crer ot trto, a ?? infriligeuwelt of 3 *rL, ?? l o aiuners, anl an a lii, ilewce at oice to the s bij't of ...

... A CBMISTMAS FAIRIE STORXI THE GOOD AND BA) PAhI, ANT HOW TM JOOD TEIUMPflD Myb der rsitehlrn. yensis o;:e tote! you ,why IfJt it that yuare all tohbalthy, sofoel of 9od epiriteaud s happy in all thins wben th.oe ae so M'ri I tbat wee meet every day that bare triosr of thee blssngs, but w-ho aethis ted ilL ever *ja they take ninful, and nmit! ly qu'ite nasble of enjoying this neaifrul wol t os ...

... Mr. Jnstin McCarthy is certainly one of the niost popular as he has always been one of the most brilliant and versatilo, of novel wr ters in the English tougUe. The ex- cellence of some of his earlier stores makes us forgetful of their a which for novels is itow coraiderable-so fresh and abiding is their interest. Tbe Waterdale Neighbours Linley Roebford, ant Mty Enemy's Daughter are ...