... REHIES.; I . , , COBBET1'S Extaishi GRAMMAR,-(WItrd, Loock and Co.. Salisbury-square)..-E[undredsof persns now living would have - knowtt little of granma. but for the late Wm. Cobbett. The stern, phleg- matic politician, whatever 'his fault. i uiderstood how to write with perspicuity and : ith ?? honour to Lindley Murray, be it said, that no gra mar. of the English language ever written laid ...

... I On U1onday evening last, chiefly1 through the interested kindness of Mrr- Alderman Wells, of Mona House, there wasgiven at BSuttou an amateur concert of a high class. The eutertainmeut was in aid of the funds of the parish sohools, and was well patronised by a crowded and fashion- able audience. The programme consisted of a sacred and a secular part, and the following -were the ladies and ...

... i THE I0CAB I: GOA TIhad about oixksi a . of~- ~ uuw. elgur miles to go-i was the 221nd o lat December, close uponten o'clock at2 night; wheniu opened the ifrot door, the fgi stle, slowly into theriall in lazy u gayyelndo scarfs.. It did not look pleasant or promis'ing.I glanced across the street, And could dimply meake out the ground..and ?? windows' of the houses opposite. 'Theupper ...

... ' THE WORLD. -- . ., w Mr. Clement Scott.the editor ofi Tcf ehbe nmagazine, writes the following notice o World in his September number:- eP This is a very extraordinary and jtl S5 te' ful play. It could only have been wvrtte Ot bey experienced in stage-craft. who have, o to SoPd watched every game on the boards, who frod t - experience and practical test have recore d Vbt° pressious made ...

... This Nt'tterinig-plaeo waqL yIesteidayX largely visited, thel, I) wcactlito being, thu ?? uncle of a In w Iffelietit, and time fhlid ?? %nianal et,'ibitsrion of thle S'ibtb'rnb ?? and District I Pieral and I'fertictLIltur'l siociety Thie bear seas hbuilt bydi INtessi's. Wou'lfe endl Non, of Sliadwell, Liontioi, soil P g ossest-es thte lulsual piroperti i-i of the Naiii ciil Insti tut ion~s b b ...

... LITERARY AND ART GOSSI P. The Royal Academy conversazione is fixed to take place on Wednesday, June 30th. M. Naville is engaged in completing his new copy of the Egyptian Ritual, which will be ready next year. Mr. Luke lildes, ?? has, according to the Pea, just completed the first portrait he has painted-that of a medical man. A new story in verse by Col. Colomb, called The Cardinal ...

... I 'A . o-At. ?? .NI-- . -. ?? ?? 1- - - - _ £_ - _ _ This show, which onened on Thlrsday, chiefly for dog; was continuedt yesterday, when there was large collec- tion of horses, implements, and other exhibits, in additioq to what atppeared oa Thursday.. Happily the weather. whichl began to improve on hursday, yesterdav showed a still further improveinent, being very fine on the whole till the ...

... Mr.-Da Maurier has of late devoted himself in the.I pages of Punch with great ability to holding up to the derision of the world the silly side of estheticisma. I Would-be poets and painters, didettati Iand cogioscenai, are the victims of his pencil. At times he has'attacked the musical amateur, but not with the sting which he employs in other cases. Perhaps it might be argued that there is ...

... LITBRATURE. A SINGULAR EPITAPH. In the ninth book of Thomas Fuller's Church History of Britain, published in 1655 at the sign of the Crown, St. Paul's Churchyard, London, is the following curious epitaph on the tomb of Richard Cox, Bishop of Ely, and tutor to King Edward VI. The verse was written by the Bishop himself, and is in Latin, containing an approach to a pun on his own name:- Vita ...

... enII Dr. John Hill Burton's long-expected book on Queen t Anne's reign is positively promised for the middle of the mouth. el skelolb is announced to appear weekly, under the editor- u ship of Mr. Reginald Shirley Brooks, son of the late 0 editor of Punchi. d From Germany are announced tho deaths of Professor a Eroyssig, vwell known as a critic of Shakspeare, E. Gull, the poct, and Professor ...

... EXTRACTS FROM ThHIS WEEK'SI PUNCH. THE OLD JOCK UP AGAIN. Mr. Piench (irainer), lsqc itfr. Vell, William, my plucky old man, I al glad To see you once more in the saddle, of course; But I hope you'll snake use of the lesson you've had, And not take too much too soon out of your horse. Old jock as you are, you've still ueed of the bit; Take my tip; lie's a doukey good counsel who spurns. Mind ...

... I?. A T Uar T E. Ti' %~~~r'¶Tr T'~Th[mIrX .rOKS AND NEW EDITION-S. ?? atuliate 31r. Cox on the completion ofi ;'.jthe CC FSTAVY ON THlE BooK Or JOBt, - pN 1. lie ilis givenu~s ?? ough t - ni t onily ItY th-e professional thcolo. , beit by Christian believece in gencral, . 'Os' litetlturre. Ilis book has (,I tile best type of books of all - the words of Topsy, it has i llia *e Mo-I ...