... though ou December 11th there was someo skating in the neighbourhood of London. The new year, however, set in with decidedly severe weather, and the snowstorm of January 6th in London was the heavseet since the menmsorable fall of January 18th, 1881. The ...

... heads, or finely coloured landscape. The Christmas number of The Illustrated Pigaro (hEugaish edition, peblished by Mesers. Bou3sod, Valadon, and Co., New lBond-street, London) is not in point of illustration of so muoh interest as in ...

... add to the beauty of the number. (London: Boussod, Vaeiedon, and Co. New Bond-street.e Original matter in the shape of short stories, aneetes and essays, and selections, serious and humorons, help to ei ?? the Christmas number of Greet 27ioughAs one of ...

... Weatherley, the coloured illustrations o by B, K. Johnson, end the monotints by Ernest Wilson; f( Nursery Lend, by the same author, the illustrations u I by Helena J. Maguire; The Good Shepherd, by the V same author, the illustrations by Alice Reeve; Here'g ...

... CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. LEE DS. Christmas Day passed very uietly. Despite the I cus-tomary preparation, notto saypleasurable anticipation, t was difficult to realise that the great Christian festival had arrived. The weather was as little in harmony with ...

... and 13,000. On the busiest day at Christmas, 1886, ' the highest number of parcels posted was between 9,000 ir aand 10;000. AS showing the extent to which, during the hi r past ten years, the practice of sending Christmas cards has ix -grown, it is stated ...

... them fit amusements of various kinds were provided. YEAoNO.-On Christmas Dav, at the Yeadon n Primitive Methodist Schoolroom, was provided the greatest- Si attraction, in the shape of a Christmas ship and fancy u fair, which were attended to by young ladies ...

... Lilliputian Christmas and New t2ear's cards for children embody a happy idea; These tiny boxes are likely to be in demand. * Many designs quite out of the ordinary run have been brought out by Messrs. John Walker and Co. of London. The more beautiful ...

... the ; of Christmas quarter, encted the 23rd day of November, int 1886, and the corresponding week of last year- ad Indoor poor 935: outdoor poor 3,916; ehaidrea tur, boarded out 126, do. in orphanages 65; total, 641132; gm test-men 24. 1886.-Indoor poor ...

... MORNING'S NEWS, ?? O- TO DAY'S LONDON PAPERS. MR. BALFOUR AND THE IRISH l ALLIANCE. - The Daily ?? ' says - Mr. Balfour is an accomplished cynic, but his distinction between the Conserrative Irish alliance in 1885 and the Liberal Irish alliance in 1886 must ...

... official quarters. - Notwithstanding, there is no material reason for improve- n ment-which seems merely due to the Christmas and 1- New Year festivities, as well as probably to the 1 absence of alarmist articles. Of course military io precautions in Germany ...

... FRENCH NEWS. (FROM oU OWN C1dESP0N'f.) PJi8, Tuesday. Trhe last obsiacle to the reestablishment of dereoik de lics has been removed by the abrogation of Article 86 in the Rules of Procedure of the Chamber. This clause authorised a seeret ballot to be ...