... because they aim too high. A public that a devours tens of vthousands;of a new novel by George Eliot or William -Black, or Thomas Hardy, shows' its capacity to rise to the level of the a most fastidious of the Boston penmen. There is a rude, sentimental multitude ...

... CoLins 346, WV. Black 329, 1U. Bscant 239, Miss Braddon 105, James Payn g0, B. D. Blacksmore 79, Ouida 29, Mrs Oliphant 2t, Thomas Hardy 20, Hugh Con. wayand J. H. Shortlsouse 15, G. Macdonald 10, George Meredith, Yates, and Mrs H. Wood 9, J, M'Carthy S. Hawley ...

... ?? the notabilities present were Mr George I Ileredith, -Mr Thomas Hardy, Mr George *Augustus Sala, Mr Austin Dobson, Professor IBonuer, Mr Grant Allen, Mr Rider -Haggard, Mvir M.Ioy Thomas, Sir Frederick Pellock. Mr Holmsan Hunt, Dr Richard 1Garnett ...

... Archibald Alisoni at 2s 6d apiece ; Capt. Basil Hall, Sir Arthur Helps, and J. Payne Collier at 2s each; T'nomas Campbell, Thomas Hardy, author of Ear from the Madding Crowd; Mac. pberson of Ossian fame, and James Maidinent at Is 6d each; while at the lowest ...

... nerves, thoroutlhly tired out. Bitt that is not, per- your haps. Unusuia among writersituaginativeir otherwise. if he Mr Thomas Hardy lived for soume years at, Upper :has Toouting, and hasi now settled down at Mlax Gate, near Dorchester, spendigii hit vacations ...

... - s ?? halfyal meeting of this Synod was held at A Perth yesterday. In the ferenoon the retiring ?,K a-mederator, Rev. Thomas Hardy, Fowlis-Wester, adpreached *in the East Church. At the hoeleass F, mbroaesicg to the afternoon- Rev. Andrew Beavie. 01 ...

... a-year granted in 18709. to recognition of thle |histtorinal, literary, and public services of her late husband, Sir Thomas Duefus hardy; Mrs - .lsria Rogers, £;75, in cunsideration of the services of nor late husband, the Rev. Jobh5 -ogers, in tie caase ...

... again adjournedi. b a' (I -__ ______ rei Is ELECTION INTELLIGENCE, fae ii aPI 0 LxANCSHIRE lBcx'ro.Nl.-Mr Gerald Hardy, son of Sol Sir Thomas Hardy, who contesated thle division thin nagainst Sir Arthur Bass last year, wvas yesterday as it selected as Conservative ...

... plot of *aia- bow Gold is now tolerably Well developed. The painting of country life and character is of tcn worthy of Thomas Hardy: in- deed, many passages remind us not a little of Far from the iadding Crowd, while the t lvigour and directness of ...

... passed fc th through several editions, and is n no IIWJad notarfo th Egis ciu gs thirtieth thousand. H rk I hear that Mfr Thomas Hardy is at present ti e, engaged in re-arranging his first novel, Des. G d d perats Remedies, which was published anony- ...

... callinufavour of Axcjack wa5fr~~r numerously signed. .F PREsaTTERYorAcssDFE rEh1; g AssuBLY.-ReY. James Tiaylor, jj~5- Thomas Hardy Fowhis.Wes'er A bt~ Martin, Geak. M'Wr Peter Paton,AuhrN, representative elder, ...

... English novelists li '-Georve Meredith, whom she professes th to understand and whose epigram she qt says is inimitable; Thomas Hardy and co lic hard Blacuknore, 'whose types, she says ,s 'inre worth studying. Altogether, Sophonisba iu deservesthe nickname ...