... LITIRARY NOTICES. The CathoZic Fehyrs (London: James Ndisbet and Co.) discusses a variety of theolo- gical subjects, the two whichl srike us as specially notewortlhy being Immortality and the Old Testmanent?. by Principal Caven, of Toronto, and The Sacred Times of the Jews in relation to the cycles of prophecy, by the Rev. Dr. Wylie of Edinburgh. In the course of a paper ?? Church in ...

... Twelve Mont he Innprisonment of a Manchester Merchant in Kirkdale Gaol. Manchester: Abel Heywood and Son. The object of this volume, as stated by its anonymous author, is to aid in the suppression of crime, to suggest improvements in the dis- cipline of our prisons! and to urge upon the authorities the adoption of more stringent measures in relation to the trade in intoxicating drink, as he ...

... There was once held a grand meeting of Scottish a, asong. The date thereof was some time before or b' after the year 1Auclity-nine ; thC lc antb fixed with the same exactness, bat it was probablyh tt near The banks an' brass o' bionnie Doon, in honour of thle Lad that was born in Kyle. ~ Mte acaregt s Gathering was nothing to this, is the Songs calne pouring in from every quarter. Here ...

... PUBLIC A iUTSMESTS, &c Eoval Alexandra To^ea're.--Foxty Thfcve. Mornizd aud Lvenlrig. Pr!nee of 1V02 Y :latre.-V-Lrndcreia xrorning and E7veniny. Ioyal Aminhite Dre- Blaa. New Rot 'u . fr V..-Qck .;itlnMgtnu and hi3a 0.t. 3orrnig an20 E vl :ng. Concert t iI!, Lrid W !.,on-streot.-SatturdLy E-ouitLg Conces PLh3Laru.t^Lie & - GrEDrd Mornir!g Concert. Rope Ha^sU.-h iii ,! L,$ag 2joucert Oomnoaty. ...

... PT BLIC ?? EENTS, &o. Eoya. AlQXarea Ttheatre.-!Les Clozhes de CornevileP. Prinoe of ?? Theatre.-Cinderella. Broyal Amaphittseat d.-Formoes. Theatre Royal.-Sham;u-ns-Lenu. Concert Hall, Lord Neisonxztresl.-Uliton'c Con- tinental Ercursions. New Star Mluic Eail.-Varied cn£5rtalnneat. St. aToluea' Rall.-HaguLe' 3linstzes. xobaugo Art Gallory.-itartreue oi sf, S. Giadstuvs, Sa)esry of Art, ...

... MAGAZES FOR OCTOBER, Thhen ?? Lno tal 1 tand Co.) opens with the second of the Duke of .heArgyflI's eisays on 1The U nity of Nature, the For special phase of the subject considered being wz sk the place and position of man as regards the re on composition of iiis body, his mental and moral se on faculties, the connection of sensation with hi no appett and perception, &c. Hiegac ,i al eakbly ...

... IA T-ERRIBLE T-ALE OF Tir T-ROPICS. led The following brief narration is a reapitoulactin nds Of the ornery and priration which once occrrred to me, :Tes the When soy horse had shied and thrown me, as I crsed a Ind desert lonely. 1OW' And it soon woo plainly shown vme I'd a dislocated knee. 1to Ton My horse had run away, and for sany days I lay byt Beneath the cnn's fierce ray in an agony of ...

... EXIIBITION OF MODERN JAPAINESE AIRT IN LIVERPOOL. Wlithin as many year, as mnay Ie counted on the fingers, Japanese art, especiaily that of the euame!- . ler, has oniv core to be known in this country. d The word cloisoanM, for instance, now Lluderstood by y the least learned in such matters, was then known Lr but to a fev connoisseurs who had made a special ae study of the art. It is true ...

... NEW' CATALOGU E OF THE LIVER- lr. POOL FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY. ,11 -- a The~second part of the complete catalogue of will the LvrolFree Public Library, which hlas just been issued, is a sulfcient indication of the progreezs which has been made in additions to ?? during; the last ten years, GI whl taffords us the satisfaction of saying ret that no other public library out of London-if, Ccc per, ...

... ?CIEXCE ?iNI) ART TEACmNG. gte twenty-eighth repotrt of the Science and Ar D~etof the Counnittee of Council on da as bteen issued. It shows that the Ger of persons who0 during the year 1880 at- ii tened ise sohools and classes of scen2e and ar c a £neteioO with t~he department are as followsa, c ?? attending Seienlce schools, and classes I h iS2Od, aS .samne 59,519 in 1879, and 837,308 re i ...

... A Practical Treaise onl Mecamal nzdiBneerinq. it By Francis Campin, C.E. London: Crosby n, Lockwood and Co. ig This is the latest of a long line of instruction It books on technical subjects, which, under the m well-known name of Weale's Rudimentary, f Scientific, and Educational Series, have been Br found invaluable to that considerable section of d the population which has of late years ...

... ' I Messrs. Branch and Leete will sell to-day, the 14th, and to-morrow, at Homes Hey, Croxteth- drive, i collection of pictures, drawings, prints, and high-class furniture, the property of a well- known merchant and shipowner. Among the 50 pictures and drawings exhibited on the walls will be found After the Storm, (562) an academy picture of 1877, by W. Small, repre- senting a number of ...