... LYFROX TO.DAY'S ATHENiMU.LI The article on Matthew Paris in the current number of the Quarterly Review is said to be from the pen of Dr. Jessopp. Dagonet the Jester, a story which we reviewed a fortnight ago, is understood to be written by Mr. Malcolm Macmillan, eldest son of the well. known publisher. Under the title of India Revisited, Messrs. Trfibner and Co. will shortly publish ...

... TgF OLD FACTORY: I A LANCASHIRE STORY. WILLIAM WESTALL, TR os ?? LOA E NGI1s, &O . NOW FIRST PUBLISHED. CHAPTER XLY. TUlB LADY IN BLACX. A month later Mabel and Fritz were m narried by ,ci,3 liesnee at Braudwood Hall. The strictest pri. weey ,a observed, and immediately after the ceremony the bride and bridegroom, who were already equipped ferthe journey, leftforLondon, where,and at Paris, ...

... PRINCE'S THENTRE. the occasion of Miss Averylarge audience assembled On The appearance of Ellen Terry's benefit at the Prince's. the favourite actress in a new part, and in such a, notabl6 pert as Beatrice,' was sufficient to give a special charater ato the occasion, and to excito much interest and-curioegity. And we may Say atoneifan f h audience were diss atife with Bliss Terry's charming ...

... I [yROM TO-DAY'S 'ACADXr3Y.1 A. History of Lambeth Palace :is being pre- pared bythe Rev. J. Cave-Browne. B3esides containI ingpersonal sketches of the archbishops the-work-will also inolude brief accounts of other palaces. and manor houses belongingto the see. The ArchbishOp of Canter- bury will supply an introduction. The idea of acting a Greek play in the original language has passed from ...

... I About i,0o0 of the troops ?? took part in the recent Egyptian campaign were reviewed by 1ler Majesty the Queen in London on' Saturday. The Mallwbieh runs along one side of St. James's Park, and the Horse Guards parade formed together the review ground. Around the latter ai number of stgres bad been erected from which crowds of distilld ghnod spectators witnessed thie march past, while the ...

... QOIUNTRY LIFE. BY RANGER:' No. 1,II. WINTiElR BIRDS. Each season brings its own peculiar delights, and now winter is upon us. The leaves, sere and yellow, have dropped fitfully, flickering down; the robins have come from the woods to our gardens and our homes; the swallows and summer birds have flown soutb, and from the northern lands and the bleak strands of the Baltic have come countless ...

... 1t'EARH'T AlND O. I-, BY A LADYONTRIUToR, The Colonial visitors had as -greeable a. time in, I Manohester as the weather wtold llow. Acloser and& more stifling day than Tuesday could hardly have, been found. At the hour when the visitors were introduced to High 'Change>> everygaslight inthoe building was burning, and the atmosphere was, horrible. What must they have thought who came from ...

... IThOX TO-DAY'S ATENi~ZU.Il , Ar. George leredith is engaged upon two new 2MOVeb. They are called Saxon v. Celt ?? amnxing Marriage. The interesting biographical notice of Sir -Moes Monteflore which recently appeted in the Emes, will shortlyberepublished bypermission,w ith additions, in pamphlet form, at the office of the Jewish Chronhcl. The author was Mr. Israel Davis. . Ar. . M., ...

... I I ra LFROX TO-DAY'S ATHEAIBUM.1 a A high authority writes to us from MWas2Lcahu. , setta: Mr. Arnold'ssucoessas aleotureris unequivooal. v It is like Plato in Sicily. On the same night he and lr. Bryco were lecturing at Cambridge. England is car- talydoingherbesttocivilise America. Mr. Arnold's a lecture on Emerson seems to have provoked a good deal of discussion and some dissent, ...

... I r BY RANGER. No. XXX. the VItI.-ETH CONENG OF TIM BIRDS. the Whenever a beautiful or rare bird comes to our to shores it is immediately done to death, and usually is before it gets far inland. This is an ornithological It fact long established; and the beautiful blon bird, or bul blue-ftroated warbler, has proved no exception in the It treatment which it has received. Only a very limited ...

... I GOSSIWWITH Ir aHIDEN. BY UNWCLE OLDMAN. a Thoulghsuch an old man, i feelto-iiight almost like a school boy on the eve of breaking rp. To morOw` morning I start on my holiday, and before these lines meet the-eyes of my nephews-and nieces I sball be far away. cc May I go With you, ncle u You cannot enjoY yourself as you ought if I am not near. It was my dear little friend Laugh-avay who ...

... The following letter has been addressed to the Etditor of the 11faitchester B xnatner anI Trimes Sir,-The question is being asked, Is there any reason why Manchester should not have a grand exhibition in the jubilee year? With your per- mission I will endeavour to give one or two cogent reasons why such an exhibition should be hoeld next year. The half century of Her Majesty's reign has ...