... PASIMiONS ULO1 JN\C'AIS. The happy idlea of comb11juiling thet TMdi1 mind I)ar, styles of colour and mlat erial h,,IS pr .11od l k t Jml- ?? Ul and hariniio ios brsc:ido. 1',i behiL -L. 001',' ill trillltlilltiS, blvit ill a1n111ItLI'-, 2ff,10 kit noi dres-ses. All dark colours heii. 1u,10W I, broetide triiniiunug is gelenerlly o -I li-ghtcer hc1 of onle plain coloutr a~ru now Ieceolji ig` I t ...

... :JA.CK AND THE, 'BANSTTALjK. *~ 11 When Joe Grimaldi, the famous clown, gave-his grq- 18 tesque and veritably eide-splitting entertainments in the n Great City, and attracted to his performances all the wit d and fashion of the' town, he little thought of the longroil of pantomimes (in almost every place that boats a i theatre) to which he wag giving a virtual paternity. ,Grimaldi used ...

... ?nb ?tedt?. ?? - Lov -I*e comesito heai t all racked and rent : tike distant al' o castaway i, - ?? -When hope and strength alike afe spent--n .i Just at the dying of the -day.: E'en is love so'when unreturned; Than, victor lust it triumphs more, Though back it reels contemptuous spurned From the sweet feet it knelt before. But hate is ap a poisonoUS fruit, tIudelk, strong passion honey-oweet, ...

... 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 ...

... I T E ItR A T U It E. thle NEW BOOKS A-ND NEW EDITIONS th SrO'RIS Fs O T IM ~t GREEm TILAGEDIANS (1) is not Mr. Sn!l Church's first attempt to fasniliarise the Englislh reader pro with lie raw material with which classic poets ?? bef! out results which have been1 thle wonder of thle world. A Originality of theme was as little desired by Sophocles as cap byI Sliakspeare or S pencer. It was ...

... 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 ...

... A SURVEy, | ?? -MAGa; Nt . he z ' :- ' ?? - ?? The January numbers-whieh ' are generally produced considerably in anticipation of the New Year-augur a very healthful activity in the periodical literature of 1880.' Strong names and, vigorous articles are the rule, whilewthe stories are in the main of genuinely attractive Iter4st,;aud in some few instances almost approach' t6c geatness. Of the ...

... vodrlo? ?l igirtal, -41 . , cteb. -? : I I . I I . !a rt ?? *A RUBSIAN~ FABpl;', A FOX IN BREgIN:.- : . ?? has -done for Rnsbin Fables what she B others . .Grinmm Ev~e done fot Germany in thetameR direetibn, -dPtil following fable ha. been ably translated -by Mr, RI Garnett. For murder, aye, anid robbery beside, A harmless sheep ?? a Fox was tried. A peasant sued, and sure his case was hard,.. ...

... TEA A:ND ENTERTAINMENT TO THE DEAF AND DUMB. On Monday evening, at the Hull, East Yorkshire, and Lincolnshire Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, the former and present pupils were entertained at tea by the Master and Matron (Mr. and Mrs. Bill). The opportu- nity was taken to present Mr. T. Haller (the respected secretary) with a pair of handsomely worked slippers as a small recognition of his ...

... The next election of au ASR.A. is appointed for Friday, the 30th inst. Carl Eduard Hering, an able composer and theorist, died on the itll ult., at Bautzen, at the age of seventy. M. Alphonse de Nenville has nearly finished a large l picture of thee surprise and massacre of Ieaudlatna. Temple Bar is to bh re-erected in Victoria Park. Let us hope it will not be scraped or otherwise made to look ...

... LITERATURIE. 'NEW BOOKS AND NEW EDITIONS. Books II. and III. of Joesox's ENxrmiEs (1), by Mr. Edward Jenkins, I.P., maintain the interest excited by t their predecessor, and seen) to bear more elearly on the i biography of Jobsou himself. The youngT-. -iddeus, whoi ff:iS qirite east into the shade in Book I. by Lt-s uulnapp])Y a unt Beitha, gradually conies into the light ?? tire story £ ...

... An exhibition of original drawings and paintings by the Leeds Schlool of Art Students' Association was opened last evening in the picture gallery of thle Mechanics' Institu- tioU, and wvill be continued daily during thi remainder of the week. Although the association has been in existence only nine months, its members, whno do not number more than 39, have already produced no fewer than 584 ...