... At last the arrangements for this exhibition ate com- pleted, ald all now bid fair for a successful issue. Easter Monday is to be the grand opening, when his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, accompanied by her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales, his Royal H~igh. ness Prince Leopold, Earl Spencer, Earl lKinberley, the Right Hon. Sir W. Y. Harcort, and the Right Hon. A. J, Mundella, and ...

... It ik not lead. hat sleepotlh The stent earth Shall melt in tear-.drlps at the breatlt of Sprinug. Nature shall wake refreshed and full of mirth, As morn to youth new he'altliand hope will bring. Earth weeps, repents, ?? former joys And withered fruit., buds blighted ere their time: Yet through her tears are swelling, *ithout noise - Or sudd(enness, her honlooir to their prime. And e'en in ...

... I PETER PARLEY'S ANNUAL for 1884. London: Ben. George, 47, Hatton-garden.-A host of young folks, not only in England but in all parts of the world in which English is read and spoken, will hail with more than usual delight this annual, which has now reached the forty-third year of publication. The book, which is very nicely printed and effectively illustrated, contains no less than fifteen ...

... TOWN AND COUNTRY G088, [By A. OUTFOLK EAMBLER.1 Conservatives could watch with equanimity the pr ceedings at the Liberal demonstration at the quiet little town of Stowmnarket last Thursday evening, for the drollest part of this political entertainment at the Cora ?? oil of putting on the bridle o fu~eii~g Uhise ?? zwho- Xieh~ It) Annihilate ae Iuse Of Lords at one fell swoop. 'With ?? present, ...

... A very successful exhibition of poultry, pigeons, and cage birds was held, under the auspices of the Ipswich Kennel Club and Poultry Association, at the Old Museum Rooms, on Tuesday and Wednesday. The largest of the rooms in which the Ipswich Museum collection was formerly housed is well adapted for an exhibition of the feathered tribe, and the admirable and compact arrange- ments contributed ...

... LiFE AND WORE OF ST. PAIL, by Frederic W. Farrar, D.D., P.B.S. Popular edition. London: Cassell and Company (Liniited).-Canon Farrar has secured so lasting a popularity for his works that we welcome a cheap edition of his Life of St. Paul. Many of our readers have no doubt waited till the costly two volume edition should be followed by a less expensive reprint, and in the copy before us ...

... The holiday numbers come romnd, if the holidays do not. We may read of holidays enjoyed by others, if not enjoy them ourselves. Time was that we had to be con- tent with Christmas numbers, but spirited publishers and clever editors have changed all that, and now the Sum- mer months are brightened by the gay wisdom of our writers of fiction, even if we have no brightening by Summer suns, which, ...

... THE SUFFOLK FINE ART CLUB, The exhibition at the High Street Gallery was well t patronised yesterday, but owing to the rush for cata- logues on Saturday, the view day, there was not one to 1 be had until between twelve and one o'clock. That this S is no fault of the always-working Mr. Cannon is self- & evident, but there is always the last minute with ex- s hibitors, each of whom often think ...

... (After 'he Housse that Jack Built.) This is the Exchange the Town built ' This is the Corn sold in the Exchange the Town built. This is the Farmer, quite careworn, That brings his meagre sample of Corn To the Exchange the Town built. This is the Twopence he has to pay To enter the place each Market Day; This wretched Farmer, so careworn, That brings his meagre sample of Corn To the Exchange ...

... BILDESTON WORKMEN'S HORTICULTURAL SHOW; The annual show in connection with the above Society was held in the Rectory grounds, by kind permission of the rector, the Rev. J. Beck, on Friday afternoon. The exhibits were placed upon three tables in a marquee pitched for the occasion, tho centre one being especially for pot and cut flowers. There was a very fair display of vegetables and a capital ...

... TE GRAPHcI Summer Number for 1881.-The enterprising proprietors of the Ghraptic have brought out another coloured number, filled from cover to cover with pictures from some of the Lest artists of the day. The large four-page picture, by Mr. C. B. Fripp, the special artist to the Grauphic during the Zulu campaign, re- presents the fight for the colours by Lieutenants Melville and Coghill at ...

... CAMBRIDGE~ AND ISLE Ohs flLY AG@RICUL TURv AL&T Et.zxHIBI.T IO N. The exhibition of this very successful Society tooki place on Wednesday, on the extensive grounds of Mr. 3., Cropley, in the flownham-Iane, aind proved a most highly l sucecessful show. In all classes except sheep there was a 1 large increase on the Newmarket show of last year.i Horses nearly doubled the entries of last year, ...