... MAGAZINES FOR JUNE . [FInRS NOTICE,] 2'Th INietaW CenteO' (C Kegan Paul & Co., London) opens Iwith an article by Professor Vam-. bery on 1England and R~ussia in Asia, that has a strong claxim onl the attention of all who desire to see what aspect this important question takes in the eyes of an able and well-informed man, ! exempt from the phrtisan, influences th~t~ s :way' opinion so much in ...

... 'DRESS 'AND FASHION IN PARIS . .!, - I . _- ~(~-om1~tra' Jo Wna of Dress and Faas ion for June.) Th~ theatresin winter, and the raceconrses in Th sprning, Are the chosen scenes for the display of the winte n~ewest ni~dc's and most elegant toilettes in Paris, and have it is Iby bsrigtile prevailing styles -at these- that 'sboot the -best and clearest noiio oftefnh sikcely, t6 f O Sbogeeeliv ...

... LITERA T U RE. SUPPLEMENT TO DR JOHN COOK'S STYLES O W T, O E FoRMS OF PROCEDURE, AND PEAATICE OF THE a CHURCH COURTS OF SCOTLAND.' By Rev. G. ( Cook, B.D., Minister of Longformacus.' Edin- r burgh: T. & T. Clark, 38 George Street. a1 In this work the changes which have occurred since t - 1870, when the last edition of Dr Cook's Styles I was published, are incorporated in a supplementary k ...

... The poet who does not love the sea can, one would V: .think, be but half a poet; yet rarely till the present g century have the poets succeeded in the attempt to g express that peculiar kind of exhilaration which ac- a companies a morning swim in the sea or a sail on it C.-in Bummer, and which no other sort of experience r, brings. Still a word must be said for Falconer's ks Shipwreck. ...

... MAGAZINES FOR JUNE tjes, ~~[THIRD NOTICE.] i'' oo Words8.-The serials are as httractive a-as evr ,as we have before observ&1'itr.' i qcg since the magazine has had in is'pages con. 'drrently two such remarkably V1Werful tal~.t _DP,,Richardson contributes the fourth o hs eres Caive pfpapers on Health at Home, nwic o f~l easof bed-ventilation &O.- W tmay,, o',~ ~'d the1 igel'Oid 'icles are, ...

... FASHIONABLE COSTUMEES. All kinds of costumes are still made with mixtures of different materials, colours,, or a combination of patterned and plain textures. There is, however, a visible tendency towards a greater simplicity of style, I and less complicated ornamentation, in walking, visit- ing, and evening dresses. The short round skirt is very prevalent for walking, yet the Princess shape, ...

... ~~~~~. .I - . . - - -! m TIHE PROPOSED ART GALLERY FOR ABERDEEN. The subject of the proposed Art Gallery and. museum for the city comes before the Town Council to-day, on the following mainuntes of the com-. mittee Townhouse, Aberdeen, 4th June, iSSO. ha! Your cotirinittee beg to report that they hrave pro. pr( ceeded upon the remit whbich was made to them by the w Council upon the 20th of ...

... L IT E RA T U R E. A HiSTORY OF CLASSICAL GREExK By the Rev. J. P. Mahaffy1 M.A., Knight of in the Order of the Saviour, Fellow and Pro- ofe fessor of Ancient History, Trinity College, All Dublin; Authorof Social Life in Greece, hr d Prolegomena to Ancient History,'? &o. I. Two Volumes. London: Lougmrans, Green, & -Co. nd This work is at once a most valuable conspectus ify of Greek ...

... The prevailing engouement for violet. shades called piai.It heliotrope has originated the introduction of a number I saw of blues, which partake both of navy blue and purple. prUS It is not the well known flamine de pouche, but some-, e 7th thing infinitely.becoming ta'blondes, that is ciel and.-. I box. rose ecrasee mixed. The colour called pensee reveuse &didnd is another novelty, half rich ...

... THE cCOMIC PRESS. r [FROM PucH,] N or N O EASY.-What shall we do with Ouida7 3e -Weed her. n SIMIIUA 'SrLrsBus.-Effie reads about tadpoles, and lt wonders what on earth the horrid little creatures can MtybAePlAOki, A L ATION. - Leoturer (on the qtassscal es saitsoftne last century-most interesting) as ' We talk ef'foodfor the mind as well as of food for r the body, hnow, a good book-' ...

... G rOSSIP FROI THIS WEES ATHEb.Ut L ITBATUE., o are h at Mir F W. Joynes, whose ession f 6 aU azette was concurrent h that. r- erick Greenwood and the principap oontributoA > tiblfpar, will not be on the permanent. taff ofdthiJme8 8 Gazette. MrJoynes has been engaged; Eteenwood's request, in organising the et~ nd g arrangements of the new, eto of these his commissioll ends. to his' i for the ...

... ,: 5 '. EVENING CONCERT. The Banff Musical Association gave their third and ; last concert for the session in- the County Hall on f Friday nighii erd it was, decidedly. one of th e most .- enjoyable musical entertainments which the commu. II nity of Ba ff have been favoured mvith. this season. if That the audience, a large and fashionable one, eppre- e eiated the treat was clearly shown by the ...