... THE publication of a new novel by Lady Duffos Hardy is a matter of interest for a very large circle of readers. Beryl Fortescue (3 vols.: Hurst and Blackett) will be all the more welcome by reason of the length of time which has passed since the appearance of her name on a title page. nor will any anticipations based upon the merit of her former works be in any respects dis- appointed. Her ...

... Id (SPECIALLY CONTRIBUTED.) ,ir rs KNARESBOROUGH AND ITS CASTLE.' le Few more historically interesting or more beautifully is situated places than the old town of Knaresborough, in b the West Riding of Yorkshire, are to be found. It is at an ancient Parliamentary borougb, and from the year li 1553 to that of 1868 it returned two members to Par- liament. The right of election was of old ...

... TEEAIRIOAL MEOS. That charming actress, Miss Ada Cavendisli, who, we stated some few weeks since, contemplates a return to this country, will probably succeed Miss Jennie Lee at the Olympic.-Spenhiug of Miss Jennie Lea's company, apart from the touching postrait of Joe by 9ities Lea herself, and the splendid impersonation of ?? Horteseo by DMisi Dalores. Druamnond, the chief praise of the ...

... LITBP.ATUCR& ' (1) SICILYe I' When the late George Eliot, who had become famous as a writer of stories of English home life, at length selected an Italian theme under the name of Romola, it'was thought by some that she bad left a safe region for one with which she badnot sufficient acquaintance, and in which it was feared that, if she did not altogether fail, she would probably not score a ...

... LZTR.RATP.E. (1} EngishA Ph 41sojdtts. hle This volume is'one of a series which is in.I are tended to supply a history of English philosophy. ~T it will not be in the interests of any one scool ?? of thought. As introductory to an exposition V ofi his ?? Professor Moock gives a brief F biography of the great thinker who was the OfI most outatanding fiatire amongy the philosophers 'v of ...

... I [ GAIETY- THE NINE DAYS' QUEEN. Mr Robert Buchanan's poetical drama The Nine Days' Queen was produced at the Gaiety Theatre last evening. The audience was not as large as might have been wished, especiallyi when it is remembered that the author is a Glasgow man, although now a citizen of the world, and that the play served to introduce Miss Harriet Jay, a young novelist, who has many ...

... | TEIICE IS A SUN-LT? HILL FOR ALL. God meets us In the ways of life, And gives Us say in what shall be- Of rest or toil, of peace or strife,- Of aluence or poverty: The present Ruawars to the past,- Its joy and sorrow, loss and Fain, Were seeds upon the waters' cast, By baud or tongue or heart or brain. We stand upon life's sr n-lit hill- Far'spreading lands invite our feetI We shall not ...

... THE ballads of Ireland are a literature in themselves. Besides those Which m ay be found among the poems of Moore, Ferguson, Gerald Griffin, Alingham, and countless others, there are many separate collec- tions. Hayes's Ballads of Ireland, Lover's Lyrics of Ireland, Duffy's Ballad Poetry of Ireland, The Popular Poetry of Ireland, and, above all, The Spirit of the Nation are ...

... - GENERAL EWART entered the army in 1838 as an ensign in the 35th Regiment, and after a peace service of sixteen years went to the Crimea and was confronted for the first time with the actualities of war. He was then in the 93rd Highlanders, but shortly after disembarkation wvas placed on the staff of the quartermaster-general's department, and, like many other staff officers who have never ...

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... THa SUNDAY AT HOME, for March. London: l6, Paternoster Row.-Tleis comes to us, as usual, with a great number of interesting papers. Amongst those worthy of particular notice is part C of The King's Windows, or the Wonderful Works of God. This treats of winds, and as March is this year so true to its traditions, it will prove doubly interesting. The Rev. B. Paxton Hood, the author, says:- ...

... -UR Bo .1 L I T E R A T -- --ATO ow BooQs AND NEW EDITIONS. clR .R EMINISCENCES. eso ndd that immediately after the death It ite old is taev i as it were into his co n- o fashioil ar n two in w.iu vh we now find ourselves fdea iC the heart °e Carlyle. A few weeks ago the sdualhtldan those who had never been ndmitted to the 0ater 0f'his I bo s or who had only gone there as 0 D bunter, kntew ...