... LITERA TUP. - rn Ti e Glagow leatf7a Lect-rf. rue or~e aeafi ail Of G:eorge Combe a lie was 515ec fehow reC5tures, an-i ith thuw biecel0.itiV in ?? during a long termt of a ht to shov; them how to train them- 'ye5 3) their children into the possession of a , r in a sound body. The great -a all' Oi' educaticn he held to be the healthy * rrntoruors developinent of the individual, s . ret obect ...

... ROYALTY THI ATRE -MISS WALLIS. Theatre-goers who have been educated to the point o3 appreciating acting which is always intelligent and such as to satisfy tie nmost re- lined taste, wrilt be glad to now-il they have not already acqulainted themselves with the fact -that M~liss ~allis has comeo to the city in iul- filment of a very briet enagemeut at the Royalty 'theatre. A few Weeks since she ...

... INTERNAYTONAL FISHERIES EXHIBITIOlN. OFFICIAL LIST OF AWARDS. The oflicial list of the awards made ly the jurors on the various classes of exhibits have now, with the exception of two classes, been completed, and last evening were given to the representatives of the newspapers. In one of these classes the jurors have not quite com- pleted their work; in the other the bharacter of the exhibits ...

... ROYAL NORMAL COLLEGE AND ACADEMY OF MUSIC FOR TaE BLIND EV5NING cONxCET. 'Me good work being done at Upper Norwood ] by the Royal Normal Coilege aid Academy of I Music for the Blind should appeal snc esalfly ' to the public sympathies. It is to be regretted . that with the exception of the higher-priced: seats St Andrew's Hall was hardly so well filled last night as it might have been, for, ...

... ,THE SA&TURDXY EVENING CONCErtTS. The twenty-ninth season of tite Saturday Even- ;ing Concerts, arranged by the directorate of the (}lasgow Abstciners' Union, wvas inaugurated in the City H-all on Saiturday night. Despite the fact that no decided novelties were promised, andi that the management only undertook to pre- sent what may be called a good average entertain- ment- the au~dienlce ...

... (PROao OUB OWS coAPZSPONDtZ,. - , London, Sunday Night. e K GouoD is expected to arrive in London it to-nig1ht from Paris, and to-morrow he will begin in earnest the choir rehearsals for his new 3- oratorio The Redemption, which will be the f principal novelty of the Birmingham Musical d Festival. The composer of ' Faust has not ?? visited this country since his unhappy sojourn it i in ...

... LITBERAT URE - -I ti (1) Hidsory of the Insane in tke British Isles. a, A dark house and a whip for madmen was, not a thoughtless expression on the part of, r, Shakespeare. nor did it spring from any! y want of sympathy towards those labouring I so under the most distressing of human afflic. .o tions. On the contrary, he has wealth of kindly 'h thought to suggest, not only for Lear ...

... _UBESS'S DAEL IN THE LIC' DEN'. Mr J. C. Robiuson writes so the iTW-` Lord -Rosebery's infornmat. on rese Edinhurgh Daniiel is vry iteresytifl& copyin qiuestion is really a good -.1e, ' 5. I heave said, it bears the impress ad the 1r' its production, which, as it now -pPPi~s i ig- surmised vas during the eecond * ci tnt ?? century. It is a pity that the anrte does not seem to have been ...

... THE COLOSSEUM FANCY FAIR With the advent of December the various bazaars and fancy goods warehouses in the city have begun to assume that gay and attractive appearance which in former years they were not wont to bear till Christmas week. Goods appro- priate fer Christmas and even New Year pre- sents have been laid out, sand in one or two instances tradesmen have so far forestalled the festive ...

... S.. Tho' fiery an' fiercely the sun may arise, He'll be pale ere he sinks in the west, A match will be waged till it e'en shakes the skles, An' a vict'ry be scored for the best. You brag o' the brave wha ha'e won for you fame In the red ranks o' danger so grim; The.brave for the present, whaurever their hame, r Are the skips with the best Dicket bruine! Chlorus-Then, hurrah I Johnny Frost in ...

... Lf'ERA4 TURS. Mr Joseph W1-hitaker, the editor of the Book- seRler, has lssaed An ?? lnianack for the year of our Lord 1S62 ' (Londton, 12Q Warwick Laue). It is the new isunc o0 the sanre almanatc -which has been piaced on our table for nomne years past, and requires no ruroniniendation Lroni us, seeing that it is a publication of ?? reputation. Married Wiitlhout Leave is a little book ...

... LITEBATURL. (I) A BiraShong and Other Ponm F Thre is no branch of literary Ark in which' an author is so, apto misjudge his own powesv as in that of poetry. ?? volmne of , rhyme-almost innumerable are sent forth to the rs world, which receive and deserve no better fate-: than to be read to a small Clide of partial m friend who, from ldndly feeling and weak but 'al not unaniable sympathy, feel ...