... EE f THE CAMPAIGN IN EGYPT THE ADVANCE OF THE DUKE OF CONNAUGHT S BRIGADR, TEL-EL- K EBIR THE Brigade of Grenadier Guards under the command of tie Duke of Connaught were stationed in the second line of the British army during the attack on Tel-el-Kebir as supports to General Willis's Infantry Brigade. Though not nominally in the post of danger, as the assault was naturally begun by the first ...

... PROGRESS in the means of locomotion is taking Londoners and the people of the large towns farther afield for their holidays. Among the many out-ot-the-way places that have attracted tourists of late years have been the Scilly Islands, so long familiar to the yachtsman. The ¶assing visitor is apt only to skim the surface of the life of the places he sees, if he even does that, and would never ...

... ?? 0 0 MT ?? ~~C)o THE QUEEN will leave Balmoral on November 16, according to present arrangements, returning to Windsor on Friday morning, November 17. On Saturday Her Majesty, accompanied by Princess Beatrice, the Duchess of Connaught, the Hereditary Grand Duke and Princess Alice of Hesse, drove to the Gelder Shiel, and in the evening the Marquis and Marchioness of Hamilton dined with the ...

... Pr,%r1Ars no composer for the stage has ever retained a firmer hold upon the British public during a long series of years than Michael William Balfe. Born in Dublin on the i5th of May, t8o8, he, almost in his nonage, exhibited so strong a bias for music that his parents, themselves musical, instead of opposing, as too many are apt to do, their children's early prepossessions, strove their best ...

... THE SPECTROSCOPE AND WEATHER FORECASTYNG Is the spectroscope, with its rain-bands, of almost priceless value in the science of weather forecasting; or are its indications for the most part utterly misleading, and worthless to the meteorologist ? These are the alternatives suggested by some recent correspondence on the subject of the rain-bands. It is well to remember that it is no new thing in ...

... THE satisfaction with which the traveller reaches the crest of either St. Bernard the Great or Little must be damped by certain considerations connected with his temporary home. Here stand the hospices, that on the Great St. Bernard famous in song and story for its succour of snow-wrapped travellers. As the average tourist avoids these highways in winter weather he knows of the monks' life ...

... STRMA Y THOUGHTS ON TROUSERS I-Ils name was Miggles, and lie walkeil about the cliff witl a lhge spyglass under his arm, holdling it tiglitly, just as if it svere onle kindl l of lianil-cannon that re( irerl delicate henrli ng for fc r : should go off. lie was a fine-built, sturdy 011 fellow' w irse hair cd beard had once been black; but age and exposlire ha changtl them into a rusty grizzle, ...

... ON the southern bank of the Lake of Geneva lies the little town of Evian-les-Bains, much frequented by the French as a watering place. In going from Geneva, soon after passing the ancient town of Thonon, a church tower of a curious form with a metal bell- shaped top, backed with some plane trees, appears round a point, glowing in the light of the setting sun ; as the boat gets nearer the ...

... S.:. IG THE preparations for Arabi's trial continue to form the chief item of the news from EGYPT. His counsel, Mr. Broadley and the HIon. Mark Napier, have visited and conferred with him, while the former has announced that he has found a large trunk full of papers, which comprise the complete correspondence with the Sultan and other important personages, sufficient, it is stated, to com- ...

... *1 THE ROYAL ARCHMEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE will probably go to Lewves for their annual excursion next year. LUTHER'S FoUR-HUNDREDTH BIRTHDAY is to be celebrated with great ceremony at Berlin on November ioth, 1883. SHAKESPEARE'S PERICLES was produced for the first time in Germany, at Munich, the performance being highly successful. SPECIAL ENVELOPES FOR SENDING VISITING CARDS on New Year's Day ...

... A BA TCH OF INDIAN AND CHINESE NE WSPAPERS I OUGHT at once to say that I mean A batch of Anglo-Indian and Anglo-Chinese Newspapers, in order to avoid the imisappre- hension that I may intend to refer to the Court Circular of the Celestial Empire, or the mysteries of Brahminical life. A batch of newspapers very like what are issued from town and country offices in England has reached me. ...

... ?? TItE WVAR.-The return of sick and wounded from the late seat of war has bcen continued throughout the week. On Friday last the C(ar//age arrived at Portsmouth with eleven officers and ninety-seven non-commissioned officers and privates, and on Monday the Oronozs with over 200 of soldiers, blue-jackets, and marines. A letter fromn Netley reminds the public that fruit, game, and amusing books ...