... _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 ...

... 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 ...

... LITERATUE, I ' ' .(1) Tasso. In Italian ?? sirmilar rank with respect to Dante that Sciller ih Ger- ifian literature ddes to Goethe. It maynot he b erring to say, further, that he is as Miton to Shakespeare ina the'list of our own poets; bat Spenser could bi mentioned'as his parallelin appartntly closer degree. TassO 'has also been comhpared with Virgil in preference to Homer, I though he has ...

... IITEB A TURE. From the well-known firm of Macmillan & Co. come two excellent reprints from Washing- ton Irving's Sketch Book -namely, Brace- bridge Hall and Old Christmas. Crowded with characteristic illustrations by that excellent artist, R. Caldecott, these productions, at six- pence each, are wonderfully cheap. Messrs Blackwood & Sons have published in a cheaper form Major-General ...

... CARL ROSA OPERA COMPANY. Al GOUNOD'S ' FAUST. B Since their last visit to Glasgow the person-nl, ; of Mr Rosas troupe has changed somewhat, jinasmuch as the famnilir names of Miss Julia b. l Gaylord, Mr Fred Packard, and Mr Charles ci LyaRl are not now to be found in al the list of the company's artistes. On 0 the other hand, the popular inpreario hles brought with him on this occasion ...

... LITfRATURE, . (I) The Early Days of Ch-istianity. In these volumes Canon Farnar completes his great work, historical and expository, on the New Testament. In the Life of Chrst he tells us that it was his design matnly to furnish a commentary on the Gospels, and in the Life of St Paul,n to incorporate the details of the - Acts of the Apostles, with s-qch biographical X incidents as can ...

... CITTRTSTMliAS BOOKT S. -Tlie Lic-ht of thre lioiube A-nna I Warner (J. >shoet c(o-ls ist very sinft.: but pleasantly wvritten book on, some Of theo bereavemenuts mneuttounod in thle New Testa- ment. If it is not entirely oriclual, the StYle in which it is written is, at least, cry graceful and lalv~lke. N, ''i Litle Foilks -Birthday Book .(pub- N lished 1by ATessrs Win. P. Nimnio & ?? Is ...

... LITERATVEP,. Te sea i'e of David LINijinstone, fo, II er, ]3al~,LD.D. tic. (Londion: is ;;fl)fraY1ru' .enl'ato be announced ;wI .saC'1 10-1' ts ark, s~eeing that the 'lfi ioin. ''The purpOSO 01l v a a ts ahur, ''is to miake thle 'nI a ?? wnt iv ith the character of so. Dr lailhie has, undoubtedly co ?? ' ' so e have renewed oar ?? ~ ~ ?? mlissionary iom this 1 e's ~eacr over in;ui 0 ...

... ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSICa EVEXNLNG CONCET.- i Colleges of Music, or, at anyrate, Musical instruction, can be traced to a very early period of the world's history. Long before the Hebrews found their way to the land of the: Pharoahs the Egyptians had accepted the divine art as part of a regular course of scholastic training. Their children, according to an old writer, were taught a certain ...

... LITERATUBE or snseClthimP,- by Edith A. ot rst,,e to the National Health e author of The Cookery In- scietb &c (Warda, Lock & Co. London: War- a5G,, e gWjSbhurySquareO. NevwYork:lOBofd I -This is an admrisaO litle handboo hl;eet e;wect of dress, and contains much use- cc the sa' `li on the phlsiology, materials and litf, lthing It is intended chiefly as a f *or the yong hoasewife, who will ...

... MUSIC AND THE. DRAMA, (FnoM oxi own Coss~roflL\Yr.) Sunday Night. al newv drama, Love and Money, by Messrs Charles Reade and Henry Pettitt, was per- V formed at the Adelphi last night. The circum- stances of the production of the piece are some. n what peculiar. Mr Warner did not believe i>, ?? the drama, and both he and Messrs Gatti t( absolved themselves from responsibility concern. :I ing ...

... DOlNLDI~FC LA DAMN BLANCHE. Amateurs are indebted to Mr Rosa for last nighit's opportunity; or eewn acquaintance wih a leading rersnrie ftr nv comrn rqrr school. Amongst all his wvorks, Bfol-el- (lieu's nanre wrill be m ost J~ronioenrlJy also~- elated wribl zTire Whitr Lady of Avenel, though. there are many mnusicrians who pin their- faith to the conmposerbs `jeao do Parre.7 Eivery aspiring ...