... MESSRS. JAMES NESBIT AND CO.-This firm has brouglh out a new Hymnal under the title of Church Praise. It was com- piled by a Committee of the Presbyterian Church of Englanid, appointed by the Synod which met at Newcastle-on-Tyne in April, s88i. It is based upon Psalms and Hymns for Divine Worship, of which these publishers purchased the copyright. 'They made so many changes, and so ...

... BArRY'S Mo.NTHLY MAGAZna (London: A. n H. Baily & Co., 15 ilicolas Lane, LEC.) has an a interestiug list of contents this month. The s' conclusion of the interesting Sketches in the ci Soudan. a further instalmentof the wellwrittea on Turf 'Recollections, a biographical sketch of ii Mr W. R. H. Powell, -M.?. (of whom there is a good engraving portrait), the Story of the EgIlington ...

... WAINGTON FLOWER SHOW. . . - - - . - The annual exhibition of flowers, fruit, and vegetables n in connection with the Wrington and Barrington b6 Cottagersl Bociety was held yesterday, at Wrlngtonm It la is the seventh horticultural display that has taken place under the auspices of the society, and looked at from all X. points It can be fairly said to be a greater success than a any of its ...

... PILFERIN GS FROM JUDY.' t PHILOSOPHIC TENNIS, anda What finer sport or better game prie Could any where employ you, on Than knocking to and fro the Cares That worry and annoy you? Es Lt At bat and ball to play with grief, hou g Which sadden us poor men, Is the] t A Pastime sage that may be oalled J.P la The Philosophic Tennis. has 0So when you see the fell approach star t Of Bother, send it ...

... I T i M . 6.I g I THE ~ GAIET : !EqMINO Last. evenig Xi91igon -o5e Of the most de. lightful works in tie repertory of M. Cirl Rosa Was' proluced at the 'Gaiety before a croi ded, house. It -is an opera that must alway6 havea . special interest to a Dublin andience, for it Wsc ( here that Mr. R&sa frat presented it for the public E verdict, as he had produced Picc~iiro in the year preceding, ...

... UTE2RRY AEm OTHER KOES. Thea mauuscripbrm el~a8ting toM Irelndine thea portionvod ?? olcinucae by GoveohTyle- rnmn axbe, iistaftedt be deposited, boruy dsrec tio oft- toerds o t'he Troaurlye, rinthe 'libr~laryo t;he oa ?? tem, Dafinl w(here the areto beaccsil reulations. Among thesver8;'ptt.) snnetiplte sthe ci rish}. lturgca volumel known asu theuoe Misyseil, preseve tosr under~tae ...

... A3sUNT NOVE&sLA L M Oliphant bag not written thing fa . Jong time better than The LadieQ JL[2% a ' PN ?? vols., WilLiam Blakohwood and8o '&4 he vo story is clever, fall 'of varsety, an& do tlat h bumorous insight into what i ?? oin A.. W i varycharacterwhvihis one oftbeaithe a e aids in produoing her stories of co as al he Lie. There we few extiwrdieary itai,- A dents il - Mrs. Oliphant'a ...

... STAGE MA.KNERIS M. It is one of the greatest difficulties of the actor to escape a charge of mannerism, and such is the demand for a reproduc- tion of any amusing or other peculiarities in the style of an actor, that it is frequently, as many excellent actors have proved, a hindrance to their popularity if they attempt to change their manner and to vary their method according to the characters ...

... PARISI AN GOSSIP. (BY A RESIDENT.) -- oftboughithe theatres are not reopening yet, thel suspension f y that has lasted for about two months is now drawing to 4$eose. In short, 'there are signs of life at most of the houses. Noff'rehearsals are going on everywhere, but there is a cert$(n amount of animatsdn noticeable at all the theatres. It is vt old pieces, as you know, that the autumn season ...

... I , I Tile CHRISTItAN Eiu,-Professor Sattler, of Munich, has published a pamphlet by which he tries to prove that the year 749, after the found&. tion of Rome, and not 764, is the true year of the birth of Christ, and that we are, therefore, five' years behind oar time. He deduces this fact from! some copper coins of King Herod Antipas (one oi the sons of Herod the Great), who succeeded hil i ...

... THE ROSE. Very close to death he lay, The keen eyes were waxing dim, And he heard the whispers say: Time grows very short for him, And the far-famed healer knew No hand that 'waning light could -trim. There was nothing left to do; Yet a want was in his eyes ; Love has instincts quick and true. One who loved him saw it rise, That last yearning; forth she went, Calm in solemn sympathies. O'er ...

... : EAST LYNNNE' AT THE CARDIFF THEATRE. The large audience winch assembled to witness ti the production of a new adaptation of Mrs. Henry g& Wood's pathetic story, Est Lynne, at the tc Cardiff Theatre last (tonday) night gave proof cc that the piece maintains all its old popularity. 0! Indoor entertainments need to be very attractive tt in such weather to bring together an audience of st ...