... RJ1t~1kC{i ,nFll, CAxRrsIcs, by William George Walters (3 vols.: Hurst. and fllaclkett), belongs in its general conception to a higher order of fiction than that of every clay. It is at any rate an attempt to delineate passion instead of being content with sentiment, and to deal with human nature directly instead of the accidents of contem- porary society. Clifford Cardic is something more ...

... I i I I I I A| ! ?? _ pO THE ROYAL ACADEMY I. IT cannot be said that the present exhibition is the best that has been seen at Burlington House, but it is very nmuch the largest. D)uring the past year three rooms, now occupied by water-colour pictures, works in black and white, and architectural drawings, have been added to the building. Two of them are of large size, and all are well lighted ...

... -lE IT is a sure sign of Channing's influence on the thought of the day that when we read any of his addresses on social subjects we seem to have read it all before ; and yet, on the other hand, one at least of our schools is drifting further and further from the principles of his robust common-sense philosophy. Take his address on Self. Culture, which he defines as the building-up.of the ...

... I.IEATPEs AZ:. Vgl? E M-l IL TILE new decorations of the LYCEUM, as revealed to the eyes of the crowded audience assembled to welcome the return of Mr. Irving and his company, have been received with misgiving even by the most friendly of critics, and in some quarters have provoked decided expressions of disappointment, The old box front decora- tions introduced by Madame Vestris in 1847 have ...

... I ];AsJ.IX I.s ,i m To the majority of the youthful members of families i.l London and its suburbs the holidays are over, and they have only to look forward to three months of study and hard work at colleges, Art schools, and boarding-schools, great and small. The first thing a careful mother should look to on the return of her young flock from the seaside is their stockings and boots. She ...

... I, IN Corn/ ill this month Court Royal, by the author of John Herring, maintains the high promise of its opening chapters; and No. il, William Square is an undiluted ghost story vigorously handled. There is also a readable paper on Humours of Parlia mentary Elections. Otherwise there is not much thatis noticeable in Cmwnhill. Mrs. Annie Edwardes' serial, A Girton Girl, in Trenple ...

... l 0 ROYAL SOCIETY OF PAINTERS IN WATER COLOURS ALTtsOUGHi several of its members are not exhibitors, the winter exhibition of the old Society contains an average amount of interest- ing matter. It need scarcely be said that its attractiveness is mainly due to the efforts of the landscape and marine painters. There is nothing by Mr. F. Powell, but Mr. Henry Moore has some sea studies of ...

... WY. CzERNY.-Nos. 55 and 56 of W. Czerny's Collection of Ladies' Choruses for three voices, are Village Wedding and The Smiling Dawn both are bright and sparkling, well suited for breakings-up at ?? songs out of the c linary groove, music by Lodouard Marlois, are Flowers Beyond the Stars. for a soprano of medium compass, words by J. S. Lyons, aid Mai Tout en Fleurs, a graceful ...

... Ie 0 *~ iTHEGoUT I ?? I ~ 0' TIIE Queen has left England for the Continent. Before starting, Her Majesty on Saturday commemorated the first anniversary of the Duke of Albany's death, visiting in the morning, with the Princesses Louise and Beatrice and the Duchess of Albany, the Royal vault containing the Duke's remains, and laying wreaths on the tomb, while subsequently the Royal party ...

... ?? ?? I E IIE ?? ?? ?? ?? 1--.1 ?? .. . ?? o1w the cream of the cream li ves an d moves, and has-its being; what the hidle, the people who pull (or at any rate in ?? days used to pull) the strings of Government, (1o and say whets they are not before the public ; what are the bright things which make their letters warth reading, their talk worth recording-to be interested in this is a very ...

... (Conli'luuif-vl ttaye 713) Cmo-s/ae, iS51, in which the last of the great dalnccrs, Rosati, appeared. Previous to this the famous Slpanish dtsrts, Perca Nena, had created a great sensation at tile theatre opposite by her marvellous agility and quickncss of step, as a\cll as her grace and fascination. While thle art of dancing declincd the introduction of divcr/issc men/zs into pan tortli es, ...

... - -- - ?? - - 1', , I. ?? .. 1 . ? I ?? ?? . . .. ! i EP : - ?.Ry u I ROVAL SOCIETY OF PAINTERS IN WVATER COLOURS SINCF. the last exhibition at th, Gallery in Pall Mall East, two artists, Mr. H-eywood Hardy and Mr. C. Robertson, have been elected Associates Of the Society; but their contributions to the present collection dlo not materially add to its attractiveness. IMlr. Ilardy's only ...