FASHION AND VARIETIES

... EASRI(LV AND VARIETIES. THE COURT. Oihorne, Sunday. The Queen and Princess Bentrice drove out yester- day afternoonl, ttenuled by Lady Waterpar'i. The oan and Rlev Francis Byng arrived at Osborne yesterday, and had the honour of dining with her -Ma- jesty. The ladies and gentlemen in waiting who had not the honour of dining with her Majesty joined the ?? circle in the drawingroom in the ...

LITERATURE

... LITERA TURE. FLORILEGI7C'M SEU FAsCICCLUS PRECUM Et EXERCITIORCM. DLrugis iandrorfl :esclee, De Brouiver et Soc. This is a little book the clergy Will find most useful. It contains a -election of indulgenced prayers if.r morning, evening, and other occasions preparations for MFlass and Thanksgiving Litanies' mannerof making the Way of the Cross and of- reciting the Rosary and other devotions. ...

MAGAZINES FOR FEBRUARY

... I .1AGAZINES FOR FEBRUARY. I LEt FoLer for February-is of course full of in- terest forladies. This is essentially the Journd If -du Gmandixlnde, and of the polite literature of fashion. The fashion plates are in their way tasteful works of art. Here are a few par:graphsI from La Mode columns:- Velvet is the -watchword of the season, and the favoured few who are in the secrets of la ewde, ...

PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS

... PUBLIC AotIUSE-tIENTS. IUBLIC AXUEHENTS. COURT THEATRE. a Qhow e, bow is it you never deceived your husband ?? endried woman of another in a novel of Emile ske see Because my husband is such a fool that there goldb nbe pleasure in deceiving him, is the cool Voel' Just such a husband as this forms the central reply. Mr a. IV. Godfrey's two-act comedy, which on frel leniug took the principal ...

REVIEWS OF BOOKS

... REVIEWS Or BOOKS. HAYTI. BY SIe S. ST. Jona'. Swath, Valtm--Thf anu`or, 'vho was many years mninister in Hayti, predicts evil days for that country. The Govornment is never stable, and generally most corrupt. The population is divided amongst itself; the 1iacks and mualattoes lave a chronic qsuairel, and to this is attributed proscriptions, judicial murders, massacres, and other misfortunes. ...

THE FORTHCOMING ARTISANS' EXHIBTTION

... ITHE IF011THCOM1NG AUTISAYS' EXHIBI- I TIE TION. TO TRE EDlTfl OtE flTE1 REM.N. 2t Great Brun.wick-street, Jan i. Sri- I have taken a deepinterest in everything that per tains to the welfare oI our city Ifr manx years ancl in the matter of this eshibition I ven nure with your permission, to throw out one or tw, su ge-rllicus through the lr-remaon to the coIU- L]i~t tee. I hus not ?? that any ...

BILLIARDS MADE EASY.*

... L'ILLIARDS glADE EL, SEj ' i , 1 , 2 ?? l)2fore us takies it for granted that the learner can usually lj () mt1 aing, say, a fittein or twenty break in a gamne, and the . re confinies his attcntion to the all-important and interest- i ' o how to i'ake brealks, whichi he indicates cleverly serics of sifl2l c diagrams illustrative of breaks specially ?? tfr lthc, work by such masters of the ...

NEW MUSIC

... HvPATIA WALTZ. BylMay Ostlere. London: J. B. Cranmer & Co., & c In this *altz, which is dedicated to the popular American actress, 31iss Mary Anderson, of whons a portrait gracos the front page, the composer has fairly outdistanced her earlier effort - Eurydice. It is throughout a melodious inlspilration, of an original character, and well merits the popularity it seems to have achieved ...

INVENTIONS EXHIBITION

... INVBETIONS RXHIBITION. The Prince of Wales, as president of tbo International Inventions Exhibition, has delegated to a commission, selected from among the members of the Executive Council, the duty of makingarrangementsforthoeffectivo carryin g out of the work of tbe international j1arias. His Royal Highness has expressed his wish that as was the Case in the International Health Exhibition ...

BRISTOL MUSEUM AND LIBRARY

... BRISTOL MUSIUM AND LIBRABLY The annual meethag of Sha subsoribiog shareholde.' of ?? inetfiutian was held yeeterday afternoon in thn idlecings theatre, She Rev. 5, W. Wasyle presiding over a * O.very limited attendance, re The report of She council wan submitted by the bon, 0 isl seen., Mr. 5. H. Swilne and the Rev. P. R. Blueeman. it, The following Is an abstract ?? considerable ~ 3d activity ...

THE CART HORSE SHOW

... THE CART HORSE SHOWe The sixtri annnsal show promoted by the Shire Homse Society is being held this week at the Agrioul- toral l, Islington. The judges commenced their labourn yesterday niorning, and will have to wvork hard to finishl by this evening. Estallishod in aa outhusi7stic imanlnerin 1878, te e ?? has achieved quite are- nmarkablo degree of success. At the first show in 1880 it was ...