... I REDNESFORD AND CANNOCK CHASE - -n~f1iT 5. POULTRY AND PIGEON SHOW. g Tho sixth annual two-days' show of poultry and h pigeons was opened yesterday, in the Market Hall, Hednesford, with 580 pens, div ...

... FRs CE'V T POETR Y AND VEAse ' POEPI,, by Edward Henry Noel (Elliot Stoclj, ii measure, removed beyond the pale of criticism by the frt 'it tii author is deceased, the collection being a tribute to h ...

... .9- C. JEFFERYS.-A pretty little love song for a sopran) i- Again, with English and Italian words by G. W. Southey, maleic iy Grace M. Hine.-By the same composer are two pleasing pieces for the piano ...

... RECENZT POETRY AND VERSE WE do not greatly care for A Heart's Life, Sarpedon, and Other Poems, by Ella Sharpe Youngs (Kegan Paul), though it is an improvemnent upon some of the author's earlier effo ...

... With apologies to the Shade of Longfellow. Under Britannia's spreading oak The Grand Old Woodman stands; A presentation axe he wields With large and sinewy hands- But the onslaught of his cruel arms I As yet the tree withstands ! His hair is white and dank and long, His collars none can span; His brow is wet with heavy sweat He chops down all he can. He won't look Duty in the face, ...

... THE OXFORD. There was a grand night here on Thursday, when a most liberal programme was put forward for the fourth annual benefit of that excellent institution, the Metropolitan and City Police Orphanage. The benefit had been organised by the E Division, and Mr Jennings, who had behaved with the cus- tomary generosity in granting the use of the hall, had, in the conduct of the proceedings, the ...

... TE1E VICEREGAL DRAWING. RooMr. [sPEPSAL TriEerAITr.1 [FRO51 ?? SCIEAL IIEPORTE.R.] DUBLIN, WVEDNESDAY NPIuR.-TIheir Excellen- icies the Lord Lieutenant, K.G., and Countess ?? held their tirst Drawing-room for the aeason last evening. Their Excellencies entered ithe Throne Room shortly after half-past nine 'o'elock, accompanied by the Marquis of Headfort, ithe Marchioness of Headfort, and the ...

... LITEmATM. (I) Mefdhza Davaim's Pr son Experiences. This book really consists of two distinct ?? one dealing with Mr Davitt's prison experiences, and the other with his political views. There is no necessary connection be- tween the two, and yet the ordinary precaution of dividing them exactly between the two vol. umes is not followed, for Part II. occupies some forty qr fifty pages of Vol. I. ...

... GLASGOW INSTITUTE OF THE FINE. ARTIS. The annual general meeting of the members of the Glasgow Institute of the Fiine-Asts was held in tho.galleries on Saturday ?? 1). . OutraEn in the chair. The council in their report state that. notwithstanding many adverse circumstancea the operations of the year ao a whole have resulted favourably to the institute. At the close of the Onancial year. on ...

... ALL BIGHTS RESERVED. 6-lito Wvith ekept By PHYLLIS BROWNE, i L Author of A YzAa's COOKERY, and THs GIRCS tl COOKERY BOOK. It is decidedly advisable that housekeepers should be care- ful how they allow the juveuile members of the family to ir wear coloured stockings. It seems that the aniline dyes, al which are frequently used for coloured hosiery, is most in- ci juzious, and ff it should ...

... MAGAZ-NES FOR MARCH. FIRST NOTICE. Among iho many capital articles in Hm'sr's Magazine this month special notice must be taken of Professor Hewett's sketch of the history of The House of Orange, which is illustrated with fine portraits of members of that distinguished family. We are reminded that it takes its name from the principality of Orange in Provence, where it had its home 1000 years ...

... LAZARUlS IN LONDON.| -BY F. W. llOBI3IfON, 'AaSAOr Of G=n.NDacOTssotn S MONFI ; ONVlt, A WAIF; MATTIE, A STRIAY, THE BLACK SPEOCI; ' No Csttrncn, 4C. BOOK: THE SECOND. TEi CLOSING OF THE RET. CHIAPTERii X. Mht. FitOTKE3~OE'S PRECAUTION. :Who do you think killed Ricbard M~ackneess? It. was hardly a questionl I should have expected lo escape the lips of my quiet step-sister; but we ...