... 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 ...

... 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. ...

... 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, ...

... 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 ...

... POETRYY. I SO LONG. 'But a week Is so long+' he sald, With a toss of his curly head, 'One, two, three, four, five, six, seven I- Seven whole days I Why, in six, you know :(You-said it yourself-you told me so) The great God up in Heaven Made all the earth nud the seas and skies, The trees and the birds and butterflies, How nocs I wait for my seeds to grow9 'But a month is so leng 1 he slid, ...

... J2EA YEWS-LIRON A TORY NOTE BOOK. 21 PAGE III.i e0 IRISH SsPARsTIOx.- I think, indeed, that great .Britain would be ruined by the separation of Ireland, hut a ,as there are degrees in ruin, it would fall moat heavily on ?? se Ireland. By such a separation Ireland would be the moat completelynudonoconutry in the world, the moat wretched, 2 Y h otdstracted, and, in the end, the most desolate ...

... sPALL MALL LIST OF ENTERTAINMENTS. THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE. (Lessee and Manager, AUGUSTUS HARRIS.) THgIS EVENING, at 7.55, Augustus Harris's Pantomime, WHITTINGTON AND HIS CAT. I ?? Fannie Leslie, Kate Mlunroe, ifnea, Mi. Mario, D. Mario, J. Mavland, M. A. Victor, ?? toldli anld zanrfrettal Messrs. H. Campbell, H. Nicholls, H. Parker, C. Lauri, J. T. Powers, lR. Iloch. J. Ridley, and H. ...

... One of the most ably written essays called forth by The Lite of George Eliot, is the work of Mr John Morley in this montb's Mfacmiila7 's llfaga-ine. It is more than a review of the book, and deserves careful study. Mr Frederick Pollock gives an exbilarating description of his Canadian Holiday, and the serial story, A Mlillionaire's Cousin, makes satis- factory progress. In the Review ...

... ?? ?? IE ?? IT would have been impossible to proddce a dull book about George Eliot with all her diaries and many of her letters to draw upon. I-lad the material been merely heaped together and printed without the aid of any shaping hand to give it sequence and supply explanations, the result would have been a book of great interest. But lMr. J. XV. Cross has done his work with good taste, ...

... .MfsIQ f V ?? POPULAS COURETS. The rumo of Aw flhim bits fome B rs t bede among thr e ?? vrwa ahnof 9 wascdlnye , t t ano eone, 6f ,tirday at St. ama' I MtL Thie 4t idlisst was greeted with e4t husiat I ?? * &d after his iwo 05; 3Thesi couted of thse rtltidiO aSO Adaio frwn. Spowe slath concertce which were rendered with fie , ep i and eqisite refinement; the prolonged. applaus which followved ...

... i: PUBLIO AMUSEMEATS. *~1~ ?? DRU iY LANE. AUGUSTUS HARRIS'S Grand Chrietmas Pantomime. fX ITT . INGTON ANDI HIS CAT, by E. L. B3LANOHlARD, Nightly at 7.15 WITU ALL THE BEST FEATbES AND FUN . ld-feehionedpantomime,allthe splendourofmodrnnpeOtaele. and a company of sear artistes. Morning ?? every onday,WefDesday, ane Satarday rat 1.45 ;NOTICE.-Wednesday next being Ash.Wednesdy, there will i no ...

... There is now on view at Messrs, Agnew and SonS' Exchange Gallery, in addition to several representative cabinet works by British artists, Sir Edwin Landseer's fine picture of The Swannery Attacked by Eagles. This impor- tant canvas, which measures 5ft. by 9ft., was painted 15 years aoo, when the great anim tl painter was in his 67th year, and with the Ptarmigan Hill, was exhibited at the ...