... 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 his e 'r 1 his daughter. Ile was evidently a manl of CUlivacel pa based his writings upon good otodels, but the infrlil tinent leaves a depressing eftect on the reader. The author of Bramble ...

... 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 ...

... OLD-FASHIONED THEATRICAL HANAGERS TilE old-fashioned provincial manager-for it is him, as being the more curious, rather than the London type, that this article proposes to sketch,-is almost, if not quite, extinct; yet methinks I can see him now In my mind's eye, Horatio, in his scrupulously neat suit of black broadcloth and spotless shirt front ; why, you would have taken hin for a lawyer ...

... . gat Ad gitevatita. It is announced that the Revised Version of the Bible will be published shortly after Easter. Professor Thorold Rogers is engaged upon :a work on the progress and privileges of British citizenship. In a few days will be published 'Modern Yorkshire Poets, by Mr William Andrews, secretary of the Hull Literary Club. Lord Lytton's novel in verse is to be published by Mr ...

... i SAUL.-Handel's Suzs4, the fourth in oeder of composition of the Saxon master's oratorios, was performed for the first time in London for thirty-three years by the New Handel Society at St. James's Hall on Saturday night. The executants were almost exclusively amateurs. The solo vocalists were Miss Everett Green, Mliss Ellicott (a daughter of the Bishop of Gloucester), Mrs. Andrew Tuer (a ...

... TIlE publication of Mr. Cross's most juldicioul~y executed ?? Life of Geore Eliot reminds us that one incilental, but very important, result of the modern postal system has been to maize every one, to a certain extent, his own biographer. It has altered not only the quantity, but the quality of letter-writing. To our ancestors- say, a couple of hundred years ago-the writing of a letter was a ...

... PROPOSED -INDUSTRIAL AND ]ISTORICAL ; EXHIBITION IN LIVERPOOL. Towards the close of last week his Worship the Mayor (Mr. Alderman David Raddliffe).addressed a circular in the following terms to a large nuam- ber of the most prominent citizens of Liverpool:- Town Hall, Liverpool, 19th Feb., 1885. Dear Sir,-Within the last few days there has been submitted for my consideration a proposal which ...

... G E RM1 INN A L; OF, MASTER AND MAN. *By ENflS ZOLA. A!THORTSED AND COPYlRIGHT TRANSLATION BY A. D. VANDAYL PART V.-CHAPTER IL At the Jean-Bart Catherine had been working for the last tour, pushing her trucks as far as the relays. By that time She was so thoroughly drenched with perspiration as to be obliged to stop for a moment to wipe her face. From the back of the cutting where he was ...

... MO utb 611K To speak the words her tongue did falter, But all her tears and prayers were idle Her father forced her to the halter, For he'd determined on the bridal. She did not wish to stirrup, strife, And so her feelings she did smother; Bnt saddle be her married life- She wedded one, but loved another. . W1r.rT is it that is always kept perfectly dry, although t there is a running spring in ...

... 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. ...

... pttJ 0 SE1WRTS. TR23 THE1ATRES, gemt ,se the receipts of theatrical t 3 ;enst-'e~b y. On Ash Wednesday the EMY' ...

... 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 ...