... TEm BRISTOL !USICAL F OgrVAe The opening day of the Fifth Triennial Bristol Muscal Festival has bon inaugurated witan, amount of success which it is hoped anger well ei h compiete sutccss of the meeting. The yesterday- Belshear -was probably a novty to, most of its hearers. It Was with mx. Ralw, thecm. adoctor of the Festival, the idea of prodncing tlis-Utt1. knowis work originated the ...

... | Vote to be ?? tleoltygl 21arried. This is a hand- book to marriage, written byB a Graduate in the b' University of Mlatrimrony, and published by T. t Fisher Unwin, 20, Paternoster-row. The Graduate miqlit appear by such a grim title to h beeynically disposed in reference to marriage. That this is not the case, however, is seen by a C glance at the Preface and on every page of the book. b ...

... THE, BADMINTON LIbRARY OF; SPORTS AND PASTII1MES*, , I 0 IT- was a happy thought on the part of the founders of this series of * sporting volumes (of which the one- before us is the text book on hunting) to propound from the pens of various undeniable authorities standard bodks of reference upon each of our leading British sports and pastimes. There are already divers independent works, manyof ...

... . )1 TO THE Wrrois OF THE LIVERMOL M55CUBlJ. d Gentlemen,-When the mother of Aladdin n. rubbed the wonderful lamp, and the hideous rd and gigantic genius appeared, the poor woman at was startled; but her scapegrace of a son was er equal to the occasion, and commanded the genii d. to provide him with food and drink on the als instant. How that slave of the lamp waited on a Aladdin, built him ...

... THE EOOlPTON COMEDY COIMPANY AT' 1H TH&I'IIRE' ROYAL, CIRMtDF.II ?? S Wel have once more the pleasant task of chronicling a visit from Mr. and Mrs. Edward Compton and their talented company, who are this week to give a series, of their deliglitful per- formances, The piece selected last evening was that charming play founded on an episode in the life of David Gmrrick, in which hr. Copton im- ...

... ICTIONR Y- OF NA TIONAL BIOGRA41PJry., - As punctually as the revolving, moons-more punctually than our English seasons-the portly volumes, of Mr.. Leslie Stephen's dictionary mnake, their quatterly appearance, as though the presswere self-supply. ing, and regulated- by an electric connection with Greenwich Observa- tory:.' Under. the. circumstances this clock-like precision is not only' ...

... LETEBATJURE 'EC(tNICAL AND INDUSTRIAL EDITOA- The number of important technical works now issued may be accepted as evidence of an increasing desire to cope with the indus- trial problems of the time in the most thorouah and complete manner. It goes without saying that neither lectures nor books will alone suffice to Loake good work- men, but they are valuable fordirecting their minds into ...

... STRANGE STORY. : ?? .: A fasb'enably-dressed woman named Beatrice A&llen, of Beaonsfield-badldng~ York-road, was yee- terday brouh up onremaudat theMasylebonelf'olces- court by Jjetective-strgeaiit Record,' charged with stealing agold bracelet value 61., alsoaphototgph; 'the poety ?? EzykielbMichael'of 149,31dgware- . ati The videncae was that th sonr andr wit- olne l went t the Ishop ef'Mrs. ...

... THE DBy SHOW. maere wa a much better attendance at the I pa.ry Show yesterday, but it was still far from rhat it ought to have been. The show is really a I ihly interesting one to the general public, as well t a to dairy farmners and agriculturists generally. 'faat the object for which the dairy shows were instituted is in course of accomplishment is ?? by the very considerable improvement n ...

... | Io - . Ant+ , A +Ov o L, n - The annual distribution of the certificates and prizes gained by the students of the Derby Centre, under the the local examinations of the Royal Academy of Music, took place on Friday, in the Si. James's Hall, Derby. There was a large attendance. The Mayor (AId. Hobson) presided, being supported by Sir William Harcourt, Mr. ?? Roe, M.P.. Hon. G. N. Corpni. Mr. ...

... TIHEATRE ROYAL. One of the Most sali1faotorY engagements whibh the tk ti: marnagement of this theatre hos made for some time past ti is that of the present week, and the public, recoguising In the merits of a really good entertainment, were present ?? night In much larger numbers than have been their xq Rout of late, in fact there was an exceptionally good house, Mies Nellie Farren, an ...

... I FROi OUR OWN WcoiRESPONDFEivr.) London, Sunday Night. The season of Saturday concerts opened yes. terday at the Crystal Palace, and Sydenham audiences were then introduced to a new English pianist and an English symphony. The symphony was that in F, written by Mr Ebenezer Pront for the last Birmingham Isfestival, and then described by our special car- respontdont. Yesterday it gained ...