... LITflRATUBR The Arts of thG Mfiddle Ageo. rya, quarter of a century since M. Paul ,oiC. (ribliopbile Jacob), in comRUY withe Lsdian S6r6,5irked anisinpo)rta fltrlg taote C^$tdwyau publishing his Middle Ages jffettru art, byuballsn arts Iomath fourth histelt 'i~aiailce in five magniticltfoi oe tA teeptiondly fine re-issue of the eolfl~g~ih e ito n one volume lies just ¢ gntou bY Messris ...

... I.U'AAS BOOSK. , and simsles verlss make up a pretty P irella Little Chicks and Baby Volume, Gdon Griffith, Farrau & Co.). lt 11 (Lobi ndtnsuc piei~la1fiult to understand how publisbers .. rsoily Itooffer such admirable work at such n tA, W11oe cannot say muech as to the ciry ralue of tbe volume before us but the llteraryt orknanship displayed in the print- esellent tile pictures deserves ...

... tK - THE ROYALTY. . The boards of the Royalty Theatre will be D occupied this week by Mr J. L, Toole with his L own London company, and the admirers of thle I i veteran actor will have &la opportunity of seeing 5 him in n round of favourite characters. Last 0 night Paul Pry and Stage Dora were the principal pieces To-night a new farcical drama i entitled The Shuttlecock wvill be ...

... ANNUAL EX!flB1TIONOFTHEPRQTO. I 'GlRAPlId' SOCtIETY o G1iAT BRITAi~ * It is interesting' to sasite how w~idely p~ipbl~sr .the stady oi praotical phiotographly is becomning.- 'tNot only is there a-teadily sand rapidly 'increas- t i'ug numbler of persous wilto, as azoompliibed, i amateurs, devote themuselves to this fascinatin~g. .bramch of the manipulative arts, beb the public e in general are ...

... ' A Ramble Round France, by A. Chmey- (London: Cassell & Co., Limited) is a pleasant, informal description of French scenes, cities and people for the young. Mr Chesney wri in a very entertaining way. He gives much in. formation without being dry ; he puts things simply without descending to childishness. The book villafford as good a general idea of Franc, and French life as can be got ...

... TXHE SALE 6 OF OBJECTIONABLE LITERATURE. PROSECUTIONS IS GLASGOSV. At the Central Police Court ?? diary Gemmel on the bench-an old nman nametd Htobert Ferguson, carrying on busictis 2s a statiosierin Ingram. Street, and residing in )lai Street, Gorbals, appeared at the bar to atscoet U a charge of lhaving contravened the Glasgow 1'6i-t Act by ot'ering for stle on the 1th Novemnber copy of a ...

... MUSIC AND TIlHE DRAMA. (iFROt OURI OWN CORHE8PONDENT.) London, Sunday Night. If Sabbath concerts take root in this country to the extent to which they are given all over the Continent and in the United States of America, unfortuunte musicians and musical ritica deprived of their day of rest will to a groat extent have to blame the clergy of various demoniuations. To-day (Sunday) is, it seams, ...

... - THE CARtL ROSA OPERA COMPA1Y-Y IeADESHDA. C -, The opera at the Grand Theatre last evening Was'tho Nadeshda of A. Goring Thomas, pro- . dqced for- the first time in Glasgow, and in presence of a largei and appreciative audience. Mr The ' a English compeser, who- ill Esmeralda gave promiso 7vhich is parblyi .redeamed in 1 Nadeahda, as reaching a llig1er level of art, although not ...

... CHAMBER CONCERT, ians ?? f a '3 I 1.r. __ I 6. ?? PBnnttd, Ila ?? br.ca. Osi Cnerto Violin, ?? 6. IDuet, Piano sud Vialir. . . etnueieetueke.. ,ScIhu~Lfall. X, S olo Planolorte.,. Tires ilelldies ?? ,Sctiabeui-Hnlicr. 6, Eoat Vlolin,.1 ?? IagseadkP, In 0; Miner ,, WlaSitOwIII 6. Or^andOneta, PisnosId VioinD, CMioor,Qp.30. .BeelhoeVs. No concert given in Glasgow during the winter season is ...

... ;, ~ 1 ' ?? * A ND, , , : ' :- . . T:1 D R M A The StJaihej's'Tbat~enrz rop'ened last Dight for th'e wvint'er; season, 'and, Mi433irs'aE and nda1 .produced 'a'.piece eotitle&¶ ...

... a ? (FERO OUR OWN CORBESPONDENT.) ' London, Sunday Night. M. Victorein Sardon, who has often protested i against adaptations of his works by British i playwrights, will have good cause to complain e of the performance yesterday of a piece called Roma, avowedly borrowed from Daniel Rochat. The drama itself is hardly suitable for presentation in England at all. Written at a time, when the ...

... THE FRENCH GALLERY IN PALL MALL, The twenty-third annual exhibition of pic. tares by British and foreign artists is just opened to the public at the well-knownr French Ii Gallery. Messrs Wallis have suade these exhi.i ?? invariably so excellent that theirs is one of the few galleries in London where thie general average of Imerit is distinctly high. Of late years, however, they seem to ?? ...