... s- L-Ds- L OPM- - SUINIAy OPENG OF ART 'GALLERIES, &c. i To T1g 3rDaT o TH ttMlOOL UM rS. Gentlemer,-Waiti-g for a response to the very Practical -and Sile article beaded Sunday Art 'iew of TWo Cities, which appeared in your issue f 2&±d in. has been in vain. Is it possible that At last ?? are sheathing the sword, feeling tbat the weight of the powerful arguments 8sed saist are too much for ...

... Are~s's JOURNAL. Translated by Mrs. Hor'mwrY WARD, InI ?? VOlS. [Londorn: Macmillan and Co.] Tho name of Amnidl is little known in England, nor caln it indeed he said to be familiar on the Continent. His personal history was uneveotful, ;Lld during his life he published almost nothing- nothling which attracted much attention, a fewv e- viewvs and small volumes of poems of no very special ...

... ILADY DILEE, N XARTAND fl IUnch I ?? - ,; j Lwt -benij Lacy D e acom b Si o., ?? distrteid at Onso oe King'auaChelse&,thAs onls dents of th t utlon.' Ehr and about 300 ladles ne ean Herladyship said ds wishdtopeaka few wo en tht uio betweena scoe ofsineadshoso art which was so ,eminently chatesicote modern e~oh These, schools were insiue o n to trains udoen'ta, but~ to. Create, in ...

... FA|HIOX ANDI VARIETIES. I ' . I_ -- - THE COURT. TE '''Osborhe, Tuesday. ' The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon attended by V Lady WYaterpark. ae Colonel Nightingale, commanding the 93rd Argyll and w Sutherland Highlanders at Parkhrstrt, had the honoirs at of dining with the Queen and the Royal Family in the evening. Her majesty went out this morning attended by the a Hon Evelyn Paget. ly ...

... COVENT GARDEN CIRCUS. N1otvwithistfilidtlln the progratame set forth, by the it iingeigtecit on the opening of their entertainment on Boxing-day it correctly describedi by them as ''gitrautie, -jit' Iolanid ittdl Mr. Henry have by no ?? restedl coutent witho their success, bit are con- tilnully additi', to tle attractions of their show. Fore. Itait alltoctig their recent noveltics lis been ...

... THREE CHILDREN. Three children played upon the strand. And tiny ?? built of sand. Loud rose their shouts and jocund din But, ahlI the tide came slowly in. The ceaseless tide still onward rushed, Their shout3 oi hope and joy were hushed As one by one the works they plarmed Were fourd to be but things ot sand, The tide crept surely round each wall, Alas! they soou began to fall, Then all their ...

... SOM1E POETS AND A POETESS.* THE Glasgow Ballad Club seems to be somewhat misnamed. One expects it to be a society for the collection and study of the old ballad literature, of which Scotland is so justly proud; whereas it is in reality a company of original versifiers (original in the sense in which we are all original sinners), incorporated with the object of aiding and abetting each other ...

... .LTrLRATUt U Rev. JosenphS. qEe!], Edibg T. & T. ki,. r MA. Tre iee fulerprete-r this moath con T. ofr wich arQ excellent, each after 1=wd kind. PRebenldai -u blhsaeA~ I a',- - om 'm siThl Brentl' he of our LFnSA MNvin aiusitons to them in writers posterior to those in New Testamnentl for two or three centuries. ' j ustifcation of the workA,- h& says ?- rhe inquizy is by no means one op e i±5 ...

... ?? THE SEASON 1886.-Last week we printed a brief history of the past year, and we have now to give a forecast of the season on the threshold of which we stand. The operatic outlook is still clouded. Nothing has yet been decided about the Royal Italian Opera, but that some sort of per- formances will be given there is quite probable. Mr. Mapleson is talking of an Italian Opera Seasonlat Her ...

... bTALYBR1DGE DOG SHOW. 7AseIlaf. -1n- nf Ann. +in -A~ n'fh- is An excellent show of sporting and otber dogs was I opened yesterday at the Drill Hall, Stalybridge, under the 1 nuspices of the Stalybridge Canine Society. 'lhere were I Lfive hundred entrieE, and the exhibition waa particuliarly I ,strong in the fox terrier and cotle classes. A ]rge number of dogs which have taken first prizes at ...

... 1ThERdAT UBE. - I The Ogre: A Story for Children, by Mary Canninghlame (London: Marcus WVart&; Co.), is artistic in get-up, cleverly illustrated, and sure f to please. I A cheap edition has been published of Misa Annie S. Swaubs A Divided House (Edi& burgh: Oliphant, Anderson & Ferrier), which brings a pure and wholesome story within the C reaclh of all. The edition is neatly printed and ...

... PUBLIC A-USEMENTS. THE THEATRES, a snrow are the most dreaded visitors of 7g601 maniwerg, and both have sorely interfered bri troerst viththeirtakinugs during the week. Few ,OltbovoS wr tlie programmes have been, or are likely ijl be, made for some weeks to come. T-1 t ATUICAL CHIT-CHAT. \Th t fiirtbest Wcst-end theatres, the Haymarket Ihe ,t es qseern to ery bad plight Mismanage. eadSt. Ji ...