... OPRCHESTRAL CONCERT. I. Orsrtiore-`Tpbcleeoio en ?? 3. Ileci-tives and Air- 'Tis rain that I seek' aset 5.Intreituttice. and Ii ldees ?? ?? t 6. .Syrcphnnv N o. 3 ina F-' Inc \VIde ' ?? 7..mig- floss, softly islonmins ?? P Rad's symphony Irn Waldo, performed 1~ here for the first time last nighit, was written in. 1' IS189, andI belongs to the class programme 0 muasic. lie wrote ...

... IT RA TEIRE. A good English account of the life and times Op of Prince Bismnarck is cer~tainly a- much-felt Ba avant, and we a-re glad to express our conviction o that Mr Charles Lowe, thle 2'uocorrespondent Po. .at Ber-lin, has snprlbed it. Ho has evidently 'aea careful studv ofteba u othe- tih rities onl the -subject, and Particu- hie larly of tile works of Dr Busch, the 00 o Chancellor~s ...

... .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 ...

... X N P i- - m i X XE 'ai'e inter exhi'abition of art, in the CGalleries Ie a: S hocihlil has now been open for four days. b: ang~='i during' th)at time it hias 'been failly ell !i- pcAtmiiCK. Aberdeen people, it is true, do not rI S -. so Tmuch entilusiasin in 'a mzaitt of this iI kit'-.: cM t m, i oe narm-aly exesn an!. ; coin- ot a ll fr . v-r r} ~os{se aaae~ ,ody oc; art, s' .nts. -^o rat', ...

... BECMATET AsT'S THEATRE. THTE MW1-A-DO. The motive- & the latest production ofthe united ;eivit of MYiessrs Gilb ert and Sullivan is wvuil-known 'Po hae K e in-5,irecd by thre popDularity of the ±se dunc if ono. Mr ½. S. Gilbert to an et alents as a- librettist -adds the veryt ;niinrtanc- an bus-iness-lure qualification of being alrat t hit off th~~ precise whim that May n-topc-r. to have ...

... MUSIC AND THE D.RAMIA. (FROX OU 3WI, CO.RRESPONDENST. ) London, Sunday Night. The Duke of Edinburgh, at the concert of the il Royal Amateur Orchestra last night, took hlis farewell of the London public as a solo violinist, i c at anyrate until after his return from the com- mnand of the ?? Squadron. It has been stated that HisRoyaliEighness^.vill appear t o more in public as a soloist, but ...

... C - - A RUT 1d ESEXIBITION IN ABERDEEN. .d There was opened yesterday, in the premises 16l le Union Street5 Aberdeen. a very interesting display of- e the products of the soil of Canada, which will rather It astonish those who have not actually seen the; l luxuriant fruits of the earth that mayr be grown vitlha Y. the minimum of labour in that part of thle woric. j The exhibition is under the ...

... WVith the advent of 1886 the magazines turn I over a leaf. and most of them present new fE features of interest to their leaders. THE ih WELCO>M2E (Partridge & Co., Paternoster Row, u London) gives the opening chapters of two new b serial stories-' 'Neath April Skies, by Jennie a, Campbell, and Living it Down, by LauLra g M. Lane, and a host of pleasant articles on a wide variety of ...

... OLDMILL REFORMATORY AIUAL IFESTIVAL. The annual social gathering in connectionwith Old- mill Reformatory was held in the Schoolroom of the institution on Saturday evening. The room was very .j~g~ully decorated, and, as is usual on such oc- casions, t5;i company included a large number of ladies and gentlern-m from the immediate neighbour- hood, as well as from the ,-ty. The visitors received a ...

... L B S I I - SCHOOL BROARDS. Or CYRrs.-This Board met on Saturday after- noon-Captalln F. G. F. Grant of Ecclesreig. chair- man, presiding. The Board unanimously resolved to introduce the teaclhin of domestic economy in the e Public Scio)ol; and in view of. this additioilal work 2 Mies Maxwell's Salary is increased by £10 per t anriun. It was also agreed that a uitiorm set ot books be us-d ...

... IITEAT1K SIENCoF AND ART NOTES. -Fh FBoM ST JUNTAS GA~ZrTr] RTe-onourabie Lewis Wingfiedd has retrned to -the printer the proof-sheets of his new novel, whit 'we mentioned some months ago. The stArywll bear the title Barbara Philpota, and it w11 deal with the times and scenes of a century ago, chie y with . regard to the histrionic art.- Sir Edward Reed is engaged on a paper on The British ...

... LI EiE R URTo I U L-N OD SCOTS BMnGADE; being tli history of at Mackay's Regiment, now incotporated with I eI the Royal &ots, with an appendix of many W- original documents connected with the ti history of the regiment. By John MHackayl, late of Herriesdale. W'i. Blackwood & Sons, Edinburrgh anld London. 1385. ia Sir Donald ivI ckagot power to raise an army t T Scotland for thne purpose of ...