... .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 ...

... 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 ...

... :e~gNART DOBBSC~ The winter exaibtioa oi lrt 4 the i Su l was fwrmaif or-ped yesterdfy bythea of Aberdeen. Amoie tbQs present at ' o a Which took place at one o'clckiwere,'heds Wiis Sheriff Brown. r I)aLrmpipe of insuar fL e hl Pericipal Geddea, Mr Esslenm~nt, .;P.L lfir J, h ' Webster of Edgehill, Mr Iruine of Drum, Convener s Of the County ; Lurd Provost MIatthews, M- J. F. t White, 3& ...

... DLAIMATIC R EVIVALS. There is always sometbinig iteresting in the ree;rn duction of a drama upon the stage. -f the pc- _o I the work of a contemporary, its resuscitation give s ; (the pleasure of comparing old impressions w-ith ac- We have the satisfaction of contrrain'ir the play itse. as we have seen it before, with the play as we seer n now, and wve have the further satisfactcion or ...

... -ABERDEEN ARTISTS AND THE ROYAL , .SCOTTISH ACADEMY.; Aberdeen' wil-. table its laca a-s uzual in the annual '-exhibition of the Rbyal Scottish Academy which opeirs ini Edinlirgh nett hionith` and althouat the condri 46.l, lI no - b. .V o numoroVxs as last year,. tliey will well and worthily represent the district.- - Art students will regret to learn that there is not much likelihood of any ...