... The fifth annual exhibition under the auspides of this society was held yesterday i a series of marquees erected on the ground of the Victoria Athletic Club. The exhibits of plants, fowers, fruits, and vegetables, were very artisti- caly arranged, under the direction of the committee, and presented a most attractive and creditable appearance. The entries wvere nure numerous then in previous. ...

... AO VT THE T TrAwsx: E ssays and Studies. Byy WimzS A RIWIIR. [London: T. Fisher Unwin.] This simple, title briefly but fully illustrates this volume, which contains ten articles of pernanent interest, -which have appeared in various serials, and which are nvllo worth reprinting. Since the Essays in Theatrical Criticism, by I fr. Mowbray Morris, no such volume has nppeared as anl exanmple of ...

... |. - ?? - ?? SI ~llf)JUM By V .lui'x. ?? [L dondoii 5 Iiieftillanl andi Uo; Sone time ago at poor womani priweiiineled ]mrtoclf at aii Len- dci olic IJ10court, and Biliielthtse baaii io cool. Sho~ appecared to thlinkc ho1 ci is exepitsooal ia th at recipect. Mahloinet had, hscelver, aff~irmed theacmeil ~thing ot hot whole Raxhin large arid 'general teri18 n N Iorrs has hieis IlrL'tuntedl ...

... The Vienna correspondent of the Times, telegraphing on Tuesday, says :-AM.Verescbagin was sentenced'to-day to n fine of M. for-having allowed photographls of his pictures to he sold without asutborisation, this being an offence against the Press law. Bl. Veresehagin was well advised in not appearing at the trial to meake a speech in defence of his pictures, as lie had intended to do, The ...

... - . A woman can no more neglect her dress nowadays than she can overlook any other social obligation, The matter )fbecomes of greater importance everyea. I a ams e be said to have ceased to be one of vanity and personal .e satisfaction ; it is a, duty every woman owes to society to look her best, her tastiest, otherwise she is a, discordant note in the general harmony of things. Moreover, ...

... PRINCE OF WALES THIEATRE. | THE MHIKADO. Thle most piquant, melodious, and, fascinating of the s long series of mirth-provoking operettas webicit we owe to a the joint labours of Mr. Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan abrought together a crowded and enthusiastic audience at sthis house last night, Although The Mikado is . rot, absolutely new in Birmivglham, having been Ggiven here by the same ...

... ' 'ITALAN OPERA COMPANY. The revival of the enterprise known as Her Majesty's Italian Opera Company, alluded to yesterday, does not necessarily imply that Italian opera itself, like the fabled Plicenix, is about to renew its existence. Pending the long-talked-of production of Signor Verdi's Ot4llo, Italian opera appears still in a moribund condition. But opera in Italian isquite another thing; ...

... ?? ?? I., ' ?? ' ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? THE publication of Professor J. R. Sceley's new book, A Short History of Napoleon I. (Seeley and Co.), is not an event of the first importance in contemporary literature, like the publication of Ecce Homo, Natural Religion, or the Expansion of Eng- land. It would seem from the Professor's preface that he has written the book chiefly ...

... E. DONAJowSIxI.-To judge from his work, D. R. Munro must have enjoyed a pleasant holiday in Scotland. The B~oniie Woods o' Craigielee, a plaintive Scotch air, has been prettily transcribed for the pianoforte by him. Ile has also composed 'Dance of the Pirates and March of the Forest Elves two good after-dinner pieces of medium difficulty, and Among the Heather, four easy little pieces ...

... I WE suppose that, until an author places his name on his title pages, his anonymity must be respected, however open his secret may be. It is still under the title of the Author of 'Mehala,' 'John Herring,' &c., that the author of Court Royal ; a Story of Cross Currents (3 vols: Smith, Elder, and Co.), must be congratulated on having produced a work which gives scarcely qualified pleasure ...

... R - -eYsSil LISZT'S ST. EuIZAnE1tt. -The splen(lid reception ?? to Dr. Franz Liszt at St. James's Hall on Tuesday gllh1t ?? llot lead us to exaggerate the merits, nor blind us to the defect. of lii music. Portions of his oratorio SL. Elizabeah (which w-as gicli on Tuesday for the first time in England in its complete fii)ii are among the best efforts of the imaster. Other parts, ?? lci t.le ...

... Should Sir George Macfarnen fini himsel unable to attend the distribution of the Rovai Aademy: certificates in St. George's lfal towards thecloseof next month, an effort should' be uado to obtain the presence of some gentle-, man of literary and musical distinction. Or former occasions of the kind, exhaustive addresses bearing upon the art to the cultivac tionof which the Academy is devoted, ...