... S On being introduced to RobertBrowni,,g. I knew thee fist, as one may kWr the fame Of some apostle-as a man may know The mid-day sun, far shining o'er the snow. I hail'd thee chief of ringers. I became Vassal of thine, and warmed me at the flame Of thy pure thought-my spirit all a-glow With dreams of peace, and pomp, and lyrfc show, And all the splendours, Browning ! of thy name. I But now a ...

... HER MA.rESTY?g ?rHHATRE. T1 .OPO COED -Q 'AZ -- . a. -. ,-Edward Conpton, young th~ough he is, does znot d require at this tim~e Outlaw-n fd xii~l -it&~idiiction Z- to Aberdeen playgaoers; ,muc& lhess d1oes fi~i-cg Ii call for commendatory conmnents. -The namie of ,tComiton and :English comledy are a traditional L- com~bination- which fame has familiarised, and the s present representative of ...

... flER MIAJEST'S THEASEB, THEE CANDiDATE. I - To a fortnight of sensational and melo-drasnatic | entertainmenet succeeds a spell of modern comedy of' [ the sparkling, effervescent type associated with Mr Charles W~yodham and the London Criterion. The Candidate, when originally produced, proved an immense success, and had a prolonged run;* many a well-known names were freely mentioned as its f ...

... LIT E AT TUIE. .THE EXPOSITOR. E-lited by the Rev. W. Robertson Nicol, IJ.A. London: Hodder & t Stounrhtoii TheExpositor thlis month contains eight I articles, of which three are of Minor importlance i-namely-, t three lb)ic`;) ~ln on .-esus. anr able f reviewv- of '' Riee; e~L (rof 18o') ii origa Literature fon the Old TFestZlVCIt rl ' y Rev. P-rofessor Strack-, D. D., a t. d'o n Brevia ...

... ;TEE QUEEN IN EDIKBUHLGI I I Ive l of exp PRIVATE VISIT TO THE w EXHIBITION. ane aiw the Having gratified the populace on Wednesday with Art a State progress from the Palace to their Exhibition, last Her Mlajesty yesterday censulted her own taste, for and to t ilno0stenitatious enjoyment and usefulness, by going I thither without the trappines of Royalty. The Tur ecrofmilitary was dispensed ...

... LITERARY, ART AND IDIAMATIC NEWS. I . - ill (Pe[FOM THE AOAD>Mff'n 'Now that Sir Richard F. Burton's translation of MTen Thoug anff Nights and a Ni ght is approaching IV; its end-vol. ix., out of the ten volumes orignally ' prooe, was last week issued to subscribers-he c id has beeencouraged to complete his undertaking bybi lathe addition of five more volumes, consisting for the a i.moat ...

... ABERDSEEN HARBOUR NOTES. tlFor smer consideraWe time past the shifping trade at Aberdeen has-been progressing very rapidly. During the last two months--fromt the middle of To July to the present zi me -`the doc'ks have been filled R with vessels, the cargoes and tontia~ge-of which have J greatly i~icreased the revenue of the harbour, and also provided work to a large umitber of tho labouringth ...

... THE CLOSING OF THE INTERNATIONAL | EXHIBITION. I While the Edinburgh Exhibition is universally acknowledged to bethe most comprehenitive, varied, -and interesting ever held in the United Kingdom, it as o -will surprise many .to hear that the financial success J which has attended the undertaking exceeds that of at t any similar enterprise held within these realms since Lor ,the London ...

... AGRICULTURAL NEWs. THIE BEEDS FAT STOCK SHOW.. [FROMs Oug OWE REPOflrns.]1 LsnnsS, TuesdaY.; The Leeds Smi;thfied Ea stc shw ihoee this morning in the Leeds Coloured Cloth Hall, can-a not b-sdisinguished above its predecessors either in: she extent of its entries or in the quality of stock exhibited. Breeders from the north of Scotland used. to be fairly well represented here, but the prizes ...

... ' , .. :, , I I, . IE . : ~:AGAIOULTL :yWI ;;; '-. Arr*ived itewetefothpatf dy ha~s been ags except-ionally col, itIh strong northesrlwid w, Ql'hdve & itqe ' a'd'lsInoeo ui y egetattion, ~particudlarl in~ uns~h~lered lo~alitiesk. The, Or 118backwvard- weather .of May greatly retarded the~ ord ,in growth of the, cereals,.and prevented the early tur- t ind nrips being Sown to the extenut that ...

... E ER MAJESTY'S THE ATPE. re Ele MR J. L. TOOLE AND 113 COMEDY OOCPANT. Yv It scarcely seems the better part of two years since Is Mr Toole. was. lt irt Aberdeen, though a compari. son of dates drives us inevitably to that conclusions of It was in the January before last that the well. in knowa comedian renewed his acquaintance with his at northern admirers, and the absence has been just long ...

... ~ P~oM XRoRT To K3A TOTr. A Journal of the Desert March froml Koti to Gubat, and the Ascent of the Nile in General Gordon'gs Steamers. By Colonel Sirl Charles W. Wilson, K.C.B., &O., &c. Fourth Edition. W. Blwckwood & Sons, Edinburgh and London. 1886. ' In reading this book one cannot but admire the courage, the energy, the determination, and the devotion to study shown by the British soldier ...