... 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 ...

... IMTSIC ANrD THE DRAMA,. i (FOM OUR t 30NDO CORRESPONDENT.) Ith -- ?? London, Sunday Night. a i1r IMark Melford's new drama Secrets of dt the Police would have had a better chance of di the audience at the Surrey last night had they not persisted in receiving the most harrowing situations iui a humorous spirit. One of thle I P principal characters of the play is a police inapec- Itt tor, ...

... THE RICHTIER CONCERT. 1. JTai'esmaxscb ?? 1,, ailer 1 2. syilsboey ini E minor. No. 4 ?? .. 3ralsI a 3. Ove r,.uei The febrid l . ?? .. .ss i 4. Aria, ?? ir t i el ?? rt ' 5. Symshosnecaein. ' l .es ?? Lin o 6 Prlde to ' o cti i ?? ?? r; 7. Recit. sot Aria from 'Tihe Spectre's Bride , ?? ?? S. A5 uh'-1r S roder auO ?? ?? .. i r-L.rii.. It may be some satisfaction to those who re- gretted the ...

... l) T/4P; Cwssre~ct rtf-'cZi' Dcnsic A rcl7itetcfs1rf I o 'Sco'ind. lodernl usage has now so much limited the application of phrases like domestic architecture that it is seldom thought of except in connec- tieD with mere cottage or street work, and then generally, it imust be added to the credit of the profession, how convenience or utility and 1 health may be best securedc alone with such I ...