... N F'W ZeLA'6~AZ Im, d Tbera ia much 12 ;in ns, n nm whejh ?? imagaznL. 0ecia'ugood tloton c ?? the wond'esl that, it has not linked itself with liriodica1' literatura efore'now. Tbe.magLaziO that berlt ,for theaI firat:tinieii'not, lioweMer, a mere oftierthoughtZ 'It was I suggedtedflong-ago, whia the fieldj wse perfeotly open, 1 and wheriit wroldrhave been'easy, for it to Winavour everywhere ...

... THE COLONIES AND INDIA AND THE. - EXHIBITION. LB Numerous telegrams have been received from India 1' and the colonies by the Prince, of Wales, acknowledging -ethe recit of copies of His Royal Highness's address ai~d Iefaesty'si reply at the, opening of theo Colonaad 9 Indianxiition. The Vioeroy of India telegraphed- Y 1Most grateful for your Royal EHighness's telegrams. d Before replying I ...

... (Fnom OUP. OW CORRESPONDsENT.) r amus, Thursday. Each year when the &Zon is opened the question is anked, What are the predominant charaoteristics of the exbibition P To this no satisfactory answer can usually be returned, any more than to the inquiry as to whether the Academy this season is better than the last. The dominant characteristic here in Paris is analogous to the symptoms of the ...

... DARLINGTON HORSE a-I - ° SOW. The twenty.eighth annuaI exhibition of homes and the dogs, under the auspices of the South Durham and Nor'th ?? Yorkshire tiooieity, was held yesterday in ?? Bf Park, Darlington. This lies been regarded asi one of the re' most important shows of the kind, in the north of Mtt Englaud, turd happily there was little or7 no falling off M yesterday in either department ...

... I E R I II s|1. ITE RAT UREO. vBOOKS AND NEW EDITIONS. .rftY'S translation of TIn ILrAD (1) is contained I , r rdV volutes-two instead of one-because the u 1lllted the Greek text on parallel pago3 with .vrsion. The plai is one not usually adopted t%11 gctlindetl for somnething more than exanrina. :1)S but the majority of readers will be of t its ?? amply compensates for the ?? T ucreal inl ...

... DhEANWOOD FLOWER SlIOW. The thirteenth annual sbow of thil Meanwood Floral snn Horticultural Socioty was held on Saturday, in a field adjoining the Working Men's Institute at Mean. wood. The show, althou-b counaoid to inhabitants of the patish of Meanwood, and only oomprising two classes- one for cottagers and the other for anmateurs-was a very good one, there being all excellent display of ...

... The fourth winter exhibition in connection with theI d d Bradford Art Gallery and Meaursem which is associatedI awith the Free Library, was opoened yesterday evening byI the Mayor (Mr. Angus Holden). The permanent objects is- of art possessed by the Free Library Committee are not1 is very numerous, and it is found necessary each year to solicit leans firom gentlemen to fill tbe vacant spaceo ...

... (From ?? St. James's GOtto.) MIr. Barnett Smith's biography of the Queen is nearly resdy. It is a volurse of about four hundred pages. -tA revised edition of Mr. Andrew Lang's Books and Bookuen is about to be issued by Messrs. Longmans. Mr. F. Engels has nearly finished his trauslation of Iarl Marx's Capital, and Messrs. Sonnenechein and Co. hope to issue tbe work very soon. .jTino new ...

... (From the Ath4entseun.' There is reason to hope that Mr. J. R. Lowell may visit London next summer. Mr. J. H. Jeaffreson, ?? President of the High- bury Microscopical Society, died on the 12th inst. Mr. T. F. Thiselton Dyer is busily engaged on a work on treasure trove, a subject upon which, hitherto, little has been written. Mr. Anstoy, the author of Vice Veras, is writing a tale in which ...

... t I (Fi-OU 0010 owVxN REPOsRTER.) I Itn weather whicho rather resembled thle bittorisess ofI~ Marcha than the joyful wvarmith of July, the fourteenth V annuail meeting of the Milliron Agricultural 0ooiery toolt place yesterday. The show strengthened th6 j. reputation p~reviously attained by the society. The a numbur' of nmaswas not quite so large as beg been scsil, bust it was noct bolow the ...

... IEXT±AUT6 FROM TIlS WEEW'S PUNCE.| AT THE INTEIMNATIONAL SCULLING.MATCI- i (Dirge by a Despondent Blitoi.) P Sic ftransil gyorio ! Once our B3ritish sculls Licked all men iU the iists of our great iathcrs; Now our old laurels in the OCuadian cIles, it Our ancieut honours thre Australiaa gattiLrs. I Till somo great Com ing Mau our credit savris, t Till ,his great lick the road to victory teach, ...

... GLOUCESTER MUSIOAL FS]TIVAL. (Fuox OcUR CGoSPONDEiNT.) GLoruo sTm, Thursiday. Unfortunately, the weather is militating against the success of the Gloucester Meeting-a good deal of rain fell last evening and this morning. Notwithstanding ts h drawback, however, the attendance at the cathedral a to-day materially exceeded that of yesterday, the attrac- tion being the new oratorio of Gonnod, ...