... CAiTTLP 'EIuWS. [J3OflWOLAGMZC ULTURZAL SOCIETY. 'hin`LTalnua. show1of t'he Lothiec'l Agoriculto; ci *Sncoetv ws iheld inl Iboffkwcll Castle Grounds on zSatureay'. While ci e wcathler wase :avourable, the ~ittedain~ce, awing to the counter attraction of tao, Yeoxuany sports no iHamiitco, was below the lusesa. pe. The sarne remark ?? to thle entries, I jttequality was ninexceptionable. Incthe ...

... BOOKS -REEIVE1D. *'Whisperings (London: Sampson Low, Marston Js Co.) is an anonymouts volume of poems, mrusical enough in expression, but other- wise difficult to understand. To one of the pieces the writer very necessarily prefixes the statement that to the -tast majority of man- kind the drift of his muse will be incompre- hensible. We must confess that we have found it so throughout the ...

... I- Do= i NOTICE' y.¶iilt~flofpitu'.' in connection wt ne Edo Institbte of the Fine Arts has suf, -Ger in point of attendaace from tne P1, ±015'i P1: g.otr a: weahcr. The wrinter has been sod' in m~any reope, depressing, and jaco n d ith mayitio step. The polhtictl 3t.co e3 is zy. Xo one k:nows what the $nf r~tler may be E- moronths hence, and .yeanzlm. 'cipt!iglS are disonuraged ; t0g3 ia ...

... CATMLE SBOWS. JKILLARS Pt. *The tonnail showr of Eiye stockad dairy prc- ~; decv, onder thae auspic~es of the Killoarin Assrfool- Le enrolSciety, .as held yesterday in a field inU thle f arm of Catrbeth. Thle weather in the forenoon, Iwas doll and threatening earl rain fell for a short Icv time, bet it. cleared off after nroon, and Ccc 0tz remainder of the day, thou~gh not briebt, was fair. ...

... *MNUSIC AND 'HE DRAMA. (r.:OM f OWr o ?? DuxT.) Loinox-, Sunday Night. b 'The 'Conrfidential Clerk, a new play by Yterr Von MIoser, the author of the '-Private Secretary, 'was produced at the Gaiety Theatre on Friday. It isan adaptation of -Der Leib- rente, the characters, however, being angl. ciszdi and the scene changed. to this country. The plot is of a very simple character. Two ...

... ROYAL ASSOCIATION FOR PROMOTING I THE IINE ARTS. r The annual general meeting of the Royal ; Association for the Promotion of the Fine Arts in Scotland was held yesterday afternoon in the Society of Arts Hall, Edinburgh. Lord ?? presided over A fair attendance. The report of the Committee of Mlanagement stated that the fund subscribed during the year was £3424. The committee had purchased at ...

... LITER A TUR.E. I Popular Illustrated Guide to Glasgow (Glasgow: acsulay & Bowcr).-This is the guide-book season, and to making of guides there seems to be no eiid. The touirist will not quarrel, however, with this handy little guide to Glasgow, which is of smnall and portable size, and clear and reliable as to its information, The Mark Twain Birthday-Book. (Lon- don: Rivington & Co.j ...

... GAIETY THEATR.E LICENSE. to Yesterday a Special Sessions of the Peace for the Lower Ward of Lanarkshire was held in the at Justices' Hall, County Buildings, Glasgow, for the at purpose of considering an application by Mr D. S. p M'Kay, manager of the Gaiety Theatre in Sauchic- hall Street, for the renewal of his license for the Be public performance of theatrical representations, dramatic ...

... I THE EDINBURGH EXlilBTIOON SPORT& I . WBfTLINQG COIUPZMZONSI I The football tournament at the Edinbur.h Es. bibition v was varied yesterday by a series or rum petitions in Cumberla&id and WVestmnoreland wre-. ling, which were witnessed by a good &-sernbl0as a of people. The wrestling began at half paor twelve under favourable weather conditions, thauzi the gronnd was ratber soft. The ...

... Not one of the least important adjuncts of the Christmas Carnival is the transmission between c friends of seasonable, greetings, and Christmas cards, as the form in which these greetings has come to be termed, have for a long time tasked in the highest manner both c the ingenuity of the artist and the poet, and especially of the former, High-class artistic work has of course, con- comitant ...

... *ASIC AND THE DRAMA. i (_rou OeP. OtWN CORRESPOaDEmT.) London, Sunday Night. Mr Robert Buchanan's play Sophia, which b founded upon Fielding's Tom Jones, was! successfully revived last night at the Vaudeville, with some changes in the original caste. Mlr Charles Warren now sustains the part of Tom Jones, making him a far more manly character than his predecessor, MAIr Charles Glenny, ...

... SATURDAY PopULa C JN-CTET. L .OeFirurc to tlt ODpera, £0C 2. Sceia- Dawn of thei Veunt'Di ~ S. Two Movuimll, Aroni iiayN 4. Song- Jon 9 a Drearli. Q. H 3 Syawn ife Slitln in A 62. Aiaar r- ' ?? . .. FtL yarc.o-' LAAmle ?? ?? .. ?? bhe nirot part of thie ' nih , codu cted1 in 2Llr Maui'J, 'Lic works bv co~tnnoaerzt or ta o f ils 1CiO~Y ~t ta~ktrable ao'; - V'ceincr's ldrtbl, ?? fet::od to ...